Rower Lindsay Jennerich of Victoria picked up her second World Cup medal of 2008 in the lightweight women's single in Poznan, Poland, today.
"It was good to win again. I really have to hand it to [the Irish sculler] Sinead [Jennings]. She got out in front and I let her go. It wasn't until about 500 metres to go that I checked for her and really the gap hadn't grown, so I waited for the red buoy (250m) and then jacked it," said Jennerich right after today's race. "It's nice to come out on top with someone that accomplished that you know is pushing you that much. Her strength gave me the opportunity to rise to the occasion."
Jennerich, who won the Lucerne World Cup recently, was first in 7:30.95, Jennings, who led most of the way, settled for silver in 7:31.59 and Austria's Michaela Taupe-Traer was third in 7:39.36. Earlier today, Jennerich won her semi-final in 7:47.94.
Rowing in the women's double, Janine Hanson of Winnipeg, Man. and Krista Guloien of Port Moody, B.C. advance to the final after finishing second in their rep in 7:06.88 today. The double, typically members of Canada's women's quad, led for most of the race, but was just nipped by the Finish crew that won the rep in 7:06.63. These two crews advance leaving the Belarusians and New Zealand's Evers-Swindell sisters relegated to the B final.
"We did not have a great heat yesterday, so we came ready to go hard this afternoon," said Guloien. "The tailwind was strong, but thankfully we have trained in these conditions a lot. This is my first time racing the double internationally; so far it has been an awesome experience!"
In a practice race for tomorrow's final, the Romanian women's eight won in 6:05.73, followed by Canada's women's eight in 6:08.38; Great Britain in 6:08.53 and Germany (6:17.09) followed. The women's eight just recently qualified for the Olympics and tomorrow will be the Canadian boat's final international race before Beijing.
Canada will be in four finals tomorrow - the lightweight women's double, women's double, women's pair and the women's eight.
Canada's male rowers have taken a pass on this regatta, preferring to train back home.
For more information, results and quotes, see www.worldrowing.com.
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