2023 European Rowing Championships Review
M4- (Men’s fours)
Yippee, France have found a fast four, taking the bow four of a previous eight including twins Thibaud and Guillaume Turlan, and making a new unit which found its feet after the heats to win their repechage in short order and qualify for the final. Something to do with Jürgen Grobler’s training programme perhaps? Meanwhile heat leaders Romania and Britain — are you surprised? — had swanned straight through to the medal race but were raring to go and prove themselves. Romania’s oarsmen had been in the eight which lost a nailbiter to the Brits the day before, so the needle was out and ROU were quick to capitalise on some slightly dodgy GB steering and take an early lead.