Three medals for GB Junior crews in Brandenburg
17 of Great Britain鈥檚 junior rowers will fly home from the World Junior Championships in Brandenburg tomorrow with medals including the whole of the women鈥檚 squad that competed here.听 On a blustery finals day Germany and Romania were the dominant nations but GB鈥檚 three bronze medals were very creditable indeed.
After winning the semi-final yesterday the men鈥檚 four were looking to be contending for gold but on the day the more experienced Romanian and German crews were just a little too good with just two tenth of a second separating those nations for gold and silver, Britain took a strong bronze three quarters of a length behind.
In the women鈥檚 quad GB is establishing something of a medal winning tradition – this was our first ever junior medal in this discipline.听 Germany had always looked the best bet for gold and they duly won with Belarus in silver and the GB quad rowing away from the rest of the field in the second half to take a well deserved bronze.
Britain had not entered a junior women鈥檚 eight since 2000 but this crew had shown its pedigree throughout the regatta and in a thrilling race with five crews in the medal hunt with 500m to go the GB eight stormed through USA to put themselves in third position just a third of a length behind the tiring Romanians who look silver while Germany took gold.
The three other GB crews racing today also performed with credit.听 The men鈥檚 quad, very much a new combination in this tough event, took a strong fifth place while the men鈥檚 coxed four produced an excellent row to win the B Final, gaining seventh position overall.听 The men鈥檚 eight did not perform to their best in yesterday鈥檚 semi-final but made some amends today with a far stronger performance in the B Final to finish second in eighth place overall.
RESULTS
FINAL B
JM4+
1.听听 听GBR 听听 听6:34.16
2.听听 听ROM
3.听听 听UKR
4.听听 听RSA
5.听听 听RUS
6.听听 听ESP
JM8+
1.听听 听GRE 听听 听5:56.18
2.听听 听GBR 听听 听5:57.81
3.听听 听BLR
4.听听 听ESP
5.听听 听CZE
6.听听 听ITA
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FINAL A
JM4-
1.听听 听ROM 听听 听6:17.24
2.听听 听GER 听听 听6:17.47
3.听听 听GBR 听听 听6:20.37听听 听Hoare/MacLeod/Lucy/Swales
4.听听 听CRO
5.听听 听SCG
6.听听 听ITA
JW4x
1.听听 听GER听听 听6:44.96
2.听听 听BLR 听听 听6:47.48
3.听听 听GBR 听听 听6:51.22听听 听Cotterell/Round/Stiller/Jus-Burke
4.听听 听ITA
5.听听 听POL
6.听听 听FRA
JM4x
1.听听 听ITA听听 听6:07.32
2.听听 听GER
3.听听 听UKR
4.听听 听SLO
5.听听 听GBR听听 听Beech/Lucas/Laughton/Duggan
6.听听 听RUS
JW8+
1.听听 听GER 听听 听6:46.69
2.听听 听ROM 听听 听6:48.72
3.听听 听GBR 听听 听6:50.94 Connell/Jefferies/Bryant/Blevins/Crombie/Graham/McDowall/
听听 听听听 听Fletcher/De Toledo
4.听听 听USA
5.听听 听RUS
6.听听 听CZE
