University of Victoria Vikes rower Caileigh Filmer is a gold medal world champion as Filmer and teammate Hillary Janssens captured first in the womenB次元官网网址檚 coxless pair at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on Sunday.
CanadaB次元官网网址檚 boat of Filmer and Janssens defeated the reigning world champions and world best time holders, Prendergast and Gowler, of New Zealand. The Kiwis hit the 500-metre mark a fraction ahead of Canada with Janssens and Filmer edged ahead at the 1,000m mark. Canada clung to their lead in a sprint finish.
Canada also won gold in the womenB次元官网网址檚 eight boat of Rebecca Zimmerman, Jennifer Martins, Susanne Grainger, Madison Mailey, Stephanie Grauer, Christine Roper, Sydney Payne, Lisa Roman and coxswain Kristen Kit, as well as gold in the para-rowing PR3 menB次元官网网址檚 pair (Andrew Todd and Kyle Fredrickson) and silver in the PR2 menB次元官网网址檚 single (Jeremy Hall).
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JanssensB次元官网网址檚 and FilmerB次元官网网址檚 finish time of 6:50.67 sets a new Canadian record at a world rowing event, besting the previous time of 6:54.68 set by Darcy Marquardt and Jane Thornton in 2006. JanssensB次元官网网址檚 and FilmerB次元官网网址檚 Sunday performance was only a second off the world record.
The win completes a massively successful rowing season for Filmer and Janssens, who won gold at the World Cup 1 in Belgrade, Serbia, and silver at World Cup 3 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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