World Rowing Championships – Aiguebelette 2015 – Day 1 | True North Strong Sports Blog True North Strong Sports Blog Results , Rowing World Rowing Championships – Aiguebelette 2015 – Day 1 The first day of opening heats were on, with a couple of heat wins for Canadian medal hopefuls. More posts on the World Rowing Championships – here Men’s Lightweight Single Sculls There were six heats in the opening event, with defending champion Marcello Miani of Italy, German Konstantin Steinhuebel, Croatia’s Luka Radonic, Serbia’s Milos Stanojevic, Slovenia’s Rajko Hrvat and New Zealand’s Adam Ling all winning. Nowhere to be found was Slovakia’s Lukas Babac, who has been strong in the World Cup, but did not race here. Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls The top three teams all advanced directly to the quarter-finals, including the French, Stany Delayre & Jeremie Azou, who won their opening heat.

2013 World champions Kristoffer Brun & Are Strandli of Norway and defending champions James Thompson & John Smith of South Africa also won their heats, as did European runners-up William Fletcher & Richard Chambers of Great Britain, Italy’s Andrea Micheletti & Pietro Ruta and Greece’s Panagiotis Magdanis & Eleftherios Konsolas. Men’s Single Sculls The top two men in each heat went through to the quarter-finals, and that group included all the big names. Going through were Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand, World champion Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic, Cuba’s Angel Fournier and Croatia’s Damir Martin, all of whom won their heats. Canada’s Pascal Lussier did not go through, as he finished behind Belgium’s Hannes Obreno and Norway’s Olaf Tufte in his heat, sending him to the repechage. Men’s Pair It was an easy start for most of the favourites, with the top four boats all advancing to the quarter-finals. Eric Murray & Hamish Bond of New Zealand, the Olympic and World champions, had an easy win, comfortably advancing, as did James Foad & Matt Langridge of Great Britain.

The other winners were Italy’s Niccolo Mornati & Vincenzo Capelli, who won a close race against the Netherlands and France, South Africa’s David Hunt & Shaun Keeling and the Serbia duo of Milos Vasic & Nenad Bedik. Canada’s Michael Evans & Martin Barakso finished 3rd behind the Serbians, and advanced. Men’s Four Only the winners went through to the semi-finals directly, and a strong effort from the Canadian foursome of Will Crothers, Tim Schrijver, Kai Langerfeld & Conlin McCabe managed to beat out two European medalist teams, Belarus and Greece. The United States and Australia, medalists last year, also won heats, while the European champions from Great Britain were easily beaten by Italy, and will need to go through the repechage. Men’s Quadruple Sculls The top two teams in each heat went straight to the semi-finals, with a big surprise seeing the Ukrainians, the defending champions, not getting one of those top spots, beaten out by Australia and Poland. The British also missed out, as Switzerland and New Zealand took the top two spots in their heat, and the only real favourite to advance was Germany, which won their final heat.

Lithuania managed to take the second spot, coming past the Canadian team of Matthew Buie, Julien Bahain, Will Dean & Rob Gibson, who were in position for almost the whole heat, only to lose it at the end and finish 3rd. Women’s Lightweight Single Sculls The four heat winners went automatically through to the semi-finals. They were the defending bronze medalist, American Kathleen Bertko, Imogen Walsh of Great Britain, the European champion, New Zealand’s Zoe McBride and Brazil’s Fabiana Beltrame. Canada’s Katherine Sauks finished in third, behind McBride, and will go to the repechage. Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls Lindsay Jennerich & Patricia Obee of Canada, the defending silver medalists, had a strong finish to win their opening heat, leading the four teams that advanced to the quarter-finals from each heat. The defending champions, Sophie MacKenzie & Julia Edward of New Zealand, were beaten out by the Danish duo of Juliane Rasmussen & Anne Lolk Thomsen, but both teams still easily went through.

Also winning were Poland’s Joanna Dorociak & Weronika Deresz, Kirsten McCann & Ursula Grobler of South Africa and Ireland’s Claire Lambe & Sinead Jennings, who beat out the European champions, , Charlotte Taylor & Katherine Copeland of Great Britain. Women’s Single Sculls The top three in each heat made the quarter-finals, with heats won by Olympic champion Mirka Knapkova of the Czech Republic, and World runner-up Kim Crow of Australia. Carling Zeeman of Canada also had a good race, advancing after getting pipped at the line by Lithuania’s Lina Saltyte in her heat. The other heat winners were Denmark’s Fie Udby Erichsen, China’s Duan Jingli & Austria’s Magdalena Lobnig. Women’s Pair Helen Glover and Heather Stanning of Great Britain, the Olympic and World champions, won their heat to go through to the semi-final rather easily. New Zealand’s Grace Pendergast & Kerri Gowler didn’t have much trouble winning either, easily seeing off the Canadian duo of Jennifer Martins & Cristy Nurse, who will go through the repechage rounds.

There were closer races in the other heats, with American Felice Mueller & Eleanor Logan rallying to win over the Danes, and Elisabeth Hogerwerf & Olivia van Rooijen of the Netherlands edging the Romanians by just six hundredths of a second. Share this: World Rowing Cup II Set for This Weekend on Lake Aiguebelette World Rowing Cup II Set for This Weekend on Lake Aiguebelette by Ed Moran, ed@usrowing.org | Jun 16, 2014 LAKE AIGUEBELETTE, France – Seventeen years after hosting the world championships, Lake Aiguebelette, France will again be the site of top international rowing when the 2014 World Rowing Cup II begins this weekend. Click here for Friday's draw (posted 6-19) LAKE AIGUEBELETTE, France – Seventeen years after hosting the world championships, Lake Aiguebelette, France will again be the site of top international rowing when the 2014 World Rowing Cup II begins this weekend.

Among the more than 700 athletes from 46 countries to race will be 16 United States crews competing in the men’s and women’s eight, men’s four, lightweight men’s four, women’s quadruple sculls, women’s pair, women’s double sculls, lightweight men’s and women’s double sculls and men’s and women’s single sculls. Located in the heart of the Rhone-Alps region of France, Lake Aiguebelette has been a major rowing venue since 1984 and was the site of the 1997 World Rowing Championships. This year, it will feature a new course and finish line tower, and next year it will be the site of the 2015 World Rowing Championships. Of the crews scheduled to compete, five will have the chance to earn a spot on the team that will race in the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 24-31. In the women’s pair, Kerry Simmonds (San Diego, Calif.) and two-time Olympian and London bronze medalist Megan Kalmoe (St.

