A race led from the first strokes, a magnificent ride on the waters of the Maty in Szeged in Hungary, with the absolute protagonist being the four sculls with head rowing Giacomo Gentili who with an extraordinary performance won the European rowing title with the crew made up of Luca Chiumento, Andrea Panizza and Nicolò Carucci.
Italy, Romania and Poland are the fastest teams to leave the starting blocks with an average of 44 shots per minute. The blue boat is first after passing the initial 500 metres, followed by Switzerland and Poland. An infernal match with a very high pace and with Switzerland trying to overtake Italy pushed from behind by Poland. At the halfway point Italy is always first, but at 51 cents ahead of Switzerland which is making constant noise. In the second part of the race, Gentili’s Italy increases the pace and at the 1500 meter mark is first, 1.68 ahead of Switzerland and 2.39 ahead of Poland. At the end the Azzurri held on and reached the finish line first ahead of a tough Switzerland and a never-tamed Poland. A heart-pounding lockout that took Italy to the top of Europe.
Third place and well-deserved bronze medal for Valentina Rodini in the Lightweight double with Silvia Crosio, the Cremonese, after an uphill season, achieved a brilliant result by climbing to the third step of the European podium, in a completely new formation, with Cesarini moving to the four sculls.
Good start for the two Italians who immediately engage in a forty-round duel with Romania. In the first part the competitors are almost all together and at the initial 500 meters Romania is first and Italy is second, 93 hundredths of a second ahead of Poland. A very tough match indeed with a series of knock-outs between opponents trying to overtake each other. Romania still in the lead even at the halfway point of the race, but with the Italians 1.49 minutes behind and with Greece pushing from third place to move up after overtaking Poland which seems to be in difficulty. Before 1500 meters the Romanian couple further extends the gap on their pursuers, but Italy reacts and holds third place after being overtaken by an attacking Greece. The finale is heart-pounding with Romania flying across the finish line to take the gold, while the fight is between Greece, Italy and Great Britain for the other two podium positions. The finish line defines gold for Romania, silver for Greece, but Italy is third ahead of Great Britain.
Arrival orders:
4xM: Italy European Champion. 1. Italy (Nicolò Carucci-Fiamme Oro/SC Gavirate, Andrea Panizza, Luca Chiumento, Giacomo Gentili-Fiamme Gialle) 6.03.932. Switzerland (Dominic Condrau, Jan Jonah Plock, Scott Berlocher, Maurin Lange) 6.04.66, 3. Poland (Dominik Czaja, Mateusz Biskup, Miroslaw Zietarski, Fabian Baranski) 6.05.33, 4. Great Britain (Callium Dixon, Tom Barras, Matthew Haywood, Graeme Thomas) 6.05.96, 5. Romania (Cristian-Vasile Nicoara, Bogdan-Sabin Baitoc, Florin-Bogdan Horodisteanu, Ioan Prundeanu) 6.06.96, 6. Estonia (Mikhall Kushteyn, Alllar Raja, Tonu Endrekson, Johann Poolak) 6.09.46.
2xPLF: Italy bronze medal. 1. Romania (Gianina Van Groningen, Ionela Cozmiuc) 7.29.63, 2. Greece (Dimitra Ileni Kontou, Zoi Fitsiou) 7.31.94, 3. Italy (Valentina Rodini-Fiamme Gialle, Silvia Crosio-SC Amici del Fiume) 7.33.734. Great Britain (Olivia Bates, Imogen Grant) 7.34.68, 5. Poland (Jessika Sobocinska), Suzanna Jasinska) 6.39.82, 6. Switzerland (Olivia Nacht, Eline Rol) 7.44.64.
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