By Nick Jones with the Rowsellas in Shanghai
Australia’s Men’s Four and Men’s Double Sculls crews will take to the water on Wednesday in search of places in the A-Finals at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai.
The Men’s Four of Nikolas Pender, Fergus Hamilton, Austin Reinehr and Alexander Hill OAM will race in the first of two Semi-Finals.
They line up against Ukraine, USA, Croatia, Great Britain and the Netherlands in a contest that features some of the world’s fastest combinations.
The Four qualified for the Semis after finishing second to Great Britain in their Heat on Monday, clocking 5:56.54 - the second fastest time overall across the four Heats.
In the Men’s Double Sculls, Oscar McGuinness and Mitchell Reinhard will race in the second Semi-Final.
They face Switzerland, Poland, Serbia, New Zealand and Belgium.
The duo advanced as one of the four fastest outside the automatic qualifiers after finishing fourth in their Heat behind Serbia, New Zealand and Belgium.
Both crews will need to finish in the top three of their Semis to secure places in their respective A-Finals on Friday.
Australian crews racing day four
13.18 (AEST) – Men’s Double Sculls Semi-Final 2: Mitchell Reinhard, Oscar McGuinness.
13.28 (AEST) – Men’s Four Semi-Final 1: Nikolas Pender, Fergus Hamilton, Austin Reinehr, Alexander Hill
How to Follow the 2025 World Rowing Championships
Here is how to follow the event on mobile, tablet, or desktop:
The provisional time table for the events can be found here and entries for all the events can be found here.
Live race tracker and LIVE audio will be available for ALL races on www.worldrowing.com.
LIVE video streaming will be available on the World Rowing website, Foxtel, and Kayo Sports from Sunday September 21 from 12.00 AEST. The video streaming will start 5 minutes before the first race.
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