Croix Falls, Wis.) won the event at National Selection Regatta 1 and can earn a place on the 2014 team with a top-four finish in their event. They will be racing in a field of 16 that will include three other U.S. crews. Simmonds and Kalmoe will be racing as USA 1. Racing as USA 2 are Grace Luczak (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Caroline Lind (Greensboro, N.C.). Vicky Opitz (Middleton, Wis.) and Meghan Musnicki (Naples, N.Y.) are racing as USA 3, while Amanda Polk (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Lauren Schmetterling (Moorestown, N.J.) race as USA 4. In addition to competition from their U.S. teammates, Simmonds and Kalmoe will be facing Britain’s 2012 Olympic champions Helen Glover and Heather Stanning and New Zealand Olympians Rebecca Scown and Louise Trappitt. Scown won bronze in the event in London. Trappitt rowed in the women’s quad.

In the women’s double, NSR 1 winners Ellen Tomek (Flint, Mich.) and Meghan O'Leary (Baton Rouge, La.) can claim a spot on the Amsterdam team with a top-six finish in the field of 16 crews that will include 2014 European champions Magdalena Fularczyk and Natalia Madaj of Poland and Olympic and world champions Ekaterina Karsten and Yulia Bichyk of Belarus. Racing in the lightweight men’s double sculls will be NSR 2 winners Josh Konieczny (Millbury, Ohio) and Austin Meyer (Cohoes, N.Y.). They face a packed field of 30 crews that includes Stany Delayre and Jeremie Azou of France, who won the European championships earlier this month, and world champions Kristoffer Brun and Are Standli of Norway. Also able to qualify for the 2014 world championship team are NSR 2 winners in the lightweight women’s double, Devery Karz (Park City, Utah) and Michelle Sechser (Folsom, Calif.). They race against 21 crews.

Among their competition are New Zealand’s Lucy Strack and Julia Edwards, who finished fifth at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in South Korea. Rowing for Brazil is three-time Olympian and 2011 world champion in the lightweight single, Fabiana Beltrame. She is teamed up with Beatriz Cardoso who is new to senior level competition. In the women’s single will be London Olympian Gevvie Stone (Newton, Mass.). After taking a season off from international competition, Stone, who finished seventh in London, came back and won NSR 1 and now has a chance to return to the world championships with a top six finish. Also racing in the event for the U.S. is four-time senior team athlete Stesha Carle (Long Beach, Calif.), who finished second at NSR 1. Stone and Carle are in a field of 21 that includes some of the world’s top female single scullers: London Olympic champion Mirka Knapkova of the Czech Republic, New Zealand’s Emma Twigg, the silver-medalist at the 2013 world championships and Austria’s Magdalena Lobnig, who finished fourth in the event last summer.

The women’s squad will also see racing in the eight and quad events. Five countries have entered the eight event and the defending world champion U.S. will send the crew of coxswain Katelin Snyder (Winter Park, Fla.), Lind, Optiz, Musnicki, Luczak, Schmetterling, Polk, Simmonds and Kalmoe. The U.S. is up against Canada, China, Great Britain and Germany. Eight of the crew return to the lineup from the boat that took gold at the 2013 world championships, including Snyder, Opitz, Luczak, Schmetterling, Polk, Simmonds and Olympic champions Lind and Musnicki. The U.S. will boat two quads for the event. Racing as USA 1 are Grace Latz (Jackson, Mich.), Tracy Eisser (Fair Lawn, N.J.), Eleanor Logan (Boothbay Harbor, Maine) and Felice Mueller (Cleveland, Ohio). Logan, a two-time Olympic champion in the eight, finished fifth in the single last summer at the world championships.

Racing as USA 2 are Olivia Coffey (Watkins Glen, N.Y.), Heidi Robbins (Hanover, N.H.), Tessa Gobbo (Chesterfield, N.H.), and Adrienne Martelli (University Place, Wash.). Coffey and Gobbo won gold in the women’s four last summer. Martelli won a bronze medal in the event at the 2012 Olympics. The two crews are among 11 entered. Germany, Canada and Poland finished first, second and third at the 2013 world championships. The U.S. finished fifth. Canada’s silver medal crew of Antje Von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Carling Zeeman, Katharine Goodfellow and Emily Cameron are back to defend their podium finish. On the men’s side the, U.S.

will send the crew of coxswain Zach Vlahos (Piedmont, Calif.), Thomas Dethlefs (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Nareg Guregian (North Hills, Calif.), Matthew Miller (Springfield, Va.), Rob Munn (Redmond, Wash.), Ross James (Dekalb, Ill.), Steven Kasprzyk (Cinnaminson, N.J.), Ambrose Puttmann (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Thomas Peszek (Farmington Hills, Mich.) to the line in the men’s eight. Six other countries have entered to race including defending Olympic champion Germany, defending world champion Great Britain, along with China, Poland, France and Iran. The U.S. took bronze in the event at the 2013 World Rowing Championships and won gold at the Lucerne world cup stop last summer. Seven of the crew were in the 2013 boat including London Olympians Vlahos, James and Kasprzyk, in addition to Dethlefs, Guregian, Puttman and Peszek.

Munn rowed in the men’s pair with coxswain at the 2013 world championships and Miller rowed in the quad. The bronze-medal winning men’s four crew of Michael Gennaro (Havertown, Pa.), Henrik Rummel (Pittsford, N.Y.), Seth Weil (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Grant James (DeKalb, Ill.) are all back. In addition to winning a bronze medal last summer, Rummel won bronze at the 2012 Olympic Games, and James finished fourth in the eight. The event will feature 10 crews including Great Britain and Australia. Australia edged the U.S. for second last summer, while Great Britain was fifth in the 2013 final. After making the finals last summer in the lightweight men’s four, the U.S. is hoping to reach the podium this summer. The crew of Anthony Fahden (Lafayette, Calif.), William Daly (Vail, Colo.), Edward King (Ironton, Mo.) and Robin Prendes (Miami, Fla.) will take on a field of 10 other crews that include Denmark, France, Great Britain and New Zealand.

