A spectacular final day when rowing in Dresden comes to an end: In the Frauen-Echter, an extraordinary selection of German skullers triumphed. Timo Strache prevails confidently in the men’s one. There is also a clear winner in the para race.
A very special boat under the name “Die Ruderinnen A” started in the Frauen-Achter. The team consisted of successful skullers who otherwise do not start in the classic belt boat – a concept that is reminiscent of the international format of “Great Eight”. Top athletes from various disciplines start together.
The boat was controlled by Jonas Wiesen, who usually conducts the men’s eight. The team led by Pia Greiten, Tabea Schendekehl, Frauke Hundeling, Lisa Gutfleisch, Sarah Wibberenz, Alexandra Föster and Juliane Faralal, took the lead from the start, consistently expanded the lead and won gold with a time of 59.55 seconds.
“This is great for us. We are not actually the traditional women’s eight and accordingly it is wonderful that we could use our qualities here-and it was also enough to win”said helmsman afterwards on ZDF.
Silver went to the official Germany eight (“The Rowers 1” with Nora Peuser, Paula Hartmann, Michelle Lebahn, Anna Härtl, Olivia Clotten, Lene Mührs, Paula Gerundt, Tabea Kuhnert and helmsman Florian Koch), who had to be beaten despite strong performance (1: 00.49 minutes). Most recently, Alexander Schmitt’s team secured 4th place at the World Cup in Lucerne. The women of the “Meenzer Express” won bronze 1: 02.30 minutes.
Strache sets exclamation marks in one
In the men’s one, Timo Strache from the Hanover Rowing Club dominated the race with almost half a boat length. The 22-year-old, who became a U23 world champion last year, showed an outstanding technical performance and won in 1: 04.22 minutes. Felix Heinrich from RC Normannia Braunschweig won silver (1: 04.94 minutes), Ole Hohensee won bronze (1: 04.69 minutes).
Para race with a strong message
A special highlight was the mixed para-double-wise man-a competition in which an athlete with an athlete with impaired or accompanying person is starting. Gold went confidently to Hermione Krumbein and Niklas Matheis, who clearly listed the field with a time of 1: 10.84. Julian Müller and Viola Schenk secured second place 1: 18.41, bronze went to Jörn Eckert and Marie Arend.