31 Aug 2011

Men's quad through at Rowing Champs

6:11 am on 31 August 2011

The New Zealand men's quad have won their repechage to qualify for the semi-finals at the Wiorld Rowing Championships in Slovenia.

The quad powered through over the last 500 metres to grab one of the two qualifying spots with just 1 second seperating the first 3 boats.

There are 7 New Zealand crews in action tonight, including former World Champion Mahe Drysdale in the single sculls quarter-finals.

The men's four are in a repechage, the lightweight men's quad are in a quarter-final, the lighweight men's pair are in the semi-finals, the women's pair are in a semi-final, the men's eight are in a semi-final and the lightweight women's double are in a repechage.