Afternoon of repechages at the BearingPoint Rowing World Cup - World Cup Events

Women’s Single Sculls (W1x)

Repechage
The progression from the women’s single sculls Repechage sends the first three through to the A/B Semi-finals with the remainder to the C Final.  A race of heartache for the Norwegian sculler Tine Schoeyen who missed out on qualification for the A/B Semifinal by 0.01 of a second. The first two home, the Latvian sculler, Kristiana Rode (-Gulova) and the Spanish athlete Nuria Dominguez Asensio dominated the field, leading by over seven seconds at half-way. It was the Australian sculler who broke the heart of the Norwegian striking claim to valuable third position. 

Men’s Single Sculls (M1x)

Repechage 1
In the first Repechage of the men’s single sculls it was only the first two who would qualify for Semifinal A/B/C.  It was a relatively straightforward task for Bulgarian sculler Ivo Yanakiev and former lightweight star, turned heavyweight, Ralph Kreibich of Austria. Despite a slow first 500m Yanakiev recovered to win by three seconds over Kreibich. It was the Estonian sculler Kuzmin, who found himself without a spot in the ABC Semi-finals when the music stopped, four seconds adrift of the Austrian. 

Repechage 2
A tough race up front for the Dutch sculler Sjoerd Hamburger and Ukrainian sculler Volodimir Pavlovskij exchanging blows. The lead swapped several times before Hamburger prevailed. In third, just missing out on Semi-final qualification was one of the two scullers from France, Bahain who came in one second behind the Ukrainian sculler who was well clear of the rest of the field.

Repechage 3
A much more confidant scull from Great Britain’s second representative Ian Lawson after his disappointing heat.  He came in second behind the Hungarian Akos Haller to achieve that crucial Semi-final qualification. In third behind Haller and Lawson was Yanakiev from Bulgaria three seconds back. Up front it was a classy performance from Haller who led throughout and responded well in the last 500m to Lawson’s challenge.

Women’s Pairs (W2-)

Repechage
Olympic Champion in the women’s eight, the Romanians sought to put right wrongs of their heat. They qualified comfortably for Semi-final A/B but in third place, three seconds adrift of Denmark who placed second and a full 11 seconds behind the winning Dutch. It was a crushing performance from the Dutch who led from the word “Go”. 

Men’s Pair (M2-)

Repechage
This was a race where qualification was assured early, as the first Chinese pair ticked ?China 1? by their National Team selectors dropped 16 seconds off the pace by 100m.  With qualification for the first three it became a simple procession for the other entrants in this Repechage. China 2, Wu and Kong, performed very credibly, and looked purposeful finishing ahead of second place Czech Republic, and the final qualifiers from Ireland.

Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls (LW2x)

Repechage
A narrow escape for the British double in front of their home supporters. Needing that crucial top three position they sneaked home ahead of France who finished fourth. With top three separated by only one second it was an exciting race, especially as the British double dropped back slightly from their excellent first 1000m. It was the Finnish double, Sten and Nieminen who took top honours with Ireland a hare’s breath behind, a margin of only 0.06 of a second.

Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls (LM2x)

Repechage
This was a tussle in which the Russians and Portuguese traded positions throughout the race. In second with 500m to go the Russians upped their stroke rating to pip the Portuguese by a second with the Chinese taking the third and final qualification position.  The remaining three pairs tightly grouped but off the pace move on to the C Final.

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