The Danish crew of Kasper Winther, Jacob Larsen, Jacob Barsoe and Morten Joergensen are the defending world champions. Of the U.S. crew, only King is new to the boat. Daly, a 2008 Olympian in the event, Fahden and Prendes, who both rowed in the event at the London Olympics, were in the boat last summer in South Korea. In the men’s single sculls, two-time Olympian Ken Jurkowski (New Fairfield, Conn.) returns to international competition. Jurkowski did not compete last season. He finished second at NSR 1. He represented the U.S. in the event at both the London and Beijing Olympic Games. Jurkowski rows in a field of 28 that includes both world and Olympic champions and medalists including current Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand, reigning world champion Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic and Germany’s Marcel Hacker who was third last summer at the world championships. The World Rowing Cup series was launched in 1997 and includes all 14 Olympic boat classes. For more information, timetable, results, live blogging, live race tracker and photo gallery visit .

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GB Rowing Team medals at the World Rowing Championships World Championships Total 2015 (Aiguebelette, France)* Five Nine One 15 2014 (Amsterdam, Holland)* Four Four Two 10 2013 (Lake Tangeum, Korea)* Three Zero Five Eight 2011 (Lake Bled, Slovenia)* Seven Three Four 14 2010 (Lake Karapiro, NZ)* Five Five One 11 2009 (Poznan, Poland)* Three Five One Nine 2008 (Linz, Austria) Zero Zero Zero Zero 2007 (Munich, Germany)* Three Two Six 11 2006 (Eton, Great Britain)* Five Zero Three Eight 2005 (Gifu, Japan)* Three One One Five 2004 (Banyoles, Spain)* One Two Zero Three 2003 (Milan, Italy)* Two Five One Eight 2002 (Seville, Spain) Three One Two Six 2001 (Lucerne, Switzerland) Four Zero One Five 2000 (Zagreb, Croatia)

 Two One Zero Three 1999 (St Catherine’s, Canada) One Four Zero Five 1998 (Cologne, Germany) Three One Zero Four 1997 (Aiguebelette, France) Two Two Four Eight 1996 (Strathclyde, Great Britain) Zero Two Zero Two 1995 (Tampere, Finland) Two Four Zero Six 1994 (Indianapolis, USA) Three One One Five 1993 (Roundice, Czech Rep.) Four Zero Zero Four World Championships: Rowing Rowing Rio 2016 venue: Lagoa Stadium (Copacabana Cluster) Competition dates: Aug.

6-12 Medal events: 14 (8 men’s, 6 women’s) Olympic introduction: 1900 (Paris, France) Preview At the 2016 Olympic Games, the U.S. Olympic Rowing Team is well positioned for podium performances in multiple events. The women’s team continues to dominate the world stage, winning medals across the board at the 2015 World Rowing Championships. The U.S. won its 10th consecutive world title in the women’s eight and historic first gold medal in women’s quadruple sculls, not only qualifying the boats for the Rio Olympics, but continuing the standard for success. Looking ahead to the 2016 Games, the women’s team is deep enough to win a medal in every open-weight event. Key athletes have returned on the men’s side, including three members of the London 2012 bronze-medal-winning men’s four. Several fresh faces have also joined the scene. All eyes will be on the men’s eight, which qualified for a Rio placement by winning the 2016 Final Olympic Qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, in May.

The crew followed the performance with a bronze medal at 2016 World Rowing Cup II a few days later. The sport, with all its history and tradition, has seen a dramatic rise in popularity over the past Olympic cycle as evidenced by the increase of junior and inner-city programs, numbers of athletes competing at events and new events added to the rowing season. The growth of the sport has undoubtedly added to the depth of the elite athlete pool. Combined with the availability of rowing athletic scholarships and stateside world championships on the horizon – with the 2017 event scheduled to be held in the United States for the first time in 40 years – young people across the country are coming to the sport that has become more accessible than ever before. Athletes To Watch Megan Kalmoe A female athlete has never won back-to-back USRowing annual awards, until 2015. Kalmoe was voted by her peers as the USRowing Female Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive year, and was also honored with the 2015 Woman of the Year Award.

A member of the historic world champion women’s quad that won gold for the first time at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, the St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, native will be making her third Olympic appearance in Rio. Eleanor Logan Making her third straight Olympic appearance in 2016 is two-time Olympic gold medalist Logan. A native of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, she has found success in almost every boat class available to her, from the singles and pair, to the dominant women’s eight. Her athleticism, perseverance and “coachability” make her a strong candidate for any lineup that U.S. head coach Tom Terhaar puts together. Meghan Musnicki A golden girl of the London 2012 women’s eight, Musnicki is a force on the women’s squad. Her humble roots brought her to the sport via St. Lawrence University and Ithaca College, where she delivered the 2015 commencement address. Musnicki is ranked among the top female U.S. Olympic and world championship multiple medalists of all time, with six gold medals to her name in her six years on the U.S. national team.

Henrik Rummel Following his bronze-medal-winning performance in the men’s four at the 2012 Olympic Games, Rummel is looking for a repeat podium effort in Rio. A quiet leader of the men’s group, Rummel balances his financial career in Princeton, New Jersey, with a strict training regimen of up to three practices each day. A native of Copenhagen, Denmark, he moved to the United States in 2000, and speaks fluent Danish, German French and Swedish. Seth Weil Weil began his career as a club oarsman at the University of California, Davis. Shortly after he joined the USRowing training center group, he made an immediate impression at the 2013 World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland. Despite it being his first-ever international regatta, his crew led from wire-to-wire and took gold for the U.S. in the event the first time since 2004. Now the 2015 USRowing Male Athlete of the Year is set to make his first Olympic appearance with a solid shot at the podium in the men’s four. Storylines When the U.S.

women’s eight crossed the finish line at the 2015 World Rowing Championships with nearly open water on the field, it was something special. Building a championship dynasty is one thing, but it’s another to be undefeated on the world stage for 10 consecutive years. Under the direction of head coach Tom Terhaar, the U.S. women’s eight has not lost an Olympic or world championship title since 2006. In just his second year, Terhaar coached the women’s eight to the gold medal at the 2002 World Rowing Championships in Seville, Spain. It was the first gold medal for the U.S. in the women’s eight since 1995. Then, at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, his eight set a world record in the heat and won a silver medal in the final. It was the first time the U.S. had won an Olympic medal in the event since 1984. Over the last 10 years, his crews have won at eight world championships and two Olympic Games (2008, 2012).

