The Western Australian Institute of Sport rowing duo of David Watts and Matthew Cochran have qualified for the final of the men’s pair at the Youth Olympics in Singapore.
Having progressed through the earlier heats, the WAIS pair recorded a tight win in their semi-final in a time of 3:18.50mins. They finished ahead of crews from Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Italy and France and will race for gold in Wednesday’s final at the Marina Reservior.
David Watts was pleased to be in the hunt for medals in Singapore, but felt he and Cochran needed to improve upon their semi-final form.
“We came away with the result we wanted but we have a few things to work on,” Watts said.
“It’s always good to come out on top and hopefully we can do that again in the final,” Cochran added.
The Australian crew posted the fourth fastest time overall with Greece maintaining their strong form to qualify fastest. The Greek and Australian crews will line up against Great Britain, Turkey, Slovenia and Serbia in Wednesday’s final, all hoping for a spot on the podium.
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