World Rowing e-Magazine, August 2007

1. Great Britain’s new combination in the men’s pair Colin Smith (l) and Matt Langridge (r) win gold at the Rowing World Cup in Linz/Ottensheim, Austria.

2. The Czech Republic leads the points table in the men’s single sculls with rower Ondrej Synek.

3. Great Britain’s top sweep rowers _rk.joined forces at the Rowing World

Cup in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ¹to win gold in the men’s eight. 2

4. Unbeaten since winning the 2006 World 3 Championship title, Mads Rasmussen ₄(r) and Rasmus Quist of Denmark led the lightweight men’s double sculls 5 event throughout the Rowing World ₆Cup series and set a new World Best

Time in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ⁷

5. World Champions and World Best Time ⁸holders in the lightweight men’s four, 9 Zhongming Huang, Chongkui Wu, Lin ₁₀Zhang and Jun Tian of China continue to dominate their event at the Rowing World

Cup in Austria and the Netherlands.

6. Julilette Haigh and Nicky Coles of New Zealand dominate the women’s pair in the 2007 Rowing World Cup series, ⁵with a gold win in Lucerne (SUI) and a silver medal in Amsterdam (NED).

7. Er wan Peron (b) and Laurent Cadot (s) of France, a new force to reckon with in the men’s pair, win bronze at Amsterdam and Lucerne.

8. Denmark shows its strength in lightweight rowing, winning gold in the double at the Rowing World

Cup stages one and three with Katrin Olsen (r) and Julianne Rasmussen.

9. Great Britain’s major challenger in the four, the Dutch crew with Geert Cirkel (b), Matthijs Vellenga, Jan-Willems Gabriels and Gijs Vermeulen (s), won silver in Linz/Ottensheim and Amsterdam and gold in Lucerne.