The first world cup was defnitely a very exciting one! Traditionally, the Australian eight has had mixed results although this regatta was different. Entering the final as the fastest qualifiers we were confident that we were on good form for the final.
The race didn't start to plan as we were a little behind by the first 500m, two seconds off the Chinese. Through the second 500m, Lizzy Patrick our cox, stayed calm and controlled the crew to start the wind to the finish line. Going through the 1000m mark, we were slowl
y gaining on the Chinese although, through the 1000m they pushed again to hold off our surge. With 750m to go, Lizzy demanded an effort which was timed perfectly with the Chinese's fade. Within 20 strokes we were ahead and moving away with every stroke. Leading into the 500m to go, we pushed away again to gain clear water and then the Chinese were never going to come back from there as they had used a lot of energy to hold us through the middle thousand. It was basically a two boat race between us and the other heat winners, the Chinese crew. The other crews including the dominating Romanians, Netherlands, Great Britain and Germany were at least one boat length at all time behind us. By the end of the race, we had won by 6.8sec over China, then back to Romania in third. We were very pleased with this race as it was a step from our heats race, which was a ve
ry important goal for us.
We are now in Varese, Italy preparing for a two and a half week training camp on Lake Varese. It is camp which involves many kilometres of rowing and running each day to ensure that we are the fittest we can be leading into the next regatta; Lucerne World Cup at the end of May.
I will try and get some photos up on the blog, to keep you all envious of the weather that we are getting here in Italy.
Until then, Ciao!
The race didn't start to plan as we were a little behind by the first 500m, two seconds off the Chinese. Through the second 500m, Lizzy Patrick our cox, stayed calm and controlled the crew to start the wind to the finish line. Going through the 1000m mark, we were slowl
y gaining on the Chinese although, through the 1000m they pushed again to hold off our surge. With 750m to go, Lizzy demanded an effort which was timed perfectly with the Chinese's fade. Within 20 strokes we were ahead and moving away with every stroke. Leading into the 500m to go, we pushed away again to gain clear water and then the Chinese were never going to come back from there as they had used a lot of energy to hold us through the middle thousand. It was basically a two boat race between us and the other heat winners, the Chinese crew. The other crews including the dominating Romanians, Netherlands, Great Britain and Germany were at least one boat length at all time behind us. By the end of the race, we had won by 6.8sec over China, then back to Romania in third. We were very pleased with this race as it was a step from our heats race, which was a ve
ry important goal for us.We are now in Varese, Italy preparing for a two and a half week training camp on Lake Varese. It is camp which involves many kilometres of rowing and running each day to ensure that we are the fittest we can be leading into the next regatta; Lucerne World Cup at the end of May.
I will try and get some photos up on the blog, to keep you all envious of the weather that we are getting here in Italy.
Until then, Ciao!
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