FISA should be pleased with a very broad entry, from 34 nations, for the first World Cup Regatta of the 2002 season. Notable are appearances from the far East, which may signal an upturn in Asian rowing now that China are set to host the 2008 Olympics. The biggest entries come from Germany and Great Britain, with scoes to settle after the two-day Duisburg regatta, the major European players have all sent teams this weekend, and Greece's representation is also strong, as another Olympic host.
Below are the summarised results from this morning's racing. For crew details and times, see FISA's website.
Repechages for events with semifinals will take place this afternoon, while repechages for events going straight to finals will be run tomorrow morning.
Hazewinkel 2002 Day 1 race summaries Race Cat heat 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th comments LW1x = 14 entries. First three to semis, rest to single rep. 1 LW1x a GRE NED3 BUL AUT SIN 2 LW1x b NED1 CZE GBR NED2 HKG 3 LW1x c GER FRA2 FRA1 AUT2 LM1x = 18 entries. Heat winner to semi, rest to three reps. 4 LM1x a CZE DEN1 GBR2 GBR3 ARM GER2=dns 5 LM1x b CHN FRA1 GBR1 FRA2 HKG FRA3 6 LM1x c GER1 ITA SVK DEN2 POR SIN LM2- = 7 entries. Winner to final, rest to single rep. 7 LM2- a GBR1 ROM NED2 8 LM2- b GBR2 AUT NED1 GBR3 W1x = 15 entries. First three to semis, rest to single rep. 9 W1x a RUS ITA GBR LAT EST 10 W1x b CZE BLR HUN ESP SIN 11 W1x c NED FRA GER DEN BEL M1x = 22 entries. Winner to semi, rest to four reps. 12 M1x a NOR1 FRA2 SUI GRE BEL 13 M1x b GER FRA3 NED2 CHN LAT 14 M1x c NED1 BUL1 SVK DEN NOR2 BUL2 15 M1x d CZE FRA1 AUT ITA EGY GBR W2- = 9 entries. Winner to final, rest to two reps. 16 W2- a ROM RSA GBR1 RUS GBR2 17 W2- b UKR BLR FRA POL M2- = 16 entries. Winner to semi's, rest to three reps. 18 M2- a GBR1 CZE NED2 GRE CRO2 UKR 19 M2- b RSA GER1 ITA LAT NED1 20 M2- c CRO1 ROM GER2 LTU GBR2 W2x = 7 entries. Winner to final, rest to single rep. May be straight final with NED withdrawal. 21 W2x a GER1 NED ITA NED=dns 22 W2x b GBR HUN LAT M2x = 16 entries. Winner to semi's, rest to three reps. 23 M2x a HUN ESP POL NED ITA2 24 M2x b ITA1 AUT CZE BEL RUS GRE2 25 M2x c GER SLO UKR GRE1 NOR M4- = 11 entries. Winner to final, rest to two reps. 26 M4- a GBR1 FRA POL NED1 UKR EGY 27 M4- b GER ITA NED2 SLO GBR2 LW2x = 14 entries. First three to semis, rest to single rep. 28 LW2x a GBR POL HUN AUT2 29 LW2x b DEN NED ROM NOR ITA 30 LW2x c GER GRE FRA AUT1 ZIM=dns LM2x = 20 entries. Winner to semi's, rest to four reps. 31 LM2x a ITA BEL CHN MEX HKG 32 LM2x b GRE GBR1 POL GBR2 UKR 33 LM2x c GER NED1 HUN EGY POR 34 LM2x d DEN FRA ESP NED2 SUI LM4- = 12 entries. Winner to final, rest to two reps. 35 LM4- a ITA AUT GER1 NED POL GRE 36 LM4- b DEN FRA GBR GER2 POR CHN W4x = 8 entries. Winner to final, rest to single rep. 37 W4x a UKR GER POL NOR 38 W4x b GBR DEN NED BLR M4x = 12 entries. Winner to final, rest to two reps. 39 M4x a ITA BLR FRA EST NED DEN 40 M4x b UKR POL GBR CHN EGY SLO M8+ = 8 entries. Winner to final, rest to single rep. 41 M8+ a GER ITA FRA GBR 42 M8+ b ROM EGY CRO POL REPECHAGES LW1x Three to A/B semi's, rest to C final. 43 LW1x r1 NED2 AUT1 AUT2 HKG SIN LM1x First three of each to A/B semi's, rest to C final. 44 LM1x r1 GBR1 DEN1 DEN2 FRA3 ARM 45 LM1x r2 FRA1 SVK GBR2 HKG SIN 46 LM1x r3 ITA GBR2 FRA2 POR M1x First two to A/B semi's, rest to C/D semi's. 47 M1x r1 EGY FRA2 NED2 DEN 48 M1x r2 FRA3 ITA SVK BEL 49 M1x r3 AUT BUL1 GRE BUL2 LAT 50 M1x r4 FRA1 SUI CHN GBR NOR2 M2- First three to A/B semi's, rest to C final. 51 M2- r1 RSA NED2 LTU UKR NED1 52 M2- r2 CZE CRO2 GER2 LAT 53 M2- r3 ITA ROM GRE GBR2 M2x First three to A/B semi's, rest to C final, one race mislabelled on FISA 54 M2x r1 CZE ESP GRE1 GRE2 ITA2 55 M2x r2 UKR AUT NED RUS 56 M2x r3 SLO POL BEL NOR LW2x First three to A/B semi's rest to C final. 57 LW2x r ITA NOR AUT1 AUT2 LM2x First two to A/B semi's, rest to C/D semi's. 58 LM2x r1 POL BEL SUI EGY 59 LM2x r2 NED2 GBR1 HUN HKG 60 LM2x r3 UKR ESP NED1 MEX 61 LM2x r4 POR CHN FRA BGR2 Remainder of the repechages are on Saturday morning.