Victorians Claim Silver & Bronze in Serbia

A huge eight days of World Championship racing came to an end yesterday, with Australian athletes giving their all until the last stroke. Congratulations to our Victorian athletes and their crews on impressive performances all round, including a silver and two bronze medals! All crews below also secured Paris 2024 qualification, well done team. You can read more about the performances of all Australian crews via Rowing Australia's website.

A summary of Victorians' results is available below, with full results available here.

Women’s Pair

Crew: Jessica Morrison OAM, Annabelle McIntyre OAM (Coach: John Keogh)
Result (A Final): 1. NED 7:20.52; 2. AUS 7:22.90; 3. ROU 7:24.33; 4. IRL 7:28.99; 5. CHI 7:34.39; 6. USA 7:34.43
Ranking: 2nd 🥈

Women’s Eight

Crew: Hayley Verbunt (Cox), Lily Alton, Paige Barr, Georgie Gleeson, Olympia Aldersey, Georgina Rowe, Jacqueline Swick, Molly Goodman, Bronwyn Cox (Coach: John Keogh).
Result (A Final): 1. ROM 6:01.28; 2. USA 6:03.73; 3. AUS 6:04.17; 4. GBR 6:05.40; 5. CAN 6:07.15; 6. ITA 6:09.23
Ranking: 3rd 🥉

Men’s Eight

Crew: Kendall Brodie (Coxswain), Angus Widdicombe, Angus Dawson, Jack O’Brien, Jack Robertson, Tim Masters, Ben Canham, Josh Hicks, Paddy Holt (Coach: Mark Prater)
Result (A Final): 1. GBR 5:24.20; 2. NED 5:25.23; 3. AUS 5:26.65; 4. ROU 5:27.57; 5. GER 5:28.39;6. USA 5:29.18
Ranking: 3rd 🥉

PR3 Mixed Coxed Four

Crew: Tom Birtwhistle, Harrison Nichols, Jessica Gallagher, Susannah Lutze, (cox) Teesan Koo (Coach: James Loveday)
Result (A Final): 1. GBR 7:22.20; 2. USA 7:25.01; 3. GER 7:29.74; 4. AUS 7:32.83; 5. FRA 7 :35.21;6. CHN 7 :58.62
Ranking: 4th

Women’s Four

Crew: Giorgia Patten, Katrina Werry, Sarah Hawe, Lucy Stephan OAM (Coach: Tom Westgarth)
Result (A Final): 1. NED 6:41.82; 2. ROU 6:43.29; 3. GBR 6:44.31; 4. USA 6:47.39; 5. AUS 6:48.23; 6. CHN 6:49.81
Ranking: 5th

Women’s Double Scull

Crew: Amanda Bateman, Laura Gourley (Coach: Halley Chapman)
Result (B Final): 1. ITA 6:53.71. 2. AUS 6:53.76; 3. NOR 6:53.78; 4. CHN 6:55.11; 5. NED 6:55.72; 6. RSA 6:56.30; 7
Ranking: 8th

Men’s Pair

Crew: Fergus Hamilton, Simon Keenan (Coach: Laryssa Biesenthal)
Result (B Final): 1. ESP 6:35.76; 2. AUS 6:36.15; 3. NZL 6:37.28; 4. ITA 6:37.45; 5. CRO 6:38.27; 6. DEN 6:38.43
Ranking: 8th