Colpaert finished in 7: 22.12, at a considerable distance from the Greek Olympic champion of Tokyo 2021 Stefanos Ntouskos (7: 10.80). Only the first three of the four series moved on to the semi -finals.
The semi -final of Tristan Vandenbussche from Bruges and Aaron Andries from Ghent in the Double Teopard was postponed by a technical breakdown to Thursday (5h21).