SEVILLE, Spain – Steve Tucker won his heat of the men’s lightweight single sculls on Sunday, earning a berth in Thursday’s semifinals on the first day of competition at the 2002 FISA World Rowing Championships.
In typical Tucker fashion, the Mooresville, Ind. native got off the line in the middle of the pack and slowly made his way through the field. Tucker sat in third position at the 500-meter mark, 2.89 seconds behind the race leader, Australia’s Anthony Edwards. But, Tucker cut the gap to less than one second by the midway point of the race and used a strong final 1,000 meters to pull away from the Australian. With three rowers advancing to the semifinals, Tucker, Edwards and Italy’s Stefano Basalini will all get three days off to prepare for their next race. Ireland’s Sam Lynch and Germany’s Ingo Euler won the other two heats.
In the women’s pair, Megan Dirkmaat (San Jose, Calif.) and Portia Johnson (Seattle, Wash.) finished in second place, 6.62 second behind Belarus. Racing in the second heat, the Belarussian duo of Natallia Helakh and Yuliya Bichyk took command of the race early on, building a 2.20-second lead on the Ukraine by the 500-meter mark. Meanwhile, the U.S. sat in third place before making a strong push during the third quarter of the race to move into second. Dirkmaat and Johnson then held off a late charge by Australia to maintain their position. Belarus clocked a 7:12.53 and earned a spot in Thursday’s semifinals, while the U.S. finished in a time of 7:19.15 and will now race in the repechages, or second-chance races. In the other two heats, Romania and South Africa were victorious and earned automatic berths in the semifinals.
Joe Manion (Upper Darby, Pa.), Dana Schmunk (Chelsea, Mich.) and Daniel Beery (Oaktown, Ind.) finished second in the first heat of the men’s pair with coxswain, 1.16 seconds behind Germany. Germany and the U.S. took control of the top two spots early in the race, with Germany building a 3.69-second lead on the American crew at the midway point. The U.S. boat made a strong charge during the final 500 meters but was unable to chase down the Germans. Germany finished in a time of 7:10.85 and advanced directly to Saturday’s final. The U.S. crew clocked a 7:12.01 and will race in Tuesday’s repechage. In the second heat, Australia clocked a 7:16.60 to defeat Romania by 3.06 seconds. Australia earned an automatic berth in the final, while Romania will now race in the repechage. In addition to the U.S. and Romania, Italy, Argentina and Spain will race in Tuesday’s repechage, with the top four advancing to the final.
The women’s double sculls tandem of Kelly Salchow (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Laurel Korholz (LaJolla, Calif.) finished third in its heat, clocking a 6:59.02 to finish 7.62 seconds behind New Zealand. Great Britain, which won the world cup race in Lucerne, finished second in a time of 6:55.94. New Zealand’s Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell, defending world silver medalists in the event, took the lead in the first 500 meters and slowly extended their advantage on the British crew. The U.S. duo took the third position off the line and held it throughout the race. New Zealand and Russia, the other heat winner, earned automatic berths in Saturday’s final. The remaining crews will race in the repechages.
In the men’s four, Jason Read (Ringoes, N.J.), Beau Hoopman (Plymouth, Wis.), Luke McGee (Brant Lake, N.Y.) and Mark Flickinger (Corning, N.Y.) finished third in a time of 6:09.36, 16.30 seconds behind the heat winners from Slovenia. With only one crew earning an automatic berth in the semifinals, Slovenia and Italy battled each other the entire way down the course. Slovenia held a slight advantage through the 1,000-meter mark, but Italy nosed ahead with only 500 meters to go. However, Slovenia, which finished in a time of 5:53.06, was able to withstand the charge and ended up defeating Italy by 1.76 seconds. The U.S., which will now race in a repechage on Tuesday, grabbed the third position off the line and maintained its position throughout the race. Germany and Great Britain won the other two heats and advanced directly to the semifinals.
