Gold For NZ Rowers

Created on September 6, 2015

At the World Championships in France the New Zealand rowing crews have claimed another two golds and a silver.

The women’s lightweight double of Julia Edward and Sophie Mackenzie defended their world title. They rowed an outstanding race, taking the lead in the third quarter and then coming home strongly to take the win in a time of 6:53.01.

Edwards was happy with the win: “We’re so stoked, we’re double world champions now, we’re very very excited – our smiles say it all. I had full confidence in Sophie going through halfway we were all pretty level but I was very confident in our last 500 metres.”

“We talked about it before the race and Sophie really ramped us up and she got us going. I think it showed in the race, we took length after length so we’re really rapt.”

Meanwhile, Eric Murray and Hamish Bond continued their winning ways on the water. The Olympic champions won their sixth consecutive world title.

The formidable duo worked their way into the lead to win by a clear margin. The win suggests their continued dominance in the men’s coxless pair will continue for some time yet. It was their sixth consecutive title in the event in an impressive time of 6:15.83.

Bond was delighted with the race, “Really pleased that we could go out there today and execute with a rhythm that I was pleased with. It’s a good time but even more satisfying than the time is just putting a good race together.”