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Boat launching on Lake Xuanwu

China’s tenth National Games last week included 512 rowers from 22 provinces and results revealed the country’s continuing growth of rowing talent.

Standout provinces included Zhenjiang province in lightweight women’s rowing (two gold medals), Guangdong province for men’s sculling and sweep rowing (four gold medals) and Jiangxi province for women’s sculling (three gold medals).

To follow are the top three results from the 16 events including the name of the province:

Men’s single (M1x)
1st Cui (Hebei) 6.57
2nd Su (Shanxi) 7.00
3rd Chen (Hebei) 7.01

Men’s double (M2x)
1st Qu and Zhou (Guangdong) 6.20
2nd Cui and Sun (Hebei) 6.22.49
3rd Zhang and Chen (Xichun) 6.22.70

Men’s quad (M4x)
1st Gungdong 6.01
2nd Shanghai 6.02
3rd Shanxi 6.04

Men’s pair (M2-)
1st Wang and Sun (Fujian) 6.32
2nd Kong and Wu (Zhejiang) 6.35
3rd Ri and Zhang (Guangdong) 6.43

Men’s eight (M8+)
1st Guangdong 5.38
2nd Henan 5.39
3rd Jiangou 5.42

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Shanghai win gold in the women’s eight

Men’s four (M4-)
1st Guangdong 6.05
2nd Jiangou 6.07
3rd Henan 6.08

1st Guangdong 6.05
2nd Jiangou 6.07
3rd Henan 6.08

Lightweight men’s double (LM2x)
1st Wu and Jiang (Jiangou) 6.28
2nd Zhi and Xie (Jiangxi) 6.30
3rd Liang and Chen (Fujian) 6.32

Lightweight men’s four (LM4-)
1st Liaoning 6.05
2nd Shanxi 6.07
3rd Jiangou 6.11

Women’s single (W1x)
1st Jin (Jiangxi) 7.33.69
2nd Xi (Shandong) 7.33.98
3rd Dang (Henan) 7.44

Women’s double (W2x)
1st Jin and Feng (Jiangxi) 6.55
2nd Lui and Dang (Henan) 7.01
3rd Li and Luo (Sichuan) 7.06

Women’s quad (W4x)
1st Jiangxi 6.26
2nd Zhejiang 6.34
3rd Henan 6.35

Women’s pair (W2-)
1st Yin and Hao (Shanghai) 7.17
2nd Yan and Zhao (Liaoning) 7.19.19
3rd Li and Li (Beijing) 7.19.24

Women’s four (W4-)
1st Liaoning 6.34
2nd Beijing 6.35
3rd Guangdong 6.36

Women’s eight (W8+)
1st Shanghai 6.14
2nd Fujian 6.16
3rd Guangdong 6.18

Lightweight women’s double (LW2x)
1st Chen and Xu (Zhejiang) 7.00
2nd Chen and Tan (Guangdong) 7.01
3rd Yu and Fu (Beijing) 7.02

Lightweight women’s quad (LW4x)
1st Zhejiang 6.28.05
2nd Guangdong 6.31
3rd Fujian 6.32

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