Double bronze for Australia at world championships

Monday 27 July 2009

The Australian women’s lightweight quad scull and men’s quad scull have both won bronze medals at the Under 23 World Rowing Championships overnight in Racice, Czech Republic.

Australia sent seven crews to the championships and qualified three crews for the respective finals onSunday.

The women’s lightweight quad scull was being contested for the first time at this level and the Australian crew of Gabrielle Kukla (QLD), Alison Scobbie (QLD), Lauren Burraston (ACT) and Ella Flecker (TAS) started slower than the other crews in contention and were placed 4th after the first quarter of the race.

The Australian crew came home strongly in the second 1000m and although Germany was never challenged, Australia pushed USA over the closing stages to just miss out on the silver medal in a time of 6:37.74.

Matthew Bolt (SA), David Wright (ACT), James McRae (SA) and Sasha Belonogoff (QLD) won Australia's second bronze medal of the regatta after a third place finish in the final of the men's quad scull.

The result was a strong one for the crew considering the depth of the field which featured Croatia, the same crew that defeated 2008 Olympic Champions Poland, in World Cup 3 earlier this month.

Australia’s time of 5:48.47 was only three seconds off that of Croatia, while the Ukraine claimed the silver medal.

In the last race of the regatta the Australian men’s eight finished in fourth place behind Poland, Germany and Great Britain.

For full race reports please visit www.rowingaustralia.com.au

For more information please call David Polglase on 0401 453 041

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