Olympic silver medallist Lawrence Brittain has been named in the national rowing squad for September’s world championships in Bulgaria after proving his fitness. Head coach Roger Barrow said he had picked a largely young team comprising five crews‚ including the first black rower in the senior set-up since Sizwe Ndlovu‚ who was a member of the golden lightweight four crew at London 2012. Thabelo Masutha‚ just 19‚ won bronze at the 2017 world junior championships, but Barrow pointed out that he was ultimately aiming for the 2024 Olympics‚ not Tokyo 2020. Competition in Plovdiv from September 9-16 will be tough‚ and Barrow realises this could be the first world championship regatta since 2013 where SA might fail to win a medal. "It’s a very young team. Yes‚ it’s possible we don’t win any medals‚ but our main aim is to get three boats into A-finals." His three premier boats are the men’s four‚ the lightweight women’s double sculls and the men’s pair with Brittain and Jake Green‚ who ar...
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