2018 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls explained

Event:Women's lightweight double sculls
Championship:2018 World Rowing Championships
Dates:9–15 September
Venue:Plovdiv Regatta Venue
Location:Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Competitors:38
Nations:19
Win Value:6:50.71
Gold:Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc
Gianina Beleagă
Gold Nation:ROU
Silver:Emily Schmieg
Mary Jones
Silver Nation:USA
Bronze:Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis
Bronze Nation:NED
Prev:2017
Next:2019

The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv took place at the Plovdiv Regatta Venue.[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday 9 September 2018 15:00 Heats
Tuesday 11 September 2018 10:57 Repechages
Thursday 13 September 2018 11:36 Semifinals A/B
15:01 Semifinals C/D
Saturday 15 September 2018 09:54 Final B
style=background:lemonchiffon12:01 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal A
15:01 Final C
15:49 Final D
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

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]

Heat 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Kirsten McCann
Nicole van Wyk
6:54.31SA/B
2Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
6:54.91SA/B
3Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
6:55.39R
4Eleanor Piggott
Emily Craig
6:58.59R
5Natsumi Yamaryo
Ayami Oishi
6:59.24R

Heat 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Emily Schmieg
Mary Jones
6:58.59SA/B
2Weronika Deresz
Joanna Dorociak
7:07.52SA/B
3Louisa Altenhuber
Laura Arndorfer
7:09.38R
4Nawel Chiali
Zoubida Lachoub
7:21.52R
5Matinee Raruen
Phuttharaksa Neegree
7:27.07R

Heat 3

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Zoe McBride
Jackie Kiddle
6:50.04SA/B
2Amy James
Sarah Pound
6:51.11SA/B
3Katherine Haber
Jennifer Casson
6:51.45R
4Aoife Casey
Denise Walsh
7:02.25R
5Emma Benany
Asmaa Alzohairy
8:10.82R

Heat 4

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis
6:59.43SA/B
2Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc
Gianina Beleagă
7:02.83SA/B
3Katrin Thoma
Leonie Pless
7:10.41R
4Rocio Lao Sanchez
Natalia de Miguel
7:23.43R

Repechages

The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.[3]

Repechage 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
6:57.90SA/B
2Natsumi Yamaryo
Ayami Oishi
7:00.67SA/B
3Aoife Casey
Denise Walsh
7:03.88SC/D
4Louisa Altenhuber
Laura Arndorfer
7:06.78SC/D
5Rocio Lao Sanchez
Natalia de Miguel
7:16.14SC/D
6Emma Benany
Asmaa Alzohairy
7:50.07SC/D

Repechage 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Eleanor Piggott
Emily Craig
6:57.14SA/B
2Katherine Haber
Jennifer Casson
7:00.60SA/B
3Katrin Thoma
Leonie Pless
7:12.65SC/D
4Matinee Raruen
Phuttharaksa Neegree
7:16.95SC/D
5Nawel Chiali
Zoubida Lachoub
7:23.96SC/D

Semifinals C/D

All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the C final. The slowest boats were sent to the D final.[4]

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Aoife Casey
Denise Walsh
7:20.51FC
2Rocio Lao Sanchez
Natalia de Miguel
7:24.08FC
3Matinee Raruen
Phuttharaksa Neegree
7:31.21FD

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Louisa Altenhuber
Laura Arndorfer
7:15.65FC
2Katrin Thoma
Leonie Pless
7:25.53FC
3Nawel Chiali
Zoubida Lachoub
7:28.06FC
4Emma Benany
Asmaa Alzohairy
7:56.02FD

Semifinals A/B

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.[4]

Semifinal 1

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc
Gianina Beleagă
6:59.23FA
2Emily Schmieg
Mary Jones
6:59.95FA
3Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
7:01.11FA
4Katherine Haber
Jennifer Casson
7:01.50FB
5Kirsten McCann
Nicole van Wyk
7:02.48FB
6Amy James
Sarah Pound
7:09.18FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowersCountryTimeNotes
1Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis
7:05.62FA
2Zoe McBride
Jackie Kiddle
7:06.75FA
3Eleanor Piggott
Emily Craig
7:07.09FA
4Weronika Deresz
Joanna Dorociak
7:12.72FB
5Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
7:12.90FB
6Natsumi Yamaryo
Ayami Oishi
7:14.41FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[5]

Final D

RankRowersCountryTime
1Matinee Raruen
Phuttharaksa Neegree
7:19.19
2Emma Benany
Asmaa Alzohairy
7:52.69

Final C

RankRowersCountryTime
1Aoife Casey
Denise Walsh
7:05.77
2Louisa Altenhuber
Laura Arndorfer
7:08.29
3Katrin Thoma
Leonie Pless
7:09.12
4Rocio Lao Sanchez
Natalia de Miguel
7:13.31
5Nawel Chiali
Zoubida Lachoub
7:20.59

Final B

RankRowersCountryTime
1Valentina Rodini
Federica Cesarini
7:04.91
2Kirsten McCann
Nicole van Wyk
7:06.40
3Katherine Haber
Jennifer Casson
7:07.07
4Natsumi Yamaryo
Ayami Oishi
7:07.96
5Weronika Deresz
Joanna Dorociak
7:08.77
6Amy James
Sarah Pound
7:09.28

Final A

RankRowersCountryTime
Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc
Gianina Beleagă
6:50.71
Emily Schmieg
Mary Jones
6:52.30
Marieke Keijser
Ilse Paulis
6:52.56
4Patricia Merz
Frédérique Rol
6:54.80
5Eleanor Piggott
Emily Craig
6:55.81
6Zoe McBride
Jackie Kiddle
6:57.79

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS Schedule By Event. World Rowing. 14 September 2018.
  2. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Heat. World Rowing. 14 September 2018.
  3. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Repechage. World Rowing. 14 September 2018.
  4. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Semifinal. World Rowing. 14 September 2018.
  5. Web site: 2018 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls – Final. World Rowing. 9 June 2019.