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ROWING: More wins for Oceania – four for Australia and two for New Zealand – in World Cup III in Rotterdam

New Zealand's 2014 World Single Sculls Champion Emma twigg (Photo: Joanne from London via Wikimedia Commons)

The third and final World Rowing World Cup of 2019 was immediately a victim of difficult wind conditions in Rotterdam (NED), but when the medals were counted, it was another strong regatta for the visitors from Oceania.

Australia won four events and New Zealand took two out of the 12 openweight events, with the Aussies winning the same events for men and women: the Pairs and Fours! Spencer Turrin and Alexander Hill won the men’s Pairs and Jessica Morrison and Annabelle McIntyre took the women’s Pairs, impressively defeating New Zealand’s 2017 World Champions, Grace Pendergast and Kerri Gowler.

The Kiwis had two women’s gold winners in comebacking Emma Twigg, who was the 2014 World Champion in Single Sculls, and in the women’s eights. Twigg looks very much like a contender for World Championships honors, winning her second World Cup of the season and, in Rotterdam, defeating 2017 World Champion Jeannine Gmelin of Switzerland.

Another new Single Sculls star appears to be Dane Sverri Nielsen, who also won a second World Cup and beat reigning World Champion Kjetil Borch of Norway and Rio silver medalist Damir Martin (CRO) in the final.

Windy weather on Friday caused all of the heats to be run as time trials, but six-lane racing was restored for Saturday and Sunday. This was the final World Cup of the 2019 season; the World Championships are coming, from 9-16 September in Plovdiv (BUL). Summaries:

World Rowing World Cup III
Rotterdam (NED) ~ 12-14 July 2019
(Full results here)

Men

Single Sculls: 1. Sverri Nielsen (DEN), 7:24.51; 2. Kjetil Borch (NOR), 7:24.93; 3. Damir Martin (CRO), 7:30.94.

Double Sculls: 1. Barnabe Delarze/Roman Roeoesli (SUI), 6:41.04; 2. Philip Doyle/Ronan Byrne (IRL), 6:41.74; 3. John Collins/Graeme Thomas (GBR), 6:44.95.

Quadruple Sculls: 1. Poland, 6:00.80; 2. Germany, 6:01.910; 3. Netherlands, 6:02.00.

Pairs: 1. Spencer Turrin/Alexander Hill (AUS), 6:54.21; 2. Lukas Helesic/Jakub Podrazil (CZE), 6:56.48; 3. Thomas Murray/Michael Brake (NZL), 6:59.69.

Fours: 1. Australia, 6:11.770; 2. Great Britain, 6:14.650; 3. Germany, 6:15.940.

Eights: 1. Great Britain, 5:47.820; 2. Germany, 5:50.880; 3. New Zealand, 5:53.180.

Lightweight Single Sculls: 1. Sean Murphy (AUS), 7:53.15; 2. Rajko Hrvat (SLO), 2:59.18; 3. Gary O’Donovan (IRL), 8:04.38.

Lightweight Double Sculls: 1. Jonathan Rommelmann/Jason Osborne (GER), 7:01.59; 2. Fintan McCarthy/Paul O’Donovan (IRL), 7:01.62; 3. Kristoffer Brun/Are Strandli (NOR), 7:02.26.

Lightweight Quadruple Sculls: 1. Netherlands, 6:33.060; 2. France, 6:35.510; 3. China, 6:42.280.

Lightweight Pairs: 1. Jiri Kopac/Jan Hajek (CZE), 7:44.50; 2. Tomas Barreto/Simao Simoes (POR), 7:49.01; 3. Yuk Man Chan/Yee Ping Chau (HKG), 7:56.38.

Women

Single Sculls: 1. Emma Twigg (NZL), 8:14.03; 2. Jeannine Gmelin (SUI), 8:18.60; 3. Lisa Scheennaard (NED), 8:28.02.

Double Sculls: 1. Nicoleta-Ancuta Bodnar/Simona Geanina Radis (ROU), 7:58.39; 2. Amanda Bateman/Genevieve Horton (AUS), 7:59.11; 3. Gabrielle Smith/Andrea Proske (CAN), 8:03.77. Also: 6. Meghan O’Leary/Ellen Tomek (USA), 8:18.15.

Quadruple Sculls: 1. Germany, 6:46.64; 2. Poland, 6:49.59; 3. Australia, 6:55.20. Also: 6. United States, 7:09.92.

Pairs: 1. Jessica Morrison/Annabelle McIntyre (AUS), 7:26.15; 2. Grace Pendergast/Kerri Gowler (NZL), 7:27.57; 3. Polly Swann/Holly Hill (GBR), 7:490.51.

Fours: 1. Australia, 6:48.220; 2. Denmark, 6:50.630; 3. Romania, 6:52.220.

Eights: 1. New Zealand, 6:32.400; 2. Australia, 6:36.040; 3. Canada, 6:46.770.

Lightweight Single Sculls: 1. Imogen Grant (GBR), 8:43.59; 2. Georgia Nesbitt (AUS), 8:45.31; 3. Marie-Louise Draeger (GER), 8:50.38.

Lightweight Double Sculls: 1. Zoe McBride/Jackie Kiddle (NZL), 7:38.45; 2. Marieke Keijser/Ilse Paulis (NED), 7:45.43; 3. Patricia Merz/Federique Rol (SUI), 7:48.02.

Lightweight Quadruple Sculls: 1. China, 7:15.070; 2. Germany, 7:24.260; 3. Netherlands, 7:30.610.

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