The climax of the world rowing season will be the FISA World Championships in Plovdiv (BUL), starting on Sunday and running all next week, with finals in 14-15-16 September.
A lot of attention will be attached to New Zealand’s star sculler, Robert Manson, who has the world’s best time for the event and will be the favorite against 2017 World Champion, Ondrej Synek. Switzerland’s Jeannine Gmelin returns as the women’s World Champion and has been strong in the FISA World Cups earlier in the year. The defending champions in the open-weight classes from 2017:
Men:
∙ Single Sculls:
1. Ondrej Synek (CZE)
2. Angel Fournier (CUB)
∙ Double Sculls:
1. John Storey/Chris Harris (NZL)
2. Miroslaw Zietarski/Mateusz Biskup (POL)
∙ Quadruple Sculls:
1. Lithuania
2. Great Britain
∙ Pairs:
1. Matteo Lodo/Giuseppe Vicino (ITA)
2. Martin Sinkovic/Valent Sinkovic (CRO)
∙ Fours:
1. Australia
2. Italy
∙ Pairs+Cox:
1. Hungary
2. Australia
∙ Eights:
1. Germany
2. United States
Women:
∙ Single Sculls:
1. Jeannine Gmelin (SUI)
2. Victoria Thornley (GBR)
∙ Double Sculls:
1. Brooke Donoghue/Olivia Loe (NZL)
2. Meghan O’Leary/Ellen Tomek (USA)
∙ Quadruple Sculls:
1. Netherlands
2. Poland
∙ Pairs:
1. Grace Pendergast/Kerri Gowler (NZL)
2. Megan Kalmoe/Tracy Eisser (USA)
∙ Fours:
1. Australia
2. Poland
∙ Eights:
1. Romania
2. Canada
With the preliminaries and semifinals being staged throughout the week, the medal favorites will become more obvious. Look for results here.