The American dynasty owns the world record time, set in 2013, and will be seeking its third consecutive Olympic gold medal in Rio. After wrapping up a long and distinguished run with the U.S. men’s team that included three Olympic Games, a gold medal in 2004 and bronze in 2008, stroke seat Bryan Volpenhein turned to coaching—first at the Pocock Rowing Center in Seattle and then with the U.S. lightweight men’s group in Oklahoma City. He led the lightweight men’s four to Olympic qualification and an eighth-place finish at the 2012 Olympic Games. He is now overseeing the men’s four, the priority boat for the U.S. that is bound for a return podium performance in Rio. This summer, he married 2012 Olympian and U.S. men’s pair coach Sarah Trowbridge, and the two live and coach together in Princeton, New Jersey. When the men’s eight fell short of qualifying at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, former national team member turned U.S. men’s team coach Luke McGee had his work cut out for him.

The men’s training center group was expanded to include qualified athletes that had participated in other boat classes in international competition to select the strongest, fastest, eight rowers in the country to race and finish in the top two at the Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. The newly formed crew, four of whom rowed at the University of Washington where the storied gold-medal-winning eight of 1936 hailed from, got the job done in Lucerne and are now looking to return the men’s eight to the podium for the first time since the 2008 bronze-medal performance. Flashback to 2012 and the U.S. men’s eight was in a similar position. The team not only qualified the boat in Lucerne, but went on to finish 0.3 of a second from the bronze medal in London. The coxswain (pronounced cox-in) of a crew has a unique and interesting role. Small in stature, but big in personality, this teammate, coach, motivator and drive can make or break a race. At 5-4 and 110 pounds, Katelin Snyder is the woman for the job and is looking to fill a big pair of shoes.

As coxswain of the indomitable U.S. women’s eight, she will follow in the footsteps of three-time Olympic medalist Mary Whipple, who retired after the London Olympics. The Detroit native, who is engaged to U.S. men’s team rower Nareg Guregian, developed her coxing skills as a member of the men’s team at the University of Washington. After being eliminated from selection for both the eight and four, the last chance for Nareg Guregian to join his fiancé, Katelin Snyder, at the 2016 Olympics was at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials II – Rowing in the pair competition. Guregian and rookie Anders Weiss teamed to defeat a fast and determined field of 10 other seasoned national and international racers to earn their place in Rio. At the moment of qualification, Snyder was on the water training with the women’s eight, but got the call from her future husband that he would be joining her in Rio. Gevvie Stone is the top single sculler in the United States, and among the fastest in the world. Between her daily training sessions on the water, you can find Dr.

Stone in her white lab coat, doing research and making hospital rounds. The Newton, Massachusetts, native took time away from rowing after representing the U.S. at the London Olympics to pursue her Ph.D. Now she’s back, and after a phenomenal fourth-place finish at the world championships, has her sights set on the podium in Rio. Her alma mater, Princeton University, has sent at least one rower to every Olympics since 1952. In total, Princeton has helped produce 55 Olympians in 17 Games. From 1964 to 2008, Princeton rowers have won 17 Olympic medals, including 14 for Team USA. The USRowing Training Center, based in Princeton, New Jersey, is a central hub of athletes hoping to earn their spot on the U.S. Olympic Team. Helping making it all possible is a community of families that act as temporary hosts for U.S. national team athletes. Several athletes have become like a son or daughter to these host-families, who provide daily support and encouragement, celebrate birthdays and holidays and even organize team breakfasts.

Governance Rio Olympic Regatta Preview - Men | row2k Feature Coverage: Olympic Games Rio Olympic Regatta Preview - Men Wednesday, August 3, 2016 The USA Men's Four is looking to snag a medal in Rio Related Galleries US Olympic Team - US Olympic M2- Four years and millions of meters of training since London have led to Rio, with the first racing strokes starting on Saturday morning at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas for the 2016 Olympic Games Regatta. The USA qualified five of the eight men's events and will be without the heavyweight single, double, and quad. The USA men's four had the most success during the quadrennial, winning a bronze medal in 2013, a silver in 2014, then taking gold this year at the Varese World Cup stop. Here's our breakdown of men's events, be sure to check back for the women's event preview and make your picks for all the medal winners!

MEN'S SINGLE SCULLS ENTRIES - 32 THE FAVORITE – Co-favorites for the M1x are Czech sculler Ondrej Synek and Kiwi sculler Mahe Drysdale , the reigning Olympic champion. The two premier scullers of the past decade have traded wins over the past quadrennial, with Synek coming out on top at the world championships in 2013, 2014, and 2015. In 2016, Drysdale defeated Synek in Lucerne, but was then upset by Belgian sculler Hannes Obreno in the final at Henley. MEDAL CONTENDERS – While Drysdale and Synek will be likely take the top two positions, there are several scullers that will challenge for bronze or knock off one of the top two. Damir Martin of Croatia has been wildly inconsistent since making the switch from the quad to the single, but when he has been on, has shown tremendous speed, finishing fifth at the 2015 world championships and winning the European Championship earlier this year.

Cuban Angel Fournier Rodriguez has also shown speed this quadrennial, winning the bronze medal in 2014 and finishing second in Lucerne. Then there's Obreno from Belgium. After missing qualification in 2015, he won the FOQR, then defeated Drysdale at Henley. Mindaugus Griskonis of Lithuania finished third in 2015, and has been a mainstay in the M1x A Finals recently, however a recent injury to the Lithuanian M2x has pushed Griskonis into the double, so it’s unclear how this will affect Griskonis’ regatta. USA PROSPECTS –The USA failed to qualify the M1x for 2016. 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – After Griskonis from Lithuania grabbed an early lead, Synek and Drysdale surged ahead and traded the lead in the last 500m, with Synek grabbing the final lead at the line to win. Watch the final here .

