World Championship racing continues: GB Crews racing with intent at World Rowing Championships

Racing continues today at the 2022 World Rowing Championships in Racice – read on to catch up with results from Sunday and Monday

Racing continues today at the 2022 World Rowing Championships in Racice with some exciting heats including Great Britain’s Benjamin Pritchard lining up in the PR1 men’s single sculls (PR1 M1x) and the European Champions GB Men’s Eight (M8+) of Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, David Bewicke-Copley, Sholto Carnegie, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin, Tom Ford and cox Harry Brightmore also taking to the water.

Frankie Allen and Giedre Rakauskaite will race in the the PR3 women’s pair (PR3 W2-) preliminary race and Maddie Arlett will race repechage in the lightweight women’s single sculls (LW1x), after finishing second in her earlier heat.

Great Britain has made a strong start to competition in Racice, wearing their trademark World Championship ‘hoops’ all in ones and black ribbons as a mark of respect to HM The Queen, the Royal Family and the Nation.

Here’s a quick recap of the results so far.

The unbeaten PR3 mixed coxed four (PR3 Mix4+) continued its dominance on the water with Frankie Allen, Giedre Rakauskaite, Ed Fuller, Ollie Stanhope and Morgan Baynham-Williams (cox) leading the field and booking a place directly into the final on Saturday. Ollie Stanhope and Ed Fuller also led the PR3 men’s pair (PR3 M2-) preliminary race, setting the standard ahead of that final on Friday.

Graeme Thomas won his men’s single sculls (M1x) heat and Dale Flockhart finished second in his lightweight men’s single (LM1x) heat. Both have booked a place in Wednesday’s quarter finals.

Nine crews have also progressed to their respective A/B semi finals.

European Champions Emily Craig and Imogen Grant in the lightweight women’s double (LW2x), Jess Leyden, Lola Anderson, Georgie Brayshaw and Lucy Glover in the women’s quad (W4x) and Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Samantha Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten in the women’s four (W4-) all won their heats.

The European Champions Men’s Four (M4-) won their heat following a medical substitution, with spare David Ambler stepping in to replace Matt Aldridge. Ambler joined Will Stewart, Sam Nunn and his best friend, Freddie Davidson, in the crew.

The men’s quadruple sculls (M4x) of Harry Leask, George Bourne, Matt Haywood and Tom Barras registered their first win of the season and the men’s pair (M2-) of Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George also won their heat, progressing to the semi final on Thursday.

Second place finishes were also good enough for the women’s pair (W2-) of Emily Ford and Esme Booth and the women’s double sculls (W2x) of Saskia Budgett and Kyra Edwards to secure semi final spots.

Hannah Scott also made the A/B semi final in the women’s single sculls (W1x) after finishing second in her heat and subsequent repechage.

From today you can follow the action live across British Rowing social media channels. Competition will be shown later in the week on BBC iPlayer with finals live on BBC2.

Find results on our event hub page as soon as they come through!

Boat	Crew	Race	Time	Position	Next race
PR3 Mix4+	Ollie Stanhope, Ed Fuller, Giedre Rakauskaite, Frankie Allen, Morgan Baynham-Williams (cox)	Heat	07:14.84	1/4	Final A
PR3 M2-	Ollie Stanhope, Ed Fuller	Prelim	07:20.88	1/5	Final A
W4-	Rowan McKellar, Heidi Long, Samantha Redgrave, Rebecca Shorten	Heat	06:29.44	1/5	Semifinal A/B
W4x	Jess Leyden, Lola Anderson, Georgie Brayshaw, Lucy Glover	Heat	06:21.51	1/4	Semifinal A/B
W2-	Esme Booth, Emily Ford	Heat	07:07.58	2/5	Semifinal A/B
W2x	Kyra Edwards, Saskia Budgett	Heat	07:00.62	2/5	Semifinal A/B
LW2x	Emily Craig, Imogen Grant	Heat	06:55.47	1/6	Semifinal A/B
W1x	Hannah Scott	Heat	07:39.22	2/5	Repechage
W1x	Hannah Scott	Repechage	07:38.89	2/4	Semifinal A/B
LW1x	Maddie Arlett	Heat	07:46.09	2/6	Repechage
M4-	Will Stewart, Sam Nunn, David Ambler, Freddie Davidson	Heat	05:56.90	1/5	Semifinal A/B
M4x	Harry Leask, George Bourne, Matt Haywood, Tom Barras	Heat	05:41.91	1/6	Semifinal A/B
M2-	Ollie Wynne-Griffith, Tom George	Heat	06:29.92	1/5	Semifinal A/B
M1x	Graeme Thomas	Heat	06:49.93	1/6	Quarter final
LM1x	Dale Flockhart	Heat	07:03.52	2/6	Quarter final