2007 World Rowing Championships

The British four has lost one race since the 2004 Olympics and that came at Lucerne just last month. They are the top ranked crew moving into a final which promises to be tight.
Steve Williams, Peter Reed, Tom James, Andy Triggs Hodge(str)

Geert Cirkel, Matthijs Vellenga, Jan-Willem Gabriels, Gijs Vermeulen have made it into the finals after taking second to New Zealand in the semifinal.

Australia was only 1 second out of third place but will have to settle for the B final this year.
Rod Chisholm, Anthony Edwards, Ben Cureton, Todd Skipworth(str)

The Dutch light four was fifth in their semi-final and will race in the B final to qualify for an Olympic spot.
Gerard Van Der Linden, Ivo Snijders, Roeland Lievens, Paul Drewes(str)

The German quad has undergone some changes since Lucerne and it appears to have paid off with a win in the heats.
Rene Bertram, Karsten Brodowski, Hans Gruhne, Robert Sens(str)

The Italian quad always shows pretty good speed and they demonstrated this by winning their heat.
Luca Ghezzi, Federico Gattinoni, Rossano Galtarossa, Simone Raineri(str)

Petr Vitasek, Tomas Karas, Jakub Hanak, David Jirka won their heat and have a spot in the semi-finals.

The Russian won Lucerne but was second to Italy in their heat.
Nikita Morgachev, Alexey Svirin, Alexander Kornilov, Nikael Bikua-Mfantse(str)

James Tomkins has moved from seven to stroke seat and the Australians look to be in good form for the the weekend.
James Merburg, Matthew Ryan, Jeremy Stevenson, Tom Laurich, Sam Conrad, Cameron McKenzie Mcharg, Karsten Forsterling, James Tomkins, Marty Rabjohns(cox)

The Dutch were second in their heat, grabbing a direct spot in the semi-final. David Kuiper, Peter Vos, Daniel Mensch, Roel Haen, Simon Glazenborg, Diederik Simon, Gerritjan Eggenkemp, Mitchel Steenman, Niels Van Den Bovenkamp(cox)