2007 World Championships

The women's eight won their rep and will be moving on to the semi-finals.

The Russian women's eight got through the first few days of racing, but were disqualified from the competition for anti-doping violations.

The U.S. four winds it up in practice as they prepare for racing this week.
(str)Beau Hoopman, Bryan Volpenhein, Giuseppe Lanzone, Matt Schnobrich

Take a look at the U.S. lightweight four getting a final practice in before racing starts.
(str)Tom Paradiso, Patrick Todd, Colin Farrell, Andrew Bolton

Another clip of the British women's quad, this time getting up to race pace.

The Japanese four had a rough go at Lucerne this summer, but they are still looking to qualify for and Olympic spot in Beijing. Yu Kataoka, Satoshi Koike, Rokuroh Okumura, Atsushi Obata(str)

The lightweight four is one of the deepest and hardest events at the World Championships. Liam Parsons, Mike Lewis, Jon Beare and Iain Brambell were fourth in Lucerne, about 2 seconds out of first. Quick video of them at rate.

The 2006 World Champions will defend their title in their own country this year. The eights race is going to be a barn burner as many countries look to qualify for the Olympics.
Joerg Diessner, Florian Eichner, Ulf Siemes, Jan Tebruegge, Sebastian Schulte, Thorsten Engelmann, Philipp Stueer, Bernd Heidicker, Peter Thiede(cox)

The straight four is one of the deepest events and to win you have to go through British. This German quartet came close last year, finishing just 1 second behind to claim siler.
Gregor Hauffe, Toni Seifert, Urs Kaeufer, Philip Adamski(str)

The German women's eight was second at the World Championships last year and much of that boat is represented here.
Josephine Wartenberg, Marlene Sinning, Christina Gerking, Magdalena Schmude, Lenka Wech, Maren Derlien, Nicole Zimmermann, Elke Hipler, Annina Ruppel(cox)