Men’s Single Sculls (M1x) – Heats

by FISA on 21 Aug 2006 Olympic Champion, Olaf Tufte of Norway opened up the first of four heats by showing he’s back on form.

Tufte has been plugging away since his big 2004 win, but it took until the final Rowing World Cup this year for him to win gold again. Tufte led over last year’s under 23 champion, Sjoerd Hamburger of the Netherlands and with only one qualifying spot, Tufte looked to have it wrapped up. Still Tufte kept his rating just above 30 to move on to the semifinal.

The commentators at the Eton rowing course decided it was no surprise to see current World Champion Mahe Drysdale in the lead. The New Zealander was seeded in the centre lane and proved his worthiness by maintaining a handy lead over Sweden’s Lassi Karonen. Catching a crab around the 800 metre mark caused Karonen to stutter. But Karonen fought back and tried to close on Drysdale. Unperturbed Drysdale continued with a steady 29 stroke rate and will advance to the semifinal with the same finishing time as Tufte. Karonen will now return for the repechage.

At the head of the field in heat three, Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic was challenged strongly by Switzerland’s Andre Vonarburg. But Synek kept his rating up at 35 and maintained the edge over Vonarburg. Also holding onto the pace Belgium’s Tim Maeyens went for broke at the finish. Pushing his rating to 40 Maeyens forced both Synek and Vonarburg to sprint. The order didn’t change and Synek earns the qualifying spot. An empty lane five indicated current visa problems. Moldova was unable to enter Great Britain and Evgenij Ignatov will not race at Eton.

The final heat was all about the newly bald headed Marcel Hacker of Germany. Hacker missed the final Rowing World Cup following a hernia operation, but back in action here it looks like the operation was a success and his recent St. Moritz altitude training is working a treat. In the lead Hacker looked comfortable rating a steady 30 strokes per minute with Cuba back in second. The big surprise was local hope, Alan Campbell of Great Britain. From the opening strokes Campbell appeared to barely be racing. Not in 100 percent health Campbell will hope to be well when he returns to race again on Tuesday in the repechage.


Heat 1

Result  World Cup World Rowing Championships 2006, Eton - Race 14: M1x  Heat 1
boat progression: 1->SA/B, 2..->R
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	NOR	1:37.66  (1)	3:19.85  (1)	5:04.21  (1)	6:50.86	4
Olaf TUFTE
2	NED	1:38.60  (2)	3:22.60  (2)	5:08.23  (2)	6:55.16	3
Sjoerd HAMBURGER
3	USA	1:41.33  (4)	3:27.90  (4)	5:15.11  (4)	6:59.29	6
Jamie SCHROEDER
4	FIN	1:40.30  (3)	3:25.12  (3)	5:13.83  (3)	7:06.98	2
Jaakko HASU
5	AUT	1:41.63  (5)	3:28.60  (5)	5:17.62  (5)	7:09.96	5
Christof UHL
6	ITA	1:42.98  (6)	3:30.11  (6)	5:20.37  (6)	7:13.05	1
Pier-giorgio NEGRINI
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 15: M1x  Heat 2
boat progression: 1->SA/B, 2..->R
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	NZL	1:39.17  (1)	3:21.17  (1)	5:04.98  (1)	6:50.64	3
Mahe DRYSDALE
2	SWE	1:40.42  (3)	3:26.40  (3)	5:10.31  (2)	6:55.19	4
Lassi KARONEN
3	IRL	1:41.54  (4)	3:27.83  (4)	5:13.94  (4)	6:57.42	2
Sean JACOB
4	FRA	1:39.85  (2)	3:24.93  (2)	5:11.30  (3)	6:57.51	1
Pierre-Jean PELTIER
5	ROM	1:42.65  (5)	3:28.58  (5)	5:16.59  (5)	7:06.37	6
Daniel FRATEANU
6	IRQ	1:44.03  (6)	3:36.38  (6)	5:30.87  (6)	7:20.95	5
Hamza JABER
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 16: M1x  Heat 3
boat progression: 1->SA/B, 2..->R
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	CZE	1:36.22  (1)	3:17.35  (1)	4:59.76  (1)	6:41.01	4
Ondrej SYNEK
2	SUI	1:38.29  (2)	3:19.22  (2)	5:01.97  (2)	6:41.99	3
Andre VONARBURG
3	BEL	1:39.22  (4)	3:20.55  (3)	5:03.61  (3)	6:42.78	1
Tim MAEYENS
4	ARG	1:38.77  (3)	3:21.33  (4)	5:07.23  (4)	6:56.15	2
Santiago FERNANDEZ
5	LTU	1:40.45  (5)	3:23.77  (5)	5:11.72  (5)	7:02.76	6
Sigitas KLERAUSKAS
DNS	MDA	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	5
Evgenij IGNATOV
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 17: M1x  Heat 4
boat progression: 1->SA/B, 2..->R
Rank	Boat	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	Finish	Lane
1	GER	1:34.67  (1)	3:18.04  (1)	5:03.37  (1)	6:50.87	4
Marcel HACKER
2	CUB	1:38.31  (2)	3:23.75  (2)	5:11.60  (2)	6:59.46	2
Yoennis HERNANDEZ ARRUEZ
3	HUN	1:44.61  (4)	3:32.28  (4)	5:22.25  (4)	7:04.88	1
Gabor BENCSIK
4	LAT	1:42.53  (3)	3:30.81  (3)	5:20.00  (3)	7:05.74	6
Kristaps BOKUMS
5	GBR	1:46.00  (5)	3:37.38  (5)	5:28.55  (5)	7:19.58	3
Alan CAMPBELL
DNS	ESA	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	5
Pedro BERGANZA
Key to terms: DNA=Data Not Available DNF=Did Not Finish DNS=Did Not Start DSQ=Disqualified EXC=Excluded BUW=Boat Under Weight