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALISTS MEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS ENTRIES - 13 THE FAVORITE – The Croatian brothers Martin Sinkovic and Valent Sinkovic have dominated the event since moving to the double from the quad in 2014, including setting the World Best Time of 5:59.72 during the semifinal in Amsterdam. MEDAL CONTENDERS – New Zealand returns their bronze medal winning crew from 2015 of Chris Harris and Robbie Manson, and had a successful 2016 World Cup season, finishing second at Lucerne to Croatia, then winning in Poznan. The new Norwegian double of two-time Olympic champion Olaf Tufte and Kjetil Borch has a clear pedigree; the crew won the FOQR and should be in contention to medal in Rio. Germany returns their fourth place crew from 2015, featuring Marcel Hacker and Stephan Krueger, and will also likely be in the medal mix. Lithuania won the silver in 2015 and was a strong medal threat in Rio until a recent injury knocked Rolandas Mascinskas out.

Replacing him is single sculler Mindaugus Griskonis, who finished third in the M1x in 2015. So, while certainly a capable replacement, there is no history on the new combination. USA PROSPECTS –The USA failed to qualify the M2x for 2016. 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Croatia set a blistering pace from the start and maintained nearly a boat length lead the length of the course to win. Germany ran in second place until nearly the 1500 meter mark, when Lithuania and New Zealand sprinting through to win silver and bronze over Germany. Watch the final here . WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALISTS MEN'S QUADRUPLE SCULLS ENTRIES - 10 THE FAVORITE – Germany returns their world championship quad from 2015 and has been the most consistent crew of the quadrennial, going silver, bronze, gold. 2016 has not been great though for the Germans, finishing fourth at Europeans, fifth in Lucerne, and second in Poznan.

MEDAL CONTENDERS – The quad will probably be the most closely contested heavyweight men's final, with many crews capable of winning or medalling. Australia finished second to Germany in 2015 but won in both Lucerne and Poznan earlier this summer. Estonia took third in Aiguebelette in 2015 and won the European Championship this spring. Great Britain has been up and down lately, finishing second in Lucerne, but fifth in Poznan. Then on Tuesday of this week, Graeme Thomas was pulled out of the quad due to illness and replaced with Jack Beaumont. It will be tough for the Brits to keep pace in such a deep field. Poland, Switzerland, and Canada have also shown speed over the last calendar year and could knock off some crews. New Zealand is the new addition to the event following the disqualification of the Russian quad. Russia won the FOQR, but had a sculler fail a drug test and DQ the crew. USA PROSPECTS –The USA failed to qualify the M4x for 2016.

2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Germany edged out to about a half length lead over the field in the first 500 meters, with Switzerland, Australia, and Estonia keeping pace behind them to the 1000. The Aussies nearly drew level with Germany at the 1500, before the Germans pulled away for the win. Watch the final here . WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALISTS 2016 USA Olympic M2- of Guregian and Weiss MEN'S PAIR ENTRIES - 13 THE FAVORITE – The New Zealand pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray . The Kiwis have been the top crew in the world since their inception in 2009 and have never lost a race in the event. Any crew to beat them in Rio would probably be the biggest upset of the entire 2016 Olympic Games. MEDAL CONTENDERS – The British pair has come in second to New Zealand at the last two world championships; the 2016 pair of Stewart Innes and Alan Sinclair are new to the event and were part of the 2015 M4- that won bronze in 2015.

The Dutch crew of Mitchel Steenman and Roel Braas finished fourth in 2015, and have had a solid 2016 campaign, finishing second in Lucerne and winning in Henley. Australia also has a solid pair that has consistently performed in 2016, making the final in Lucerne and winning the silver in Poznan. USA PROSPECTS –The new crew of Nareg Guregian and Anders Weiss won trials and will make their international debut in Rio. For Weiss it will be his first senior team event ever. A good showing in Rio would be to make the A Final. 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – The Kiwis broke open water in the second 500 meters and won by nearly seven seconds. Great Britain and Serbia fought for second most of the second half of the race, with the Brits pulling away for the silver in the final 500m. Watch the final here .

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALISTS MEN'S FOUR ENTRIES - 13 THE FAVORITE – Great Britain prioritized the eight in 2015, but for 2016 they are putting their top four in the men's four. The crew of Gregory, Sbihi, Nash, and Louloudis won the European Championship, and then also won in Lucerne and Poznan. MEDAL CONTENDERS – The top challenger to the British in 2016 have been the Australians. The silver medalists from 2016, Australia led the GB crew in Lucerne to just before the line before a crab opened the door for a British victory. Italy won the world title in 2015 and have shown speed in 2016 as well, finishing second in Varese and Poznan. The United States top boat is also a medal contender, with a win in Varese and a fourth place finish in Lucerne. The Netherlands brings a strong four to Rio. The Dutch finished sixth in 2015 and won the bronze medal in both Varese and Lucerne.

Canada's only men's heavyweight sweep boat in Rio has yet to make a world championship podium this quadrennial, but is always dangerous. The wildcard could be the Russians following the doping scandal that forced the withdrawal of all the Russian crews except the men's four, which is now made up from three athletes from the quad and one left from the four. USA PROSPECTS –The USA men's four of Seth Weil , Henrik Rummel , Matt Miller , and Charlie Cole is the priority crew for the USA men's camp squad. They return three of the four from 2015 with Matt Miller swapping for Glenn Ochal. The crew was one of the favorites to win in 2015 but was struck with illness during the regatta and finished in seventh. In 2016, the crew won in Varese over Australia and Italy, but finished in fourth place in Lucerne behind Great Britain, Australia, and the Netherlands. A good showing in Rio would be making the final and winning a medal. 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Italy grabbed an early lead, but Australia caught them and held a slight lead through the middle thousand meters.

Italy responded with a fantastic finish to win, while Australia took the silver in front of the hard-charging British four. Watch the final here . WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALISTS MEN'S EIGHT ENTRIES - 7 THE FAVORITE – No true favorite for Rio in the men's eight. Great Britain have won the last three world championships, but have pulled their top four from the crew to prioritize the men's four. MEDAL CONTENDERS – The three top contenders for medals are Germany, Great Britain, and The Netherlands. Germany has finished runner up to Great Britain in the past three world championships, but return seven of eight rowers from 2015 and finished second in Lucerne to the Dutch. The Netherlands won the bronze in 2015, and won in Lucerne, as well as at Henley. Great Britain is the three time defending champion in the event, but has pulled their top four out to prioritize the men's four for Rio, so 2016 has been more of a struggle for their eight. In races this spring, the Brits finished third at the European Championships, fourth in Lucerne, and second in Poznan.

