Junior Men's Four (JM4-) - Final

Romania had scored the fastest qualifying time in yesterday’s semifinal and they looked to be the favouite crew. But it was Great Britain that jumped out to an early lead. This lead did not last long with a very smooth Romania taking over at the front of the field. Germany, who won their semifinal, was following in third.

Matinca, Pascari, Ianos and Tudosa of Romania continued to look very much in control showing a superior technical style over their competition. Coming into the last 200m the fight for silver became fierce with Germany rapidly closing on Great Britain and Greece at a 44 stroke rate, burning down to the finish. Just 0.45 seconds separated these three crews at the line. With Romania remaining in first, Great Britain had only just held off the German and Greek charge to earn silver and Germany were the bronze medallists. Greece had missed out on a medal by just 0.19 of a second.

Results: ROU, GBR, GER, GRE, USA, ESP

Ciprian Tudosa (s) – ROU – gold 
“It was a very close and fast race. WE had a good start, it was not so good in the middle ,NULL,but we did a strong finish. We are very excited to win gold.”

 Jonny Naylor (s) – GBR – silver
“Our race was good, it was very choppy in the middle and hard to handle. But it was the same for everyone. It is a challenge to row here as you get different conditions through the race.

Christopher Reinhardt (2) – GER – bronze
“From 1000 metres the water was very difficult as the wind came from the side. We tried to catch the Romanians in the sprint, but we didn’t manage.”

B-final

Switzerland and Serbia recorded near identical times in yesterday’s semifinals, both of them missing out on A-final qualification by just one place. But today is was Serbia and Austria showing similar speeds to be in the lead. This remained until the middle of the race when Serbia was able to pull away. Austria fought back in the final sprint with Switzerland also showing a great sprint to take third.

Results: SRB, AUT, SUI, BUL, AUS, DEN