FISA Team Cup 500 metre day

Racing for the second day of the FISA Team Cup in Seville, Spain brought rowers back on the course for 500 metres of high rating action. Many national teams come to Seville during the European winter to get time away from their country’s frozen water.

A 500 metre sprint is enough to give any seasoned rower a shake up during their winter training. The lightweight men’s single had current World Champion Vassileios Polymeros of Greece finding himself behind Italy’s Elia Luini and Gerard van der Linden of the Netherlands.

The 2005 unbeaten British men’s four broke into different boats with Tom Solesbury, Tony Garbett, Alex Partridge and Steve Williams racing together but finishing out of the medals. Three Spanish crews grabbed all of the top honours and helped Spain to overall points winners. 

Overall points: Spain 142, Netherlands 101, Great Britain 91

Results
Men’s lightweight double
1st Greece, Elias Pappas, Dimitrios Moligios
2nd Italy, Antonio Pizzurro, Luca Moncada
3rd Hong Kong, Ting Wailo, Sao Wahso

Women’s single
1st Sweden, Frida Svensson
2nd Canada, Jane Rumball
3rd Canada, Anne-Marie de Zwager

Men’s four
1st Spain 4
2nd Spain 1
3rd Spain 7

Women’s pair
1st Canada, Darcy Marquardt, Romina Stefanic
2nd Netherlands, Femke Dekker, Annemarieke van Rumpt
3rd Netherlands, Sanne Beukers, Annemiek de Haan

Women’s lightweight double
1st Spain, Marie Almuedo, Lordes Guillen
2nd Sweden, Lena Karlsson, Sara Karlsson
3rd Canada, Mara Jonees, Amber Cuthbertson

Men’s lightweight four
1st Belgium
2nd Austria

Men’s lightweight single
1st Italy, Elia Luini
2nd Netherlands, Gerard van der Linden
3rd Greece, Vassileios Polymeros

Men’s double
1st Greece, Ioannis Tsamis, Andreas Tilelis
2. Great Britain, Matthew Wells, Alan Campbell
3rd Belgium Stijn Smulders, Christophe Raes

Men’s pair
1st Great Britain, Andrew Hodge, Peter Reed
2nd Netherlands, Olaf van Andel, Mitcel Steeman
3rd Spain, Noe Guzman, Pedro Rodriguez

Women’s double
1st Germany, Britta Oppelt, Christaine Huth
2nd Netherlands, Marit van Eupen, Mette Beugelsdyk
3rd Germany, Anna Kluchert, Geannine Hennicke

Women’s lightweight single
1st Spain, Lourdes Guillen
2nd Spain, Teresa Mas
3rd, Greece, Chrysi Biskitzy

Men’s single
1st Great Britain, Matthew Wells
2nd Belgium Tim Maeyens
3rd Austria, Norbert Lambing

Men’s eight
1st Spain
2nd Great Britain
3rd Spain

For a full list of results go to: www.deporteandaluz.com/