Women’s Pair (W2-) – Final

Holly Norton (s), Great Britain, gold
“We made sure we focused on our race plan that our coach gave us. We had a few technical things to improve on from the race for lanes. It’s a new combination and so next we are just focusing on the European Championships.”

Lies Rustenburg (b), Netherlands, silver
“I would have liked to win, but we are very pleased with the intention. We spoke before that we needed to do a better second half. We tried, but it was a bit hard over the last 500m. The last six weeks of training were really difficult, but the last weeks we have been feeling better and we do connect well. I am very happy for the eight to race in it at the European Championships, I think we have a very good crew.”

Aletta Jorritsma (b), Netherlands, bronze
“The water was flat which was really good. The race was ok, we need a little bit more experience together. We went off last at the start. We’ve been rowing six weeks together and in the European Championships we will compete in the eight and we are looking forward to that.”