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The European Championship, which this year serves as the sole venue for the Olympics, is going according to plan for ÖRV athletes. Carinthian Magdalena Lobnig (one) and Gabriel Hohensasser (four without) reached the A final with ease.
For Magdalena Lobnig, everything is going according to plan in this ME. Victory in the preliminary and victory in the semi-finals for a place in the final A. “Overall, today was a good day for ÖRV. Magdalena’s achievement is noteworthy. After a difficult 2019 season, he developed very well, also mentally. Magdalena can be very proud of her achievements here, and so can we, ”says ÖRV national coach Robert Sens.
Only the Italians were faster
With a sovereign performance, the quartet also showed itself without. In the semi-finals of Final A, ÖRV’s young team only had to admit defeat to the Italian boat. At the 1,000-meter mark, the red-white-red team was still in fourth place, but then moved on to the competition.
“It was a great race. Today we were tested from all sides. Our plan was to attack in the second 1,000 meters. We had our plan in mind and we stayed focused, ”says Ferdinand Querfeld. In the final, ÖRV-A “We compared the times of the six boats in the final and everything is open. We have to combine the first 1,000 meters of yesterday and the second 1,000 meters of today’s race and deliver a perfect race. We are aware that we have to improve, but a medal is possible with a perfect race ”, added Querfeld. Sens was also satisfied with the performance: “You already indicated during training that you are in a good mood. Today they had the semifinals a bit more difficult, but they resisted the pressure. “
Results Poznan European Championship (POL)
Semifinal A / B 9.-11. October 2020
W1x (single): 1st Magdalena Lobnig (AUT) 7: 34.59 min., 2nd Sanita Puspure (IRL) 7: 37.84 min. – continues in final A.
M4- (four without): 1. Italy (Marco di Costanzo, Giovanni Abagnale, Bruno Rosetti, Matteo Castaldo) 5: 54.21 min., 2. Austria (Ferdinand Querfeld, Gabriel Hohensasser, Christoph Seifriedsberger, Rudolph Querfeld) 5: 55, 50 min.- Continue to final A
