Estonian rowers take double sculls top spot at U-19 world championships
Estonia's Endrik Hansen and Riko Raimond Kubja have won the world title in the men's double sculls at the World Rowing Under-19 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
In the final, the Estonians claimed victory with a time of 6:18.60, followed by Great Britain (6:19.23) and a team competing as neutral without a flag (6:19.57) in third place. They were followed by Turkey, Slovenia and New Zealand.
In the semifinal, the Estonians finished third behind the Slovenian and British crews (6:33.39). They lost to the winning Slovenian crew by slightly less than two seconds.
Estonia's Karl Varik, competing in the single sculls, recorded the fourth-fastest time in his race (7:01.22), just missing a spot in the final. The Estonian will continue competing in the B final.
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