2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls explained

Event:Women's lightweight double sculls
Championship:2017 World Rowing Championships
Dates:24–30 September
Venue:Nathan Benderson Park
Location:Sarasota, United States
Competitors:36
Nations:18
Win Value:6:55.88
Gold:Ionela-Livia Lehaci
Gianina Beleagă
Gold Nation:ROU
Silver:Zoe McBride
Jackie Kiddle
Silver Nation:NZL
Bronze:Emily Schmieg
Michelle Sechser
Bronze Nation:USA
Prev:2015
Next:2018

The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 24 September 2017 11:50 Heats
Tuesday 26 September 2017 13:00 Repechages
Thursday 28 September 2017 12:11 Semifinals A/B
Friday 29 September 2017 14:00 Final C
Saturday 30 September 2017 09:15 Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon11:08 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal A
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.[2] [3]

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Zoe McBride
Jackie Kiddle
7:05.97SA/B
2Ionela-Livia Lehaci
Gianina Beleagă
7:07.28SA/B
3Aja Runge Holmegaard
Juliane Rasmussen
7:10.82R
4Allegra Francalacci
Valentina Rodini
7:13.01R
5Katherine Copeland
Emily Craig
7:13.69R
6Fabiola Nunez
Melissa Marquez
7:53.41R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Claire Bove
Laura Tarantola
7:08.47SA/B
2Chen Fang
Pan Dandan
7:12.93SA/B
3Fini Sturm
Leonie Pless
7:17.36R
4Pauline Delacroix
Frédérique Rol
7:18.27R
5Thomais Emmanouilidou
Maria Pergouli
7:23.06R
Glory Semidara
Favour Bewei

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Weronika Deresz
Joanna Dorociak
7:05.43SA/B
2Emily Schmieg
Michelle Sechser
7:05.59SA/B
3Anastasiia Ianina
Anastasia Lebedeva
7:08.64R
4Alice Erkos
Annie Svensson
7:19.31R
5Yulisa Lopez Guerra
Jenniffer Zuniga
7:40.12R
6Camila Valle
Pamela Noya
7:47.60R

Repechages

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.[4]

Repechage 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Aja Runge Holmegaard
Juliane Rasmussen
7:00.83SA/B
2Fini Sturm
Leonie Pless
7:06.32SA/B
3Thomais Emmanouilidou
Maria Pergouli
7:06.75SA/B
4Alice Erkos
Annie Svensson
7:08.18FC
5Fabiola Nunez
Melissa Marquez
7:38.32FC
6Camila Valle
Pamela Noya
7:41.94FC

Repechage 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Katherine Copeland
Emily Craig
7:00.00SA/B
2Allegra Francalacci
Valentina Rodini
7:01.65SA/B
3Anastasiia Ianina
Anastasia Lebedeva
7:03.61SA/B
4Pauline Delacroix
Frédérique Rol
7:08.42FC
5Yulisa Lopez Guerra
Jenniffer Zuniga
7:35.71FC

Semifinals

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[5]

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Zoe McBride
Jackie Kiddle
7:00.83FA
2Weronika Deresz
Joanna Dorociak
7:03.08FA
3Aja Runge Holmegaard
Juliane Rasmussen
7:04.92FA
4Chen Fang
Pan Dandan
7:09.03FB
5Allegra Francalacci
Valentina Rodini
7:11.08FB
6Thomais Emmanouilidou
Maria Pergouli
7:16.21FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Emily Schmieg
Michelle Sechser
7:00.72FA
2Ionela-Livia Lehaci
Gianina Beleagă
7:02.05FA
3Katherine Copeland
Emily Craig
7:02.52FA
4Claire Bove
Laura Tarantola
7:04.29FB
5Anastasiia Ianina
Anastasia Lebedeva
7:12.05FB
6Fini Sturm
Leonie Pless
7:23.24FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[6]

Final C

RankRowersCountryTime
1Alice Erkos
Annie Svensson
7:06.53
2Pauline Delacroix
Frédérique Rol
7:06.66
3Yulisa Lopez Guerra
Jenniffer Zuniga
7:28.61
4Camila Valle
Pamela Noya
7:31.21
5Fabiola Nunez
Melissa Marquez
7:36.76

Final B

RankRowersCountryTime
1Claire Bove
Laura Tarantola
6:57.63
2Allegra Francalacci
Valentina Rodini
6:57.93
3Fini Sturm
Leonie Pless
7:04.06
4Chen Fang
Pan Dandan
7:05.56
5Thomais Emmanouilidou
Maria Pergouli
7:05.98
6Anastasiia Ianina
Anastasia Lebedeva
7:10.80

Final A

RankRowersCountryTime
Ionela-Livia Lehaci
Gianina Beleagă
6:55.88
Zoe McBride
Jackie Kiddle
6:56.09
Emily Schmieg
Michelle Sechser
6:56.38
4Weronika Deresz
Joanna Dorociak
7:01.07
5Katherine Copeland
Emily Craig
7:03.27
6Aja Runge Holmegaard
Juliane Rasmussen
7:05.53

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Schedule By Event. World Rowing. 6 June 2018.
  2. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Heat. World Rowing. 6 June 2018.
  3. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Heat 2. World Rowing. 6 June 2018.
  4. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Repechage. World Rowing. 6 June 2018.
  5. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Semifinal. World Rowing. 6 June 2018.
  6. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Final. World Rowing. 6 June 2018.