Laura Fischer and quad 10^th in the world

It looks like Laura’s B Final ran earlier…maybe because of the weather.

http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324900

Laura Fischer ( Rotorua), Ali Burnside, Lucy Spoors, Sarah Gray; Women’s Quadruple Sculls (BW4x) - B-FINAL Austria set off as the crew to beat at the start of this race and first managed to shake off New Zealand before they found that the Italians had a lot of pace. Going through the third 500 Italy managed to get the better of Austria with Great Britain following suit. As Austria dropped back the race turned into an Italian – Great Britain battle. Italy got the better of the situation, but only just. Results: ITA, GBR, AUT, NZL, POL, BLR

Women’s Quadruple Sculls (BW4x) - A-Final Reigning under 23 World Champions, Ukraine grabbed the race by the horns and bolted out of the start ahead of Germany. But they could not sustain it and by the half way point Germany had moved into the lead. Mareike Adams, Julia Lier, Juliane Domscheit and Lena Moebus of Germany then asserted their dominance and moved away from the field. Coming into the final sprint Germany had earned nearly a boat length lead over Russia who had come through from behind to take second. Last year’s bronze medallists, Romania tried to pull through the Russians by throwing out a huge sprint, but the Russians held them off with Germany crossing the line in a relatively comfortable first.Results: GER, RUS, ROU, USA, AUS, UKR

Men’s Coxed Four (BM4+) - A-Final The Italians decided to assert themselves right from the start in this final. They shot out just ahead of reigning under 23 World Champions, New Zealand and started to work their way to a greater lead through the body of the race. Massimiliano Landi, Emanuele Liuzzi, Rosario Agrillo, Simone Ponti and coxswain Pietro Vitucci were the crew that made up the Italian line up. Three of this crew come out of last years under 23 eight and between them they have a good chunk of international experience. As the final sprint came into view Italy remained in the lead over Great Britain who had now overtaken New Zealand to be in second. Then the Germans came charging. Germany come into this final as one of the favourites and they had been sitting back in fourth for the body of the race. The Germans now unleashed a huge sprint. Italy had to react – and they did. Results: ITA, GER, GBR, NZL, CAN, CRO