The 2023 World Rowing Championships are underway and today, in the PR3 Mix Coxed Four, the first four boats that qualified for the A-Final also secured a quota for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Listen to their reactions here.
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00:00 To be honest, relief is the biggest thing right now.
00:04 I think it was tough conditions and it's now,
00:08 I mean, now that we're qualified,
00:09 it's the first time ever I've managed
00:11 to achieve the qualification.
00:12 And it was just overall good race.
00:16 Like we managed to get out of it very quickly.
00:18 We were surprised how quickly the rest of the crew
00:22 has followed up as well, especially China.
00:24 They stuck with us for way too long
00:27 than we would have liked.
00:29 But no, it's been a really good day, good racing.
00:33 And now I'm looking forward to an afternoon off.
00:37 - Oh, it's amazing.
00:38 I think this world championships is just so different.
00:41 You know, we're all coming to qualify
00:43 and obviously, you know, we're all punching for medals.
00:45 And the ideal is you punch for a medal
00:47 and then you get the qualification spot.
00:48 So yeah, we're absolutely buzzing to qualify.
00:51 That's priority job one done.
00:53 And now we're onto the final
00:54 and we got to chase those medals.
00:55 Composure.
00:57 - It was really, really not very nice weather out there,
00:59 to be honest, really changeable.
01:01 So I was trying to not rely on the speeds
01:04 and just rely on the way the boat was feeling
01:05 and what was going on.
01:07 And I could see USA on my little right hand side.
01:09 And to be honest, you know,
01:11 they have been the kind of bridesmaids to our bride
01:14 for years and years and years.
01:15 And I expected no different.
01:16 They've come out really strong this year
01:17 and yeah, we're excited to race them in the final.
01:19 - You know, we went out to have the best race we could
01:22 and we're just so grateful to be here
01:23 amongst all these fantastic crews.
01:24 So went for it and we're just excited
01:27 to keep learning and growing.
01:29 - Well, the more awareness and the more boats
01:31 that we can get in the PR34,
01:33 the faster we're all gonna go.
01:34 So if we can just keep getting boats out there,
01:36 keep getting athletes out there,
01:38 that's number one and we're all gonna keep growing together.
01:41 - We tried not to think too much about it
01:45 because having the games nearly at home,
01:49 it's a fantastic thing, I think, I believe for an athlete.
01:54 But it's also a lot of stress.
01:56 And we wanted to think about Paris
02:01 when we had our qualification quota.
02:04 So we have it.
02:06 Now we'll train for Paris.
02:07 regard.