Victorian Athletes qualifying boats for Tokyo

Rowing Australia's remarkable success as 10 Boats have Qualified for the Tokyo Olympic games in 2020.

Including the PR3 Mixed Four and the PR1 Single scull.

Overall results from our Victorian athletes representing the ART at the regatta as below :

- Men's Eight placing 4th in A-Final : Karsten Forsterling (MUBC), Simon Keenan (MUBC), Timothy Masters (VIC) and Angus Widdicombe (Mercs). The Men’s Eight were just 0.53 of a second off taking a bronze medal in their A-Final.

- Women's Pair SILVER Medal : Jess Morrison (Mercs). The first Australian crew to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the pair took to the A-Final as favourites alongside rivals New Zealand. The Australian pair held the lead for duration of the race until New Zealand crept forward and claimed Gold in the last 500m. 

- Women's Four GOLD medal : Lucy Stephan (MUBC), Kat Werry (Mercs) and Sarah Hawe (VIC). The Four went undefeated throughout the regatta to claim the top honours of a Gold medal. 

- Women's Eight SILVER medal : Rosie Popa (Banks), Jess Morrison (Mercs) and James Rook (Mercs). Australia’s Women’s Eight came out firing in their A-Final, with the crew, coxed by James Rook, flying out of the start and taking an early lead at the 500 metre mark, ahead of race favourites New Zealand and the USA. We were in the lead still at the 1500 metre mark, before New Zealand made their move and edged ahead of the Australians.

- Women's Double Scull placing 5th in B-Final : Amanda Bateman (Mercs). An incredibly tight B-Final in Linz-Ottensheim, with first and fifth place split by a mere 1.03 seconds.

- Women's Quad Scull placing 4th in B-Final : Katrina Bateman (Mercs). Requiring a top two finish in order to achieve Olympic qualification, the Women's quad were neck and neck with Russia in the last 500m battling for Third place, but it was the Russians who edged their bow forward in the last 250m.

- Women's Lightweight Single Scull placing 1st in B-Final : Alice Arch (MUBC). Unfortunately the LW1x is a Non-olympic event but we still saw Alice bring her A-game to the B-Final and take out First place!!

- PR3 Mixed Four placing 4th in A-Final : Alex Vuillerman (Powerhouse RC) and Alexandra Viney (Barwon RC). Were fourth at the halfway mark of their race, making a late push on Italy, but the crew just missed out on a podium placing. While Qualifying for the 2020 Paralympics earlier in the week after coming second in their Semi-finals.

Re-watch and catch up on the Finals here at https://www.eurovisionsports.tv/fisa/

We want to congratulate all these athletes individually in their successes, along with their Clubs and their families as they all play a crucial role in supporting our elite athletes at this level. We hope that seeing so many Victorian athletes on the podium and achieving Olympic qualification continues to spark the inspiration in our aspiring athletes within Victoria.