Rowing WR World Championships 2023

[avlar 372]

 will have 3 more chances in B finals. Hope better lines will help to win both W4x and M4x quotas.

[Josh 10,678]

Men's Quadruple Sculls Olympic Quotas: 

 

 will battle for the final quota in the B-Final.

Edited September 7, 2023 by Josh

[Nickyc707 382]

15 minutes ago, Josh said:

Men's Quadruple Skulls Olympic Quotas: 

 

 will battle for the final quota in the B-Final.

☠ Skulls, Josh? 😊

[Josh 10,678]

6 minutes ago, Nickyc707 said:

☠ Skulls, Josh? 😊

3:30am in Canada, I must be tired

[Nickyc707 382]

3 minutes ago, Josh said:

3:30am in Canada, I must be tired

Pity, it would have been a bit boring from a spectating point of view but lots of close races.

[Nickyc707 382]

44 minutes ago, Josh said:

Conditions are very unfavorable for rowers in lanes 4-6... these quotas are as predictable as it gets. 

Those 4th place finishes are going to prove important if the weather is similar for the B finals.

[dodge 1,026]

48 boats won Olympic spots today

 

6  

5  

4

3  

2  

1  

 

Athlete quotas won today

 

20

18  

14  

12  

10  

6

4  

2  

 

[Rafa Maciel 1,594]

With  qualifying in the women's quadruple sculls, I think this means that they will no longer get host quota for women's single sculls. If I have read the qualifying document correctly, it will be reallocated to the FOQR - but unlike the 2 existing quotas available there, the reallocated host quota will be awarded to an NOC that has not qualified a boat via World or Continental Champs. 

 

[mpjmcevoy 362]

3 hours ago, IoNuTzZ said:

After 2012, there were only 2 girls in the national team when Elisabeta Lipa took over the leadership of the federation, from there children from the poorer areas of Romania were brought to the selection, making a centralized program and from here it continued to progress. Unfortunately, rowing is about the only sport in Romania where there is still investment at the selection level.

That's such a fabulous story, though - a genuine leader, there.

[phelps 7,714]

what a farcical day (week) of rowing

 

basically, the draw in the preliminary heats did it all

 

once you got stuck in lanes 5 and 6, the championship was over even before the start

 

with a draw in lane 3/4, a miracle was needed to avoid the repechage round (and therefore being always in the less favourable lanes in the following rounds)

 

and day after day, weather conditions are more and more unfair

 

 

this is a recap of this morning's Olympic races with the lanes that won the places in the final (and at the Olympics):

 

women's Pairs

SF #1: (Lanes 1 - 2 - 4)
SF #2: (Lanes 1 - 3 - 2)

men's Pairs

SF #1: (Lanes 1 - 2 - 4)
SF #2: (Lanes 1 - 4 - 3)

women's LW Double Sculls

SF #1: (Lanes 1 - 2 - 4)
SF #2: (Lanes 1 - 3 - 2)

men's LW Double Sculls

SF #1: (Lanes 1 - 3 - 2)
SF #2: (Lanes 2 - 3 - 1)

women's Fours

SF #1: (Lanes 1 - 2 - 3)
SF #2: (Lanes 1 - 2 - 3)

men's Fours

SF #1: (Lanes 2 - 1 - 3)
SF #2: (Lanes 1 - 2 - 3)

women's Quadruple Sculls

SF #1: (Lanes 2 - 1 - 3)
SF #2: (Lanes 1 - 2 - 4)

men's Quadruple Sculls

SF #1: (Lanes 1 - 2 - 4)
SF #2: (Lanes 1 - 3 - 2)

 

 

as you might see, no boat from lanes 5 or 6 has qualified, only a few from lane 4 (and almost all of them only in the first events, before 10.30 a.m.)

 

and 13 out of 16 heats winners completed their race in lane 1

 

moreover, all this sh*t already killed at least 3 (if not 4) boats in the B-Final where only 1 more OQP will be awarded (those not racing in lane 1 or 2 will never have a chance)

 

this is UNACCEPTABLE!

Edited September 7, 2023 by phelps