Men’s Lightweight Single Sculls (LM1x) – Heats

by FISA on 21 Aug 2006 Twenty-four countries are contesting this event, twelve will make it through to the semifinal, six will be in the final, one will win gold.

In this initial round heat one opened with local hero Zac Purchase of Great Britain who shot onto the international scene last year by becoming world under 23 champion. He spent the first part of the season out on injury but is back in fighting spirit here at Eton. Purchase kept his speed up through the first half of the race, going through the half-way point rating 35 with Greece’s Elias Pappas in hot pursuit. Pappas kept the pressure on forcing both boats to sprint to earn that one qualifying spot. Purchase’s sprint was just a tad better and he will advance directly to the semifinal.

In heat two New Zealand’s Duncan Grant and Gerard van der Linden of the Netherlands pushed the race to a photo finish when they went head to head for the full 2000 metres. Grant was last on the international scene when he tried to qualify for the Olympics in 2004. Van der Linden finished fifth at last year’s World Championships and has been a regular finalist this season. Coming into the final sprint Grant raised his rate first, getting as high as 43 strokes. Van der Linden fought back. Just 7/100th of a second separated them at the finish. Grant had the edge and moves on to the semifinal.

Spain is having a good day in lightweight singles with heat three all about Juan Zunzunegui Guimerans of Vigo, Spain. After overtaking Ukraine, Zunzunegui Guimerans got out to an open-water lead and settled into a 31 stroke rate rhythm to take the only qualifying spot. This looks to be a continuation of good results for Zunzunegui Guimerans who finished third at the final stage of the Rowing World Cup in July.

Slovenia’s Bine Pislar and Lukas Babac of Slovakia regularly race each other. Last year at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships, Babac had the better result. Today Pislar conducted the better race with Babac unable to catch Pislar’s pace. Pislar moves on to the semifinal. Surprisingly Italy’s four-time World Champion, Stefano Basalini spent the entire race well back in third.

Heat 1

Result  World Cup World Rowing Championships 2006, Eton - Race 6: LM1x  Heat 1
boat progression: 1->SA/B, 2..->R
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	GBR	1:40.42  (1)	3:24.95  (1)	5:10.22  (1)	6:56.83	4
Zac PURCHASE
2	GRE	1:40.84  (2)	3:26.54  (2)	5:13.44  (2)	6:57.62	2
Elias PAPPAS
3	CAN	1:42.76  (3)	3:31.60  (3)	5:22.65  (3)	7:13.65	3
Jeff BUJAS
4	JPN	1:45.22  (4)	3:35.56  (4)	5:29.29  (4)	7:22.19	6
Takehiro KUBO
5	RUS	1:45.85  (5)	3:36.85  (5)	5:31.22  (5)	7:27.64	5
Artem SAFIN
6	ARM	1:53.22  (6)	3:56.49  (6)	6:03.47  (6)	8:04.13	1
Makar SARGSYAN
Key to terms: DNA=Data Not Available DNF=Did Not Finish DNS=Did Not Start DSQ=Disqualified EXC=Excluded BUW=Boat Under Weight

Heat 2

Result  World Cup World Rowing Championships 2006, Eton - Race 7: LM1x  Heat 2
boat progression: 1->SA/B, 2..->R
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	NZL	1:43.01  (2)	3:29.00  (2)	5:15.04  (1)	7:00.36	5
Duncan GRANT
2	NED	1:42.18  (1)	3:28.24  (1)	5:15.36  (2)	7:00.43	4
Gerard VAN DER LINDEN
3	GUA	1:45.45  (4)	3:31.16  (4)	5:18.00  (3)	7:11.87	1
Edgar NANNE
4	CZE	1:44.04  (3)	3:31.00  (3)	5:19.28  (4)	7:18.47	3
Michal VABROUSEK
5	LTU	1:54.20  (5)	3:33.25  (5)	5:25.16  (5)	7:23.87	2
Rolandas KAZLAUSKAS
DNS	THA	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	6
Ruthtanaphol THEPPIBAL
Key to terms: DNA=Data Not Available DNF=Did Not Finish DNS=Did Not Start DSQ=Disqualified EXC=Excluded BUW=Boat Under Weight

Heat 3

Result  World Cup World Rowing Championships 2006, Eton - Race 8: LM1x  Heat 3
boat progression: 1->SA/B, 2..->R
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	ESP	1:39.76  (2)	3:24.71  (1)	5:12.76  (1)	7:03.04	3
Juan ZUNZUNEGUI GUIMERANS
2	UKR	1:38.87  (1)	3:26.55  (2)	5:18.35  (3)	7:06.94	6
Oleksandr SERDIUK
3	GER	1:41.42  (3)	3:28.68  (3)	5:17.82  (2)	7:08.61	4
Jonathan KOCH
4	RSA	1:46.68  (5)	3:34.22  (4)	5:24.69  (4)	7:12.33	5
Warren WELLBELOVED
5	PLE	1:46.00  (4)	3:35.84  (5)	5:28.80  (5)	7:21.97	1
Mark GERBAN
6	TUN	1:51.44  (6)	3:48.08  (6)	5:42.57  (6)	7:40.35	2
Mohamed M'HENNI
Key to terms: DNA=Data Not Available DNF=Did Not Finish DNS=Did Not Start DSQ=Disqualified EXC=Excluded BUW=Boat Under Weight

Heat 4

Result  World Cup World Rowing Championships 2006, Eton - Race 9: LM1x  Heat 4
boat progression: 1->SA/B, 2..->R
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	SLO	1:42.14  (2)	3:27.18  (1)	5:14.26  (1)	7:07.53	3
Bine PISLAR
2	SVK	1:39.83  (1)	3:28.57  (2)	5:16.75  (2)	7:14.56	1
Lukas BABAC
3	ITA	1:45.38  (3)	3:35.31  (3)	5:26.27  (3)	7:17.83	4
Stefano BASALINI
4	HKG	1:46.35  (5)	3:36.99  (4)	5:29.42  (4)	7:18.75	5
Hiu Fung LAW
5	DOM	1:46.63  (6)	3:37.36  (5)	5:30.02  (5)	7:19.33	2
Aaron PREETAM
6	POR	1:45.76  (4)	3:40.38  (6)	5:37.20  (6)	7:31.56	6
Diogo PINHEIRO
Key to terms: DNA=Data Not Available DNF=Did Not Finish DNS=Did Not Start DSQ=Disqualified EXC=Excluded BUW=Boat Under Weight