It is the sixth EM-success in a row: The German rowing eight wins despite a poor start. However, it is the only medal for the German rowing Association. And in five weeks the world Cup starts.
Batsman Hannes Ocik crack exhausted arms in the air, his team-mates were happy, the water spraying: The Germany-Eighth has won after a great battle for the sixth Time in a row, the EM-Gold. The flagship of the German rowing Association (DRV) pointed at the European Championships in Glasgow, the Olympic Netherlands, the third-with just under a boat length lead over second place and will remain for the 2016 Olympic games in the final race unbeaten.
“To compliment this team, this was a difficult task,” said Germany coach Uwe Bender, whose Team is now as favorite for the world Cup in the Bulgarian Plovdiv (9. to 16. September). On the Strathclyde Loch to the Southeast of the Scottish capital, the German parade boat was 500 metres only on rank four, and fought for the “mid-term” at 1000 m but already on the second place. At the end of the Team drove a safe victory.
“We have bitten on the first half well and went with a very strong Spurt is over. But we were already at the Limit,” said batsman Ocik against the TV station ZDF. Tax man Martin added Sauer: “The others have done right Tempo. So we have expected, and is well risen.” Bronze went to Romania. Olympic champion and host great Britain, had to abandon the diseased quadruple Olympic champion Moe Sbihi, only came in fifth place.
The “eight muscle animals” of the DRV transcended with her convincing victory in a disappointing overall EM-appearance of the German fleet, which took in Glasgow no medal. Lars Wichert on Sunday came in the non-Olympic lightweight A still on rank four, in the hopes of Marie-Louise Draeger had their Start in the light of A disease cancel. “We were overwhelmed with the second set a little bit,” said the senior Federal coach Ralf Holt Meyer.
Overall, the DRV was represented in Glasgow, even in only four of the 18 Finals with a boat. The foursome without tax woman had occupied on Saturday rank six. At the world Cup in September, the Association will send a much stronger fleet at the Start, because of the insecure financial planning, several rowers were left at home. In the men-One, once-thanks to Peter-Michael Kolbe, Thomas Lange and Marcel Hacker, a German domain that was not represented in the DRV in the first place.
“We don’t have here in Glasgow those a Chance that were maybe not so good. We have to honest and say that Against world-class, we can’t arrive with the second or third boat. Maybe that was a mistake,” said Meyer Brings in the ARD. Especially the Failure of the Foursome without a tax man and women-double-Quartet already in the repechage caused disillusionment.
A deterioration in EM balance sheet had recorded the DRV, most recently in 2012 in Varese, Italy, as the German Team without its Olympic driver was even left without any podium place. Ralf Holt Meyer was in Scotland, still combative: “We have up to the world Cup in five weeks time. We bend.”
sw/sam (dpa, sid)