Gregory returns with gold honours (From Worcester News)

Gregory returns with gold honours

8:00pm Sunday 12th July 2009

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BRITISH rowers took two gold medals at the season-concluding World Cup in Lucerne as well as lifting the overall title for the third consecutive year.

The golds came from the men’s four, including Evesham Rowing Club’s Alex Gregory, and lightweight women’s double scull.

They were backed by silvers from the men’s pair and quadruple scull — the latter being the best World Cup performance by a British quad —as well as bronze from the women’s pair.

“I’m really pleased with our two gold medals and especially heartened to see the silver from our men’s quadruple scull, all of whom have come out of GB Rowing’s talent identification programme,” said GB Rowing performance director David Tanner.

British rowers also won individual overall World Cup titles in the men’s pair, four and quadruple scull and the women’s quadruple scull and lightweight women’s double scull on the back of consistent results across the season.

Now the focus will be on a series of training camps before the World Championships in late August for which the British squad will be named on July 16.

There were impressive performances from each of the men’s four gold medallists — Alex Partridge, Ric Egington, Gregory and Matt Langridge.

Hester Goodsell and Sophie Hosking proved their victory three weeks ago in Munich was not a one-show wonder by taking gold again in the lightweight women’s double scull.

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