Labor congratulates the Australian Rowing team on remarkable results in windy conditions at the World Championships in Eton, UK.
12 Australian crews made through to the A finals (top 6) and the team added to their three gold medal haul on Saturday’s racing with a gold, two bronze and a silver medal in racing last night.
Saturday saw two new faces, Brooke Pratley and Liz Kell, overturn Olympic and three time world champions from New Zealand to win the women’s double scull. Australian team veterans Drew Ginn and Duncan Free won gold comfortably in the men’s pair. The Australian Women’s Four also won gold.
Reigning world champion, Dominic Monypenny kicked of a good days racing for Australia last night, dominating the men’s adaptive single scull to take gold. Solid performances in difficult conditions saw the lightweight women’s double win silver and the women’s quad and women’s eight win bronze.
The results put Australia among the top few countries in the world and places the team in good stead leading into the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
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