Today was a rather interesting day with the weather bringing in some strong challenges. High winds made the start cloudy with dust that blew over the waves. Rowers reported starts that went off in un-rowable conditions, but then at the 1000m they could put on the power as water conditions flattened out a bit.
Many good results for the Dutch rowing Team. Results can be seen here > The RTC athletes in the U23 Men's Lightweight Quad took home a surprising victory today. What makes their result so remarkable is that they raced in the Senior A open weight category. And they still won with the Germans pushing hard on their bow ball.
The women's double sculls with Janneke also took gold. Thijs and Martin took silver in the men's double scull behind a very strong China crew. The lightweight men's double sculls heats of the morning also showed great talent from combinations with Roel and Bastiaan who took a surprising second. Tim and Ide took forth. In the next heat Conno and Bart won the heat. The final for the boys was right after their quad race. With hardly any cool down, or warm-up they went from medal stand to the double's final race. In this final Bart and Conno took third and Roel and Bastiaan took fifth place.
Tomorrow (Sun 15:52) both quads are racing in event 65 Lgw-Männer-Doppelvierer o. St. A Final.
LM4x A - Conno/Bart/Tim/Ide
LM4x B - Elmer/Bastiaan/Roel/Daan