The young New Zealand eight and the USA crew could get in the mix for the medals if they hit their stride during the regatta. USA PROSPECTS –After failing to qualify the event at last year's world championships, the USA retooled their eight and returned to the FOQR with only three rowers from 2015 and won a spot in Rio. The following weekend, the crew of Ojserkis , Hack , Munn , DiSanto , Kasprzyk , Ochal , Karwoski , Struzyna , and Dommer finished third at the Lucerne World Cup. A good showing in Rio would be making the final and winning a medal. 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Great Britain got out to a slim lead over Germany and pushed it to a couple seats through middle thousand. Germany made a valiant sprint to catch the Brits, but came up about a foot short to take the silver. The Netherlands sprinted through New Zealand to take third. Watch the final here .

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALISTS 2016 USA Olympic LM2x of Campbell and Konieczny MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS ENTRIES - 20 THE FAVORITE – The French double has the crew to beat the last two years, with Jeremie Azou and Stany Delayre winning the 2015 World Championship. Despite the success, they broke up the combination this winter and swapped in Pierre Houin for Delayre. The switch has paid off so far, with the duo winning in both Lucerne and Poznan this summer. MEDAL CONTENDERS – The British double of Will Fletcher and Richard Chambers finished second in 2015 and finished fifth at both Lucerne and Poznan. The Norwegian double has had one of the most consistently fast quadrennials, winning gold in 2013 and bronze in 2014 and 2015. This year has gone well too, as they finished second to the French at both Lucerne and Poznan. South Africa finished fourth in 2015 after winning in 2014 and will definitely be pushing hard for a medal in Rio.

Both scullers were part of the 2012 Lightweight Four that won gold in London. Then both Italy and Ireland have been consistently in the World Cup Finals in 2016 and could push into the medals. USA PROSPECTS –The USA double of Josh Konieczny and Andrew Campbell won trials in April and made the final in Lucerne and will be looking to improve on their eighth place finish in 2015. A good showing in Rio would be making the A Final and being in the mix for a medal. 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – The home favorite French double led wire to wire but could not shake free of the Brits until the last 500. Norway kept pace in third to win the bronze. Watch the final here . WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALISTS MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT FOUR ENTRIES - 13 THE FAVORITE – The Swiss Four of Simon Niepmann, Mario Gyr, Simon Schuerch, and Lucas Tramer won the 2015 World Championship, the 2016 European Championship, and finished second at the Lucerne World Cup.

MEDAL CONTENDERS – The New Zealand four won silver in 2013 and 2014, but was derailed by an injury in 2015 and finished just outside of the medals. In 2016, they defeated the Swiss to win in Lucerne and will be a serious threat for gold in Rio. Denmark finished second in 2015 after winning in both 2013 and 2014. This year has gone to form as well, with a third place finish in Lucerne and second place finish in Poznan. France and Great Britain have been trading spots on the podium as well and will be likely be in finalists with shots at medaling in Rio. USA PROSPECTS –The USA won the B Final to finish seventh in 2015. Three rowers, Mix King , Tyler Nase , and Anthony Fahden return from that crew and are bolstered by the return of 2012 Olympian Robin Prendes . The crew finished third in Varese in their only appearance of 2016. It was the first medal for the USA LM4- since 2003.

A good showing in Rio would be an appearance in the A Final. 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Switzerland jumped out early and controlled the race from the front, winning by a little bit of open water over Denmark. France finished third in front of New Zealand. Watch the final here . WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALISTS With Years of Training and Dreaming Completed, It’s Time for Racing | USRowing - USRowing Men’s Crews Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls (LM2x) Representing the U.S. in the lightweight men’s double sculls are Andrew Campbell, Jr. (New Canaan, Conn.) and Joshua Konieczny (Millbury, Ohio). Campbell has rowed on 11 national teams at every age level. He attempted to make the 2012 Olympic Team, winning the U.S. trials in the lightweight double, but did not qualify the boat at the 2012 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta.

He won consecutive gold medals in the lightweight men’s single sculls at the 2013 and 2014 World Rowing Under 23 Championships and took bronze in the event at the 2012 World Rowing Senior and Junior Championships. Campbell and Konieczny finished eighth at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, where they qualified the boat class for Rio. They earned their place on the Olympic roster by winning the 2016 U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials in Sarasota, Fla. Konieczny is a four-time national team athlete. He finished 10th in the event at the 2014 World Rowing Championships and sixth in the lightweight four at the 2013 World Rowing Under 23 Championships. The U.S. last raced in the event at the 2004 Olympic Games, finishing seventh. Twenty crews are entered in this popular event, including the defending Olympic champions from Denmark, Rasmus Quist and Mads Rasmussen. London silver and bronze medalist Great Britain and New Zealand are also entered.

Men’s Pair (M2-) After winning Olympic trials and setting a home course record on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J., Nareg Guregian (North Hills, Calif.) and Anders Weiss (Barrington, R.I.) will represent the U.S. in the men’s pair. A crew that came together late in the spring, Guregian and Weiss are a combination of veteran and rookie. Guregian, a seven-time national team athlete, has competed on three senior world championship teams and won a national collegiate championship while an undergraduate at the University of California. Weiss rowed on the 2013 U.S. Under 23 National Team and won a silver medal in the eight. This is his first senior national team. The U.S. finished eighth in the event in 2012 and won silver in the event in 2000. Thirteen crews are entered in the event, the most dominant being Murray and Bond. London finalists France, Great Britain, Italy and Australia are all entered.

Men’s Four (M4-) Selected from the USRowing Training Center camp, Seth Weil (Menlo Park, Calif.), Rummel, Matt Miller (Fairfax, Va.) and Cole will represent the U.S. in the men’s four. The U.S. won bronze in the event in 2012. Cole and Rummel return from that crew. Weil has rowed in the four at the last three world championships, winning silver in 2014 and bronze in 2013. He was in the crew that qualified the boat class last summer. Miller has rowed in the eight at the past two world championships. The U.S. has competed in the event at 18 Olympic Games. The last gold medal came in 1960. Thirteen countries have crews entered including the defending champions from Great Britain. London finalists Australia, The Netherlands, Greece and Germany will all be there. Lightweight Men’s Four (LM4-) The U.S. qualified the lightweight men’s four with a seventh-place finish at the 2015 World Rowing Championships.