In the second heat of the women’s four, Wendy Wilbur (East Bridgewater, Mass.), Kate Ronkainen (Houston, Texas,), Whitney Webber (Sacramento, Calif.) and Katie Hammes (LaCrosse, Wis.) clocked a 6:54.28 to finish third behind Canada and China. Canada got off the line quickly and built a 2.75-second lead on the second-place U.S. crew at the 500-meter mark. The U.S. held the second position through 1,000 meters, but China made a strong push during the middle half of the race to overtake the American crew. Canada finished in a time of 6:49.64, advancing to Saturday’s final. China finished in a time of 6:53.36 and will join the U.S. and fourth-place Romania in Tuesday’s repechage. In the other heat of the women’s four, Australia clocked a 6:48.60, easily defeating New Zealand by 7.53 seconds to qualify for the final. New Zealand and Germany will now race in the repechage.
In the women’s lightweight single sculls, Lisa Schlenker (Lake Oswego, Ore.) finished third in her heat and will now race in Tuesday’s repechage. Schlenker clocked an 8:02.83 to finish 7.15 seconds behind Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Dimitrova. Dimitrova grabbed the lead off the start and continued to build her advantage through the 1,500-meter mark. Schlenker held the second position through the third quarter of the race before Spain’s Maria Mas De Xaxars Rivero overtook her in the final 500 meters. Dimitrova advanced directly to Thursday’s semifinals, while the remaining scullers will race in Tuesday’s repechages. In the other three heats, Romania’s Monica Stan, the Netherlands’ Kirsten Van Der Kolk and Croatia’s Mirna Rajle were victorious and advanced to the semifinals.
In the third heat of the men’s single sculls, Aquil Abdullah (Washington, D.C.) clocked a 6:59.77 to finish fourth. After sitting in sixth position off the start, Abdullah slowly worked his way up the standings to finish 10.06 seconds behind the heat winner, Iztok Cop of Slovenia. Cop clocked a 6:49.71 and took the lone qualifying spot in the semifinals. Abdullah will now race in Tuesday’s repechage. Norway’s Olaf Tufte and Germany’s Marcel Hacker won the other two heats and also advanced directly to the semifinals.
The men’s double sculls duo of Steve Gillespie (Renton, Wash.) and Brett Wilkinson (Hyde Park, N.Y.) also finished fourth in its heat. Racing in the second of three heats, Gillespie and Wilkinson clocked a 6:26.61 to finish 10.60 seconds behind the heat winners from Australia. Australia led from start to finish, while the U.S. crew maintained its fourth-place position throughout the race. In one of the closest races of the day, Australia clocked a 6:16.01 to finish 0.13 seconds ahead of France and claimed the automatic berth in the semifinals. The other heat winners earning spots in the semifinals included Hungary and Italy. The U.S. crew will race in a repechage on Tuesday.
Kristin Goodrich (Portola Valley, Calif.) finished fifth in the second heat of the women’s single sculls and will now race in Tuesday’s repechage. Goodrich clocked a 7:51.65 to finish 10.40 seconds behind Russia’s Yulya Levina. With three scullers advancing to the semifinals, Levina led from start to finish, stroking a 7:41.25, followed by Cuba’s Maira Gonzalez Borroto and Belarus’ Ekaterina Karsten. The other heat winners included Bulgaria’s Roumiana Neykova and Germany’s Katrin Stomporowski, the defending world champion.
The men’s pair of Adam Holland (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Dan Walsh (Norwalk, Conn.) also finished fifth in its heat. The duo finished in a 6:46.70, 14.07 seconds behind Great Britain’s Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell. The British duo, which advanced directly to the semifinals, clocked a 6:32.63 to defeat the pair from South Africa by 2.78 seconds. On Tuesday, Holland and Walsh will race in the repechages. In the other heats, Croatia and Australia were victorious and earned the automatic berths to the semifinals.
