Monday, May 3, 2010
German rowers get triple-gold
Poses - rather like frustration, joy rather than malice - just a Jahrnach the painful wreck of Beijing is the Germany-Achterseinem reputation as a national symbol of success once again lived up to.
Derersehnte triumph in the World Cup final of Poznan broke the tension dervergangenen months. The victor of Sprint star Usain Bolt Kristof Wilke (Radolfzell) standTeammitglied for the golden World Cup final chord on the sliding seat.
A little later promoted the Crewihren mate Martin Sauer (Berlin) join forces in daskalte waters of Lake Malta. The jump to number one werteteSteuermann Sebastian Schmidt (Mainz) as a rebirth and a beacon füreine better future: "I hope that was the beginning of a neuenÄra."
The sovereign's eight victory of a boat length in front of Olympic winner Canada finished the already impressive overall record Deutschen.Anders than at the World Championships 2007 in Munich and twelve months later, again inPeking DRV boats tied up at dock winner. After three Goldund two bronze medals in the 14 Olympic classes endlichwieder there was reason to rejoice.
Finally got the last of Kursabgekommene DRV within a few months back to erfolgreichstenRuder-nation. The joy of the turnaround was the new DRV head coach Hartmut Buschbacher written on her face: "The isteine good platform for the future. GuteTeamfähigkeit The association has been demonstrated here."
Like the World Cup finals in seven weeks in the DRV Luzerndominierte eight competitors with a start-finish Sieg.Trotz the high initial rate and the initially bitter Gegenwehrder Canadian crew in the final sprint and endurance proved feiertedamit its first championship success for Eton 2006th
Even ansonstenzurückhaltende coach Ralf Holtmeyer fell into raptures: "Wirwerden in the next few years, the level of Weltspitzemitbestimmen."
A few minutes earlier, the lightweight coxless four had arranged forthe first fanfare of the last World Cup day. After einempannenreichen Olympic year enjoyed the team around batsman Martin Kuehner (Saarbruecken the surprising success against Denmark) in vollenZügen.
"It was a sensational victory, that's brilliant," sagteWeltmeister Jochen Kühner (Saarbrücken). The bronze medals derbeiden Doppelvierer rounded off the overall balance. One of the Vierergewechselte former world champion Marcel Hacker (Frankfurt / Main) was the third place to live well. "It's hard for derLohn months of work."
On the day before had Stephan Krüger (Rostock) and Eric Knittel (Berlin), head of the DRV, the fear of a renewed World Cup bust without gold taken. Vanquished at the end of an energy performance, with the dieCrew from the double sculls competition from France, even lacking the power to cheer about.
"I have something vonverausgabt that I am in the target was black before my eyes. Ichnoch Since I do not know whether we have really won," Kruger kommentierteSchlagmann the debilitating Höllenritt.
Even in the working-class men Sicht.Schließlich One improvement is in the DRV was present even without the gewechseltenehemaligen in the four Skiff World Champion in the finals hackers.
The first World Cup debutants 19Jahre Mathias Rocher (Magdeburg) was reflected in significant dererfolgreichen title defense of Mahe Drysdale (New Zealand) mitneuer world best time and was in fifth immerhinOlympiasieger Olaf Tufte (Norway) behind.
The teams from the eight boat classes nichtolympischen gratifying trugenzur German medal yield. The lightweight women's quadruple sculls won gold, the lightweight men's quadruple sculls silver andthe coxed pairs bronze.