Selected to race in this crew are Tyler Nase (Phoenixville, Pa.), Edward (Mix) King (Ironton, Mo.), Robin Prendes (Miami, Fla.) and Anthony Fahden (Lafayette, Calif.). Nase, King and Fahden return from the 2015 crew. Both Fahden and Prendes were in the crew that finished eighth in the London Olympics. The U.S. has had a crew in the boat class in five Olympic Games. Its best finish was a bronze medal in 1996. There will be 13 countries chasing medals in the event. South Africa will defend its 2012 gold and will be joined by finalists Great Britain, Denmark, Switzerland and The Netherlands. The U.S. has had a crew in the boat class in five Olympic Games. Its best finish was a bronze medal in 1996. Men’s Eight (M8+) The men’s eight will go into Rio competition one of this year’s most internationally tested crews. It has twice gone to the line in 2016 and faced some of the seven crews entered for the 2016 including defending champion Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, Great Britain and New Zealand.

The U.S. faced those crews in Lucerne, Switzerland at the 2016 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta – where they won and qualified the boat class for Rio – and at World Rowing Cup II, where they captured bronze. The crew is comprised of coxswain Sam Ojserkis (Linwood, N.J.), Austin Hack (Old Lyme, Conn.), Rob Munn (Redmond, Wash.), Mike DiSanto (Boston, Mass.), Kasprzyk, Ochal, Alex Karwoski (Hollis, N.H.), Hans Struzyna (Kirkland, Wash.) and Sam Dommer (Folsom, Calif.). Of the nine athletes, three return to the eight from last summer including Hack, Karwoski and Dommer. Ochal, a London men’s four bronze medalist, and Kasprzyk, who was in the eight that finished inches out of the medals in 2012, provide a veteran presence in the crew. Ojserkis, Struzyna, DiSanto and Munn are newcomers. The U.S.

has had a men’s eight in competition since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. The U.S. last won the event in 2004 in Athens. Women’s Crews Women’s Single Sculls (W1x) London Olympian Gevvie Stone (Newton, Mass.) makes her second appearance in the Olympic Games in Rio. After finishing seventh in 2012, Stone took a year off from competition to complete her medical degree at Tufts University Medical School. Upon her return to the single, Stone won trials in 2014 and finished ninth at the World Rowing Championships. Stone came back in 2015 and had the best year of her career, finishing fourth at the world championships and winning bronze and silver in world cup competition. The U.S. last won an Olympics medal in the event in 2008, when Michelle Guerette brought home silver. One of the most subscribed events at the Games, the women’s single will field 31 competitors including Karsten, reigning champion Mirka Knapkova from the Czech Republic and Australia’s Kim Brennan (nee Crow), who has not missed a podium since winning Olympic bronze at London.

Brennan won world championship gold twice in this Olympic cycle – in 2013 and 2015. Her London bronze medal was the first Olympic medal ever won for Australia in this boat class. New Zealand’s Emma Twigg will be also be in Rio. Twigg won her first world championship in 2010 and again in 2014. She took a year off from competition last year, but returned and qualified at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in May. She will be looking to win New Zealand’s first ever-Olympic medal in the event. Women’s Pair (W2-) The U.S. came within a breath of medaling in the women’s pair at the 2012 Olympics and has had strong finishes in the event the last two years, taking bronze in 2015 and silver in 2014. This year, a new crew emerged. Grace Luczak (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Felice Mueller (Cleveland, Ohio) won National Selection Regatta I in March. They then won the event at World Rowing Cup II and earned their nominations to the 2016 team.

Luczak and Mueller are no strangers to the pair. They won the event together at the 2011 World Rowing Under 23 Championships and set a world record. Luczak is a nine-time national team athlete and was in the four that won gold in 2015. Mueller is a seven-time national team athlete and was in the pair that won bronze in 2015. Luczak and Mueller will have to row through 14 other crews to reach the top of the podium, where Great Britain’s Glover and Stanning stood in London. Australia, Germany, New Zealand and Romania are also entered. Romania has medaled in five of the 10 event finals since it was included with the inception of the women’s program in 1976. Women’s Double Sculls (W2x) Ellen Tomek (Flushing, Mich.) and Meghan O’Leary (Baton Rouge, La.) have represented the U.S. in the women’s double sculls at the last three world championships. They won bronze in 2013, finished sixth in 2014 and 11th in 2015.

Tomek is an eight-time national team athlete and a 2008 Olympian. She finished fifth in the event in Beijing. Tomek and O’Leary qualified the boat class at the 2015 World Rowing Championships and won trials in Sarasota, Fla., where they earned their place on the Olympic roster. The U.S. finished sixth in the event in 2012. There are 13 countries entered in the event. Great Britain is the defending champion and 2012 finalists Australia, Poland, China and New Zealand will be competing. Another crew to watch is Greece. Sofia Asoumanaki, who crushed the world indoor record by 13 seconds at C.R.A.S.H. – B Sprints in Boston in 2014 as a 17-year-old, and Aikaterini Nikolaidou were second at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, won the 2016 European Championships and were third at the second world cup in Lucerne this year.

Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls (LW2x) Rowing in their first Olympics are Kate Bertko (Oakland, Calif.) and Devery Karz (Park City, Utah). Bertko is a seven-time national team athlete and has won consecutive bronze medals in world championship competition in 2014 and 2015. Karz was in the boat that finished 11th in the event and qualified the boat class for Rio. Bertko and Karz won trials to earn their place on the 2016 team. The U.S. finished 11th in London. The lightweight women’s double is also a heavily subscribed event with 20 countries entered. Defending champion Great Britain is entered as are 2012 finalists China, Denmark and Germany. Romania has been the most dominant country in the event, winning in 1996, 2000 and 2004. They are back in the hunt this year after qualifying at the last-chance regatta in May. Also entered after qualifying in Lucerne in May is Maaike Head and Ilse Paulis from The Netherlands.

