2023 European Rowing Championships Review
M2- (Men’s pairs)
Great Britain’s Ollie Wynne-Griffith (bow) and Tom George won their semifinal but were narrowly beaten by the Swiss in the final.
A relatively big event, the men's pairs were initially dominated by Romania, Britain and Switzerland in the opening rounds, with Spain also close on their tails at the semi-final stage. The question was whether the form guide would hold in a medal race. What most watching may not have realised was that for three of the oarsmen it was a rerun of the 2022 men's Boat Race, in which Roman Röösli from Switzerland had been in the Oxford crew which defeated Britons Tom George and Ollie Wynne-Griffith who were racing for Cambridge.