German championships
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Silver for the mixed fours of the Crefeld Rowing Club
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Silver for the Krefeld Quartet (from left): Moritz Koch, Henriette te Neues, Johanna te Neues and Moritz te Neues.
Photo: Wöstemeyer/CRC
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Krefeld There were three medals at the German Championships in Münster for the athletes of the Crefeld Rowing Club. Why it was particularly difficult for the people of Krefeld this time.
(RP) The athletes of the Crefeld Rowing Club (CRC) won three medals at the German Championships in Münster, in which around 900 athletes took part. They won silver in women’s doubles sculls and mixed fours and bronze in men’s doubles sculls.
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At the start of the final races, there were Moritz Koch, Johanna te Neues, Henriette te Neues and Moritz
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te Neues the hoped-for sense of achievement with second place. “With a sliding wind it was a really fast race. Anything can happen there. But we did a great job,” said batter Henriette te Neues after winning the silver medal.
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The second boat with Krefeld participation did just as well that day. The women’s double scull with batswoman Louisa Heinermann and Emilia Greif from Bonn confidently rowed silver in the final. “After the heat we actually wanted to attack gold, but we have to admit that it was clear in the end. I’m really happy about the silver medal. After all, we beat the defending champions from last year,” said Heinermann after the award ceremony.
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Lars Hermsdorfer and Mark Oedinghofen, on the other hand, did not have a good race in the final and ended up crossing the finish line in fifth place. “We are not satisfied at all. The worm was in there right after the start phase. We weren’t able to build on the good race in the prelims,” said Hermsdorfer, visibly disappointed.
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With a lot of bad luck, a very strong lead was drawn in the lightweight foursome. Even before the race it was clear that only two of the three favorite boats would reach the final. One had to be eliminated. This fate befell the team around Krefeld’s Mark Oedinghofen. “It’s very, very bitter. In a time comparison, we would have won the other two heats by more than two boat lengths. And now we’re out. We could have won a medal here,” said Oedinghofen dejectedly after landing. But there was still a chance for Oedinghofen. There were no heats in the men’s eight, so the club eight of the CRC and also the racing community around Oedinghofen were directly set for the final. At the end of the German Championship, the teams made up of several clubs prevailed over the CRC club team. In the end, Oedinghofen won the long-awaited medal: bronze. Coach Markus Wöstemeyer summed it up: “It’s really difficult to survive here with pure club teams. We won two of our three medals as racing communities. The performance in the mixed fours is all the higher.”
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