Great Britain tops the medals and wins the Team trophy,
129 Olympic qualification spots toughly earned
Thousands of people lined the Munich regatta course today
for the last day of finals of the 2007 World Rowing Championships.
The atmosphere in the tribune was wild as the eleven remaining
gold medals were handed out today.
Great Britain collected a total of eleven medals over the
two days of A Finals: three gold, two silver and six bronze,
placing them at the top of this year’s table. It was
also Great Britain which took the overall team trophy.
129 Olympic qualification spots were at stake here, and today,
a handful of crews still had to qualify. Feelings ranged from
bitter disappointment and sheer exhilaration for the B Finalist
today. Japan, in the lightweight women’s double and
Canada in the lightweight men’s double missed out on
their Olympic spot by a whisker, within less than a second
from their qualifying opponent. Though the Japanese girls
still have a chance in the Asian qualification regatta, this
was it for the Canadian men.
On the other hand, those who had already secured their Olympic
spots through qualifying for the A Finals experienced some
great races. The lightweight women’s double, the only
lightweight women’s Olympic event, saw the closest finish
of this regatta, with first Australia and second Finland separated
by 23 hundredths of a second and a dead heat between Germany
and Denmark for third only 1.56 seconds behind.
In the eight, USA take the women’s event and Canada,
pressured by the local crowds supporting the “Deutschland
Achter” Germany’s flagship crew, led from the
start of the men’s race and made it across the finish
line with a 2.27 seconds lead ahead of the home crew.
This concludes eight days of great racing at the Munich Olympic
Regatta course where a total of 65’600 rowing fans supported
their crews over the entire eight days of competition.
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