The Island-based Canadian rowing team will be looking to stroke from Belgrade to Paris in just 2,000 metres
The 2023 world rowing championships begin today in the Serbian capital, and run to next Sunday, and are the main direct qualifier for the Paris Olympics. Depending on the event, the top five- to 11-finishing boats in each class will earn berths into the 2024 Summer Olympics to fill out most of the Games field.
“We have talked about going to Belgrade with the goals of our best possible performances and qualifying boats for next year’s Paris Olympics. With those goals in mind, we have nominated a talented and experienced squad of rowers who we believe can achieve these goals,” said Rowing Canada high-performance director Adam Parfitt of Sidney, in a statement.
Returning from the Tokyo Olympic gold-medallist Canadian women’s eight crew is University of Victoria Vikes graduate Avalon Wasteneys of Campbell River, Brentwood College graduate Sydney Payne, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski of Knowlton, Atla., and coxswain Kristen Kit from UBC. Newcomers to the crew include two rowers from the UVic Vikes program in Alexis Cronk and Kirsten Edwards.
Tokyo Olympics bronze-medallist Caileigh Filmer of Victoria returns and will be in the women’s pair with Maya Meschkuleit of Ontario. The women’s four will be led by UVic Vikes rowers Rebecca Zimmerman and Piper Battersby. The women’s double sculls will be paced by Marilou Duvernay-Tardif, sister of Super Bowl champion doctor Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, and Katie Clark. Returning in the men’s singles is Tokyo Olympian Trevor Jones of Peterborough, Ont.
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