Head and Paulis won World Rowing Cup III ahead of the world champions from New Zealand. They also set a new World Best Time and World Cup Best Time of 6:47.69. At the European Rowing Championships, they won over a veteran field that featured reigning Olympic Champion from Great Britain, Katherine Copeland. Women’s Quadruple Sculls (W4x) The United States enters the 2016 Olympic Games as the defending world champion and London bronze medalists in this event. Returning to the crew that took bronze in 2012 are Adrienne Martell i (University Place, Wash.) and Megan Kalmoe (St. Croix Falls, Wis.). Kalmoe also was part of the crew that won at the 2015 World Rowing Championships, a first-ever gold medal for the U.S. Tracy Eisser (Fair Lawn, N.J.) returns to the crew from 2015. Filling out the boat is Grace Latz (Jackson, Mich.), who was in the quad that won bronze in 2014 and in the four that won gold in 2015. Germany set the standard in this boat class.

It first medaled in Barcelona in 1992 and has not missed an Olympic podium since, winning a total of six medals, four of them gold. There are seven crews entered including Germany and London finalists Australia, China and Ukraine. Women’s Eight (W8+) The U.S. enters the Games as the two-time defending Olympic champions, having won gold in 2008 and 2012. Preceding that, the U.S. won silver in 2004. In addition to the two Olympic gold medals, the U.S. has won a string of eight world championships (10 consecutive world and Olympic titles) and holds the world record (5:54.16) set in 2013 in Lucerne. In its most recent competition, the U.S. won gold at World Rowing Cup II in Lucerne. The crew has a new blend of youth and veteran experience with three-time Olympian Logan, two-time Olympian Musnicki and eight-time national team athlete and five-time world champion in the event Polk.

First-time Olympians include coxswain Katelin Snyder (Detroit, Mich.), Amanda Elmore (West Lafayette, Ind.), Tessa Gobbo (Chesterfield, N.H.), Emily Regan (Buffalo, N.Y.), Lauren Schmetterling (Moorestown, N.J.) and Kerry Simmonds (San Diego, Calif.). The nine women in the U.S. eight have a combined 29 world championship and Olympic gold medals among them. There are seven boats entered including Canada, which finished second in London and has been chasing the U.S. through most of the last two cycles. Also entered are 2012 finalists Great Britain, The Netherlands and Romania. Romania has won a total of eight Olympic medals in the event, three of them gold. The U.S., which has five – also three gold – stands to overtake Romania in that category if it wins a historic fourth gold medal. Rowing at the 2016 Olympic Games begins August 6 and runs through August 13. For more information about important USRowing dates, #RowToRio, the 2016 Olympic Games selection process and Olympic athlete bios, visit . Support our team. Visit to find out how.

Name, Boat Position, Hometown, Club Affiliation Women’s Single Sculls Gevvie Stone (Newton, Mass) Cambridge Boat Club * Women’s Double Sculls Ellen Tomek (s) (Flushing, Mich.) USTC – Oklahoma City, New York Athletic Club ** Meghan O’Leary (b) (Baton Rouge, La.) USTC – Oklahoma City, New York Athletic Club Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls Andrew Campbell, Jr .

(s) (New Canaan, Conn.) Cambridge Boat Club Joshua Konieczny (b) (Millbury, Ohio) Cambridge Boat Club Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls Kate Bertko (s) (Oakland, Calif.) Vesper Boat Club Devery Karz (b) (Salt Lake City, Utah) Vesper Boat Club Men’s Pair Nareg Guregian (s) (North Hills, Calif.) USTC – Princeton Anders Weiss (b) (Barrington, R.I.) USTC – Princeton Women’s Pair Grace Luczak (s) (Ann Arbor, Mich.) USTC – Princeton Felice Mueller (b) (Cleveland, Ohio) USTC – Princeton Lightweight Men’s Four Robin Prendes (s) (Miami, Fla.) USTC – Oklahoma City * Tyler Nase (3) (Phoenixville, Pa.) USTC – Oklahoma City Edward King (2) (Ironton, Mo.) USTC – Oklahoma City Anthony Fahden (b) (Lafayette, Calif.) USTC – Oklahoma City * Men’s Four Seth Weil (s) (Menlo Park, Calif.) USTC – Princeton Henrik Rummel (3)

 (Pittsford, N.Y.) USTC – Princeton * Matt Miller (2) (Springfield, Va.) USTC – Princeton Charlie Cole (b) (New Canaan, Conn.) USTC – Princeton * Women’s Quadruple Sculls Adrienne Martelli (s) (University Place, Wash.) USTC – Princeton * Grace Latz (3) (Jackson, Mich.) USTC – Princeton Tracy Eisser (2) (Fair Lawn, N.J.) USTC – Princeton Megan Kalmoe (b) (St.

Croix Falls, Wis.) USTC – Princeton ** Men’s Eight Sam Ojserkis (c) (Linwood, N.J.) USTC – Princeton Austin Hack (8) (Old Lyme, Conn.) USTC – Princeton Rob Munn (7) (Redmond, Wash.) USTC – Princeton Mike DiSanto (6) (Boston, Mass.) USTC – Princeton Steve Kasprzyk (5) (Cinnaminson, N.J.) USTC – Princeton * Glenn Ochal (4) (Philadelphia, Pa.) USTC – Princeton * Alex Karwoski (3) (Hollis, N.H.) USTC – Princeton Hans Struzyna (2) (Kirkland, Wash.) USTC – Princeton Sam Dommer (b) (Folsom, Calif.) USTC – Princeton Women’s Eight Katelin Snyder (c) (Detroit, Mich.) USTC – Princeton Amanda Elmore (8) (West Lafayette, Ind.) USTC – Princeton Eleanor Logan (7) (Boothbay Harbor, Maine) USTC – Princeton ** Meghan Musnicki (6) (Naples, N.Y.) UST

C – Princeton * Tessa Gobbo (5) (Chesterfield, N.H.) USTC – Princeton Lauren Schmetterling (4) (Moorestown, N.J.) USTC – Princeton Emily Regan (3) (Buffalo, N.Y.) USTC – Princeton Kerry Simmonds (2) (San Diego, Calif.) USTC – Princeton Amanda Polk (b) (Pittsburgh, Pa.) USTC – Princeton * Indicates 2012 Olympian ** Indicates 2008 and 2012 Olympian Alternates

Question: In the 2015 World Rowing Championships which country was not in the top four medal winners?
Answer: USA