The athletes hailed from 27 nations across six continents making it a truly global event with 14 boat classes being contested. As host nation, Poland fielded the largest team with 41 athletes, while the Netherlands and Great Britain were not far behind with squads of 34 and 31 athletes respectively. Poland’s team took medals in eight of the boat classes including one gold. But it was Germany that had the shine, winning four gold medals.
Australia’s Amy James took gold in the lightweight women’s single, maintaining her position to the line against a powerful attack by Anja Manoutschehri of Austria, who couldn’t break James’ lead after moving from fourth into second in the last 1000m of the race. Patricia Mara of Canada finished with bronze as Italy’s Federica Pala faded.
The Czech duo of Jakub Podrazil and Kukas Helesic were dominant in the men’s pair, finishing almost 2.5 seconds ahead of Narey McCaffrey and Louis van Velthooven of New Zealand and 4.16 seconds ahead of Australia’s Angus Moore and Nathan Bowden.
Australian Team
Men's Double Scull- Fourth
Max McQueeney (TAS)
William Mure (TAS)
Men's Pair - Bronze
Angus Moore (NSW)
Nathan Bowden (NSW)
Men's Lightweight Scull - Seventh
Hamish Parry (QLD)
Women's Scull - Ninth
Maddie Coonan (QLD)
Women's Lightweight Scull - Gold
Amy James (QLD)
Women's Lightweight Double Scull - Fifth
Annabel Gibson (SA)
Sophie Jerapetritis (NSW)
Coach and Manager: Alex Field (QLD)
Results
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