The Olympic Rowing Run-In | Part Four with Zoe De Toledo
After years of training, millions of strokes taken and thousands of miles rowed, the Olympic regatta is now over. For the athletes, priorities immediately change.
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De Toledo steered Great Britain to an unforgettable silver medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Earlier that year, she was a part of a GB’s women’s eight that were crowned European champions. The University of Oxford graduate and Boat Race cox has also raced at the U23 and junior world championships, winning a gold and bronze medal respectively.
Donaldson is the mastermind behind Australia’s ‘Oarsome Foursome’ which dominated the 1990s, winning two gold medals and one silver in fours and pairs combinations. Under Donaldson, Australia won gold in the men’s coxless four at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. The Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee has also spent time in New Zealand as head coach of the men’s sweep crews where he coached Eric Murray and Hamish Bond during their reign in the Coxless Pair.
Prendergast won a gold medal in the women’s pair at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games alongside a silver in the women’s eight. She is a five-times world champion in the pair and was the highest ranked female rower in the world twice in a row in 2019 and 2021. She also won the Boat Race with Cambridge in 2022 in a record time.
After years of training, millions of strokes taken and thousands of miles rowed, the Olympic regatta is now over. For the athletes, priorities immediately change.
Women’s Single Scull – Final A A gladiatorial contest for the ages at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium as the Dutch world champion Karolien Florijn and Olympic champion Emma Twigg went
Men’s Pair – Final A Fresh from a semi-final that will have disappointed the European champions, Great Britain learned their lesson to catch the field napping and
Women’s Single Scull – Semifinals A/B Things are heating up in the singles, after heats and quarter-finals led the way earlier in the week. Karolien Florijn –
Men’s Pair – Semifinals A/B Are the Sinkovic brothers back? Their A/B semi-final – which they won – was a good indicator that the great Croatian
Women’s Single Scull – Quarterfinals Tara Rigney of Australia followed up on her heat win with a decisive victory in the opening quarter-final of the