Day 4 Preview - FISA 2009 World Rowing Championships

Wednesday 26 August 2009

Men’s Lightweight Four – Repechage 2 – 10.54am (6.54pm)

Angus Tyers (VIC), Ross Brown (WA), Tom Bertrand (VIC) and Darryn Purcell (QLD) finished fourth in their heat in what is always a very competitive boat class.

Chris O’Brien is doing a fantastic job with this young crew and from Lane 5 in their repechage they will give the semi-finals a great crack.

Switzerland will be expected to advance given the times rowed in the heats, which will leave Australia in a battle with Canada and Belgium for the remaining place.

Men’s Quad Scull – Repechage – 11.06am (7.06pm)

Dan Noonan (NSW), David Crawshay (VIC), Jared Bidwell (QLD) and Nick Hudson (NSW) finished fourth in their heat on Monday.

Their heat was the quickest and the challenging head wind was a good lesson for the Australian crew who will bounce back in their repechage.

Five crews will race the repechage, with three of these to secure a place in the semifinals.

Estonia, Great Britain, USA and Ireland will join the Australians in the repechage, with USA and Estonia the other favoured crews to progress with Australia.

Men’s Eight – Repechage – 11.18am (7.18pm)

The Australian men’s eight crew came within a whisker of direct qualification for the A Final, pipped by the British crew on the line by 0.05 seconds.

It was a great learning experience for the young Australian crew and now they will need a top two finish in their repechage to progress to the final on Sunday.

Coxed by Toby Lister (NSW), the crew featuring Richard Allsop (NSW), Fergus Pragnell (NSW), Sam Loch (NSW), Bryn Coudraye (SA), Tom Swann (VIC), Mitch Estens (NSW), Josh Dunkley-Smith (VIC) and Tom Larkins (VIC) will need to be mindful of the challenge to be thrown down by Russia, Ukraine and USA.

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