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All contestants were good rowers and performed well yesterday, during the competition at Hammarby IF:s Roddförening.

One class in particular, however, was set up for a great battle in small format, the ladies lightweight class. Three rowers were on the paper capable of going sub 7:10. This while weighing well (!) below the class restriction.

The start went off showing splits in the low 1:30s for Berit Carow, the 2006 Lwt 1x World Championships Silver Medalist. This gave her the lead over the twins Sara and Lena Karlson, B-finalists in the Lwt 2x in Eton (World Rowing Championships 2006).

After the opening all three settled into a controlled pace of 1:46-1:48. This day Sara and Lena did not manage to meet their best times and saw the gap to first place increase very slowly. Berit was fighting hard to not let herself be undone by her frantic opening while still keeping a tough pace, and managed well to do so.

Finishing times were:
1 Berit Carow Stockholms Polisens IF 7:07,9
2 Sara Karlsson Strömstads RK 7:15,5
3 Lena Karlsson Strömstads RK 7:17,2

Very impressive performances to watch! These would currently occupy positions 1, 3 and 4 in the Concept2 World Ranking had they been entered.

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Another one of these types of extreme posts and I will have to start delivering some visual evidence. WR one day, this the other. I'll see if can get some photos from the race.

Please do! Pics would be great....

I am suprised that I am the only one replying to this post

Very impressive. I am able to add some similar stuff here from the neighbourhood Helsinki. I was watching a couple of weeks ago ladies lightweight competition:

1. Minna Nieminen 7.05.5
2. Hanna Tuominen 7.08.3

Cheers,

Arno

Why ever don't they enter the times in the rankings? Please see if the race officials will, or if the competitors will! The more times are entered in the rankings the more useful they are, especially good ones, and especially in the women's. I've long thought it would be better for there to be more women's times entered so you could really get a better idea of where you stand.

Carla,
The National Championships in different countries are usually arranged by Concept2 locally. Thus there should be a co-operation inside Concept2 in order to get those local times ranked. As I understand there is not such a system. Many of the top on the water rowers do not mind to rank the times themselves even if they know about the system. I believe Minna Nieminen is capable of a sub 7 time on 2k. She is presently training for Bejing Olympics. She also has medals from previous World Championships. I have sometimes tried to "help" individuals to rank such good times but in a long run I think it should be the responsibility between the local Concept2 and the individual herself.
Congrats Carla for a superb row (3rd, PB? etc) at Crash B.
Arno