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2 days ago
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Henry leads GB gold rush at European Championships
Lauren Henry won gold in the women's quadruple sculls at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris [BBC] Great Britain surged to the top of the medal standings with five gold medals on the final day of the European Rowing Championships in Bulgaria. Lauren Henry, a reigning Olympic champion in the women's quadruple sculls, won gold in her first senior international regatta in the single sculls. Advertisement And a new-look GB crew continued their domination in the women's quadruple sculls, without Henry in the boat, as they defended their European title in Plovdiv. Britain also claimed a first ever men's quadruple sculls gold, while both the men's and women's boats won gold in the eights to take GB's total medal tally for the regatta to six gold, a silver and two bronze medals. Germany were second in the medal standings with five golds and one silver. "It's very, very special," said Henry, 23, after following up her British record time in the heats with victory in Sunday's final. Advertisement "I wanted to come here and make a mark and make a name for myself and I feel like I've done that. "I want to be world champion, I want to be Olympic champion, I want to break the world best time, I want to be the most successful British single sculler ever. That's my aim. I've still got many years to go but watch this space." Sunday's gold rush followed four medals for the British team on Saturday. Paralympic champion Benjamin Pritchard won the PR1 men's single sculls in a new world-record time of eight minutes 40.38 seconds, while Sam Murray and Annie Caddick claimed silver in the PR3 mixed double. Advertisement There were also bronze medals for GB in the women's four, and Eleanor Brinkhoff and Megan Slabbert in the women's pair.
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2 days ago
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Henry leads GB gold rush at European Championships
Great Britain surged to the top of the medal standings with five gold medals on the final day of the European Rowing Championships in Bulgaria. Lauren Henry, a reigning Olympic champion in the women's quadruple sculls, won gold in her first senior international regatta in the single sculls. And a new-look GB crew continued their domination in the women's quadruple sculls, without Henry in the boat, as they defended their European title in Plovdiv. Britain also claimed a first ever men's quadruple sculls gold, while both the men's and women's boats won gold in the eights to take GB's total medal tally for the regatta to six gold, a silver and two bronze medals. Germany were second in the medal standings with five golds and one silver. "It's very, very special," said Henry, 23, after following up her British record time in the heats with victory in Sunday's final. "I wanted to come here and make a mark and make a name for myself and I feel like I've done that. "I want to be world champion, I want to be Olympic champion, I want to break the world best time, I want to be the most successful British single sculler ever. That's my aim. I've still got many years to go but watch this space."Sunday's gold rush followed four medals for the British team on Saturday. Paralympic champion Benjamin Pritchard won the PR1 men's single sculls in a new world-record time of eight minutes 40.38 seconds, while Sam Murray and Annie Caddick claimed silver in the PR3 mixed were also bronze medals for GB in the women's four, and Eleanor Brinkhoff and Megan Slabbert in the women's pair.
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3 days ago
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Pritchard wins Euros gold with another world record
Benjamin Pritchard's gold medal at the 2024 Paralympics was his first in a major international event [Getty Images] Great Britain's Benjamin Pritchard set a world record for the second time in three days as he became European champion on Saturday. The Paralympic champion broke the record in the PR1 men's single sculls on day one of the European Rowing Championships. Advertisement Pritchard posted a time of eight minutes 47.88 seconds to book his place in the final in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The 33-year-old Welshman then topped that two days later, winning in a time of 8:40.38 to claim his first European title. That was enough to beat the previous world-record holder, Ukraine's Roman Polianskyi, who was second in 8:51.93, while Italy's Giacomo Perini was third (8:55.96). Samuel Murray and Annabel Caddick then finished second in the PR3 mixed double sculls final. The British pair finished in 7:03.54, while Germany's Valentin Luz and Kathrin Marchand won it in 6:57.41. Advertisement GB's Eleanor Brinkhoff and Megan Slabbert also claimed a podium finish in the women's pair final. They were third in 6:55.47, with the Romanian pair of Maria Magdalena Rusu and Simona Radis (6:49.18) winning ahead of Laura Meriano and Alice Codato from Italy (6:52.64).
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3 days ago
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Pritchard wins Euros gold with another world record
Great Britain's Benjamin Pritchard set a world record for the second time in three days as he became European champion on Paralympic champion broke the record in the PR1 men's single sculls on day one of the European Rowing posted a time of eight minutes 47.88 seconds to book his place in the final in Plovdiv, 33-year-old Welshman then topped that two days later, winning in a time of 8:40.38 to claim his first European was enough to beat the previous world-record holder, Ukraine's Roman Polianskyi, who was second in 8:51.93, while Italy's Giacomo Perini was third (8:55.96). Samuel Murray and Annabel Caddick then finished second in the PR3 mixed double sculls British pair finished in 7:03.54, while Germany's Valentin Luz and Kathrin Marchand won it in 6: Eleanor Brinkhoff and Megan Slabbert also claimed a podium finish in the women's pair were third in 6:55.47, with the Romanian pair of Maria Magdalena Rusu and Simona Radis (6:49.18) winning ahead of Laura Meriano and Alice Codato from Italy (6:52.64).
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5 days ago
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Paralympic champion Pritchard sets world record at Euros
Great Britain's Paralympic champion Benjamin Pritchard set a world record on day one of the European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv. Pritchard, 33, won gold in Paris in the PR1 men's single sculls in a time of nine minutes 3.84 seconds but smashed that on Thursday to reach the final of the event in Bulgaria. The Welshman's new world record of 8:47.88 beat Ukrainian Roman Polianskyi's previous best of 8.50.38. Pritchard said his performance was part of a "performance reset" for the LA 2028 Games cycle. "We've got a mantra back at British Rowing, where once the 2024 season was done, it was back to zero," he said. "Yes, I'm the Paralympic champion, but this is a whole new cycle. You don't know what anyone else has done in the winter, you don't know what new athletes are coming through, so you have to keep up the training to keep moving on. "I still feel like I'm early in my season preparations, but to go out there and get that world best time, it shows that the hard work that I'm doing - juggling being an athlete, trying to do some work in the city and also to be a dad - it shows that it's worth it." Olympic champion Lauren Henry also set a British record in the women's single sculls Henry, who won gold in Paris last year as part of the quadruple sculls, recorded the third fastest time ever to win in 7:09.76. The Englishwoman will race in the semi-final on Friday. The 23-year-old said: "It's an exciting result for my first senior international single race. I'm so happy to execute my plan. "I've been focused this year on coming in and making myself a better and hopefully a more competitive athlete."
