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More Crews through to semis
Alan Campbell, a medallist at the season’s first world cup and a finalist at the second seemed largely unruffled – despite some pressure applied by Sweden’s Lassi Karonen – in qualifying for the semi-finals of the season’s third and final […]
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Eleven crews progress in Lucerne
Eleven British crews progressed from their heats this morning at this season’s third and final world cup of the season in Lucerne. The men’s four, racing with a substitute, and the women’s quadruple scull, both sponsored by Camelot, were amongst […]
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Medal hopes in Lucerne
Great Britain’s rowers contest the season’s final world cup in Lucerne, Switzerland, starting Friday (13 July) and finishing on Sunday with hopes of medals despite injury problems for some leading Olympic-class boats. With 876 athletes from 41 countries in action […]
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Partridge out for Henley and Lucerne
Just when it looked as if the Great Britain squad – announced today for the third and final 2007 world cup due to take place in Lucerne, Switzerland, from July 13-15 – would have a more familiar look to it […]
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Two medals for GB eights
Britain’s men took gold and bronze in the final of the men’s eight at the world cup in Amsterdam today to make a little piece of history all of their own. Britain had never qualified two eights for a world […]
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Britain takes inaugural adaptive world cup gold
Britain has won the inaugural world cup race for adaptive rowers – the mixed adaptive four- sponsored by Siemens at the world cup in Amsterdam. Coxed by Tamsin Cottle, the four which includes Naomi Riches, Vicki Hansford, Alan Crowther and […]
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Twelve crews in final as eights make history
Twelve British crews – eight of them Olympic classes – will race in tomorrow’s finals of the world cup in Amsterdam. The tally includes, for the first time ever in a world cup final, two men’s eights. Britain’s semi-final winners […]
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Two head-turning eights
Both of the British men’s eights turned a few heads on Amsterdam’s Bosbaan lake in today’s world cup racing but for different reasons. The "new" composite eight, sponsored jointly by Siemens and Camelot, stroked by Olympic champion Steve Williams and […]
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GB announces crews for second world cup
Great Britain’s rowers return to world cup action next weekend (22-24 June) in Amsterdam after their successes of 10 days ago in Linz, winning eight Olympic class medals including four golds. Linz attracted a record world-cup entry but as the […]
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Best world cup yet for GB
Britain’s performance at the opening world cup of the 2007 season, in Linz, Austria, was nothing short of outstanding with eight Olympic class boats taking medals – four of them gold – from one of the world’s toughest fields. Britain […]
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