Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Canadian singe sculler gets bronze at World U23 Rowing Championships
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TRAKAI, Lithuania — Canadian single sculler Carling Zeeman won a bronze medal in the World Rowing Under-23 Championships.
Zeeman, a Laurentian University student from Cambridge, Ont., finished third in 08:20.76.
Germany’s Julia Lier won gold in 08:17.11, and Denmark’s Rikke Quist took the silver medal with 08:18.96.
Zeeman’s bronze medal is the first heavyweight women’s sculling medal at a World Championships or Olympics since 1996.
The lightweight women’s double boat of Elizabeth Fenje and Erin Snelgrove finished fifth overall in 07:33.83.
Dylan Harris and Mark Henry were third in the B final of the lightweight men’s double, finishing ninth overall with a time of 06:56.85.
The lightweight men’s four crew of Marc Addison, Evan Cheng, Maxwell Lattimer and Graham Schenck finished ninth place overall with 06:25.39.
13:06ET 15-07-12
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