ROWING REGATTA
Brittain to rock with new partner and two blades
Olympic silver medallist Lawrence Brittain raced at the Rock the Boat regatta at Roodeplaat near Pretoria‚ he was beaten by a woman
The last time Olympic silver medallist Lawrence Brittain raced at the Rock the Boat regatta at Roodeplaat near Pretoria‚ he was beaten by a woman. That is the beauty of this fun format in which schoolchildren get to take on the country’s best — crews are measured against the world records in their boat classes and age groups. The 2017 edition of this all-comers race is on Saturday. Last year Brittain and partner Shaun Keeling ended second behind under-23 single sculler Nicole van Wyk‚ with Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler‚ in a double boat‚ finishing third. Brittain and Keeling went on to finish runners-up at the Rio Games while McCann and Grobler took fifth. Van Wyk won a silver medal at the under-23 world championships in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Brittain returns on Saturday with a new partner, Kyle Schoonbee, in a new boat class. Schoonbee came fourth in the doubles at last year’s under-23 world championships. "It’s exciting to have a change of pace‚" said Brittain‚ who wil...
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