2023 European Rowing Championships Review
M2x (Men’s doubles)
That left the final a tiny bit less overwhelming for the rest, though with Croatia, a feisty young Italian crew and a new Dutch combination of Melvin Twellaar and Stefan Broenink, nothing was going to be easy. Belgium produced a vintage fly-and-die, Croatia moved through them but then hit the wall of Italy’s high-rating never give up attitude. Matteo Sartori kept a careful eye on the Croatian bowball as he sat just ahead of it, Luca Rimbaldi valiantly matching every rate rise and holding the Sinkovics off for hundreds of metres.