“We came here thinking we could do it, but we wanted to focus on progressing through the regatta and to get better each time we hit the water,” Robson said after the race. “We had a great row in that final. It was quite a battle and we’re just really happy to have got that over the line and get it done!”Pritchard set a new Paralympic record at Paris 2024, before becoming a European Champion for the first time in Plovdiv earlier this year. Of his form, the Welshman said: “This project is an undisputed success.””I’m a Paralympic, European and world champion. I’ve broken European records, Paralympic records and world championship records. I’ll take it all to be honest! “I wanted to get off quick and hold the lead, and towards the end I was holding on for dear life. I was dying in those last five strokes, that’s for sure.”The temperature here is wild. It’s genuinely like rowing in an inferno! I’ve done a lot of heat preparation back home in the UK with our support staff, who have been fantastic. But it just doesn’t prepare you for these conditions. This is something else!”Elsewhere, Lauren Henry is through to the women’s single sculls final after winning her semi-final.In the PR3 mixed double sculls, Sam Murray and Annie Caddick also progressed to the final with a first-place finish.
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Rowing World Championships: Great Britain win two golds
