10th anniversary of the 2007 Rowing World Cup
Kick off in Linz/Ottensheim, Austria
Rowers from 46 nations will be competing in the first leg
of the 2007 Rowing World Cup to be held in Linz/Ottensheim,
Austria from 1 to 3 June. Over 880 athletes competing in 380
boats will gather for the first rendezvous of the season,
embarking on this all important Olympic qualification year.
The highest number of entries are from the winner of last
year’s Rowing World Cup Overall Trophy, Germany, with
37 boats. Next in line, and promising some tremendous surprises
is the 27 strong boat entry from China who have entered crews
in all but two events.
This regatta sees the return to rowing for some of the best.
Denmark’s Eskild Ebbesen is making a comeback after
winning gold at the Athens Olympics while Derek Porter of
Canada hasn’t competed internationally since the 2000
Olympics and returns in the men’s double. Four-time
Olympic Champion Kathrin Boron of Germany is back after a
year off and will be chasing World Champion Ekaterina Karsten
of Belarus in the women’s single.
The men’s double is packed full of top names with five
of the top six boats from last year’s World Rowing Championships
returning. Digging deeper into the event reveals rowing stalwart,
41 year old Jueri Jaanson of Estonia, 3rd in Athens, as well
as Australia’s current top single sculler, David Crawshay
is in the mix as are Hungary’s former World Champions,
Akos Haller and Tibor Peto. Top favourites, though, are France’s
Adrien Hardy and Jean-Baptiste Macquet.
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