A total of 328 boats and 932 rowers representing 53 nations are competing in 24 events in Seville. The U.S. has 81 rowers competing in 23 of the 24 events. The U.S. roster includes 14 Olympians and 23 first-time senior national team members. Thirty-two team members have won a total of 58 medals at past world championships. Last year, U.S. crews won four medals and had six, fourth-place finishes.
Racing continues Monday with heats in 12 more events. Following the two days of heats, repechages, or second-chance races, will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Semifinals for events with enough entries will be held on Thursday and Friday, with the finals taking place on Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22.
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2002 FISA World Rowing Championships Results
Sunday, September 15, 2002
Women’s Four (Winner to Final; Rest to Repechage)
Heat One: 1. Australia, 6:48.60; 2. New Zealand, 6:56.13; 3. Germany, 7:06.60. Heat Two: 1. Canada, 6:49.64; 2. China, 6:53.36; 3. United States (Wilbur, Ronkainen, Webber, Hammes), 6:54.28; 4. Romania, 7:09.68.
Men’s Pair with Coxswain (Winner to Final; Rest to Repechage)
Heat One: 1. Germany, 7:10.85; 2. United States (Manion, Beery, Schmunk), 7:12.01; 3. Argentina, 7:33.79; 4. Spain, 7:50.68. Heat Two: 1. Australia, 7:16.60; 2. Romania, 7:19.66; 3. Italy, 7:29.18.
Women’s Lightweight Single Sculls (Winner to Semifinals; Rest to Repechage)
Heat One: 1. Romania, 8:08.65; 2. Czech Republic, 8:12.60; 3. Germany, 8:25.14; 4. Paraguay, 8:34.17; 5. Norway, 8:35.85. Heat Two: 1. Netherlands, 8:04.08; 2. Canada, 8:10.97; 3. Switzerland, 8:22.34; 4. Sweden, 8:32.53; 5. Mexico, 8:43.87. Heat Three: 1. Bulgaria, 7:55.68; 2. Spain, 7:59.59; 3. United States (Schlenker), 8:02.83; 4. Greece, 8:25.00. Heat Four: 1. Croatia, 8:07.01; 2. Great Britain, 8:15.06; 3. Italy, 8:16.90; 4. Austria, 8:18.28; 5. Tunisia, 8:21.36.
Men’s Lightweight Single Sculls (Top Three to Semifinals; Rest to Repechage)
Heat One: 1. Ireland, 7:12.50; 2. Japan, 7:19.30; 3. Slovakia, 7:22.67; 4. South Africa, 7:25.03; 5. Guatemala, 7:25.11. Heat Two: 1. United States (Tucker), 7:10.22; 2. Australia, 7:13.70; 3. Italy, 7:15.41; 4. Mexico, 7:22.46; 5. Greece, 7:34.80. Heat Three: 1. Germany, 7:10.85; 2. Czech Republic, 7:13.95; 3. Spain, 7:15.39; 4. Algeria, 7:22.12; 5. Tunisia, 7:45.28.
Women’s Single Sculls (Top Three to Semifinals; Rest to Repechage)
Heat One: 1. Bulgaria, 7:32.51; 2. Great Britain, 7:40.69 3. Italy, 7:42.08; 4. Netherlands, 7:42.89; 5. Spain, 7:51.89. Heat Two: 1. Germany, 7:35.72; 2. China, 7:40.31; 3. New Zealand, 7:44.83; 4. Hungary, 7:51.18; 5. Latvia, 7:57.54. Heat Three: 1. Russia, 7:41.25; 2. Cuba, 7:43.81; 3. Belarus, 7:46.99; 4. Chile, 7:49.68; 5. United States (Goodrich), 7:51.65.
Men’s Single Sculls (Winner to Semifinals, Rest to Repechage)
Heat One: 1. Germany, 7:00.35; 2. Slovakia, 7:05.52; 3. Argentina, 7:09.29; 4. Finland, 7:12.59; 5. Bulgaria, 7:21.76; 6. Romania, 7:25.15. Heat Two: 1. Norway, 6:53.20; 2. Netherlands, 7:03.28; 3. Ukraine, 7:06.84; 4. Greece, 7:21.82; 5. Egypt, 7:43.00. Heat Three: 1. Slovenia, 6:49.71; 2. Czech Republic, 6:56.03; 3. Austria, 6:57.66; 4. United States (Abdullah), 6:59.77; 5. Italy, 7:00.82; 6. Australia, 7:06.87.
Women’s Pair (Winner to Semifinals, Rest to Repechage)
Heat One: 1. Romania, 7:14.80; 2. Germany, 7:22.51; 3. Bulgaria, 7:24.16; 4. New Zealand, 7:28.18; 5. Netherlands, 7:42.50; 6. Italy, 7:46.03. Heat Two: 1. Belarus, 7:12.53; 2. United States (Dirkmaat, Johnson), 7:19.15; 3. Australia, 7:20.18; 4. Ukraine, 7:20.62; 5. Great Britain, 7:25.09; 6. Israel, 7:49.96. Heat Three: 1. South Africa, 7:09.56; 2. Canada, 7:09.78; 3. Russia, 7:18.15; 4. France, 7:23.24; 5. China, 7:37.34.
Men’s Pair (Winner to Semifinals, Rest to Repechage)
Heat One: 1. Croatia, 6:32.71; 2. Czech Republic, 6:37.41; 3. Italy, 6:39.55; 4. Lithuania, 6:40.70; 5. Germany, 6:44.11. Heat Two: 1. Australia, 6:33.12; 2. Yugoslavia, 6:37.20; 3. Canada, 6:39.92; 4. Brazil, 6:43.94; 5. Egypt, 6:44.01. Heat Three: 1. Great Britain, 6:32.63; 2. South Africa, 6:35.41; 3. Argentina, 6:37.42; 4. Romania, 6:37.62; 5. United States (Holland, Walsh), 6:46.70; 6. Spain, 6:49.95.
Women’s Double Sculls (Winner to Final; Rest to Repechage)
Heat One: 1. New Zealand, 6:51.40; 2. Great Britain, 6:55.94; 3. United States (Salchow, Korholz), 6:59.02; 4. France, 6:59.36; 5. Germany, 7:04.91. Heat Two: 1. Russia, 6:52.11; 2. Italy, 6:52.24; 3. Canada, 7:00.95; 4. Romania, 7:04.73; 5. Lithuania, 7:06.25; 6. Poland, 7:09.55.
Men’s Double Sculls (Winner to Semifinals, Rest to Repechage)
Heat One: 1. Hungary, 6:17.14; 2. Great Britain, 6:17.34; 3. Croatia, 6:25.04; 4. Lithuania, 6:26.69; 5. Belgium, 6:29.49; 6. Ukraine, 6:29.87. Heat Two: 1. Australia, 6:16.01; 2. France, 6:16.14; 3. Brazil, 6:24.79; 4. United States (Gillespie, Wilkinson), 6:26.61; 5. Greece, 6:30.76; 6. Spain, 6:36.98. Heat Three: 1. Italy, 6:17.77; 2. Cuba, 6:21.60; 3. Germany, 6:23.90; 4. Czech Republic, 6:25.09; 5. Norway, 6:25.93; 6. Austria, 6:30.64.
Men’s Four (Winner to Semifinals, Rest to Repechage)
Heat One: 1. Germany, 5:59.02; 2. New Zealand, 6:01.08; 3. Denmark, 6:03.00; 4. Poland, 6:03.14; 5. Russia, 6:14.63. Heat Two: 1. Great Britain, 5:53.87; 2. Netherlands, 5:57.36; 3. France, 5:58.79; 4. Bulgaria, 6:07.22; 5. Lithuania, 6:09.29; 6. Czech Republic, 6:09.83. Heat Three: 1. Slovenia, 5:53.06; 2. Italy, 5:54.82; 3. United States (Read, Hoopman, McGee, Flickinger), 6:09.36; 4. Belarus, 6:12.99; 5. Greece, 6:18.22.
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