Day three in Duisburg was a great day for green and gold clad rowers. Australia won five medals from six A-final starts on Saturday at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Duisburg, including three golds and two silvers. The women’s pair and both PR3 single scullers became world champions, while the men’s pair and men’s four finished second. Australia also won the men’s quadruple scull B-final and placed second in the women’s four B-final.
2026 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
That leaves the men’s eight as Australia’s remaining medal opportunity on Sunday, the final day of the championships. They didn’t have it all their own way though, Great Britain’s men’s four overturned Australia’s early advantage with a powerful second half to return Britain to the podium’s top step after fourth place in Poznan. The title was Britain’s fifth in the under-23 men’s four, more than any other nation has managed.
Elsewhere the United States won two women’s titles in the four and the quad, and Greece dominated the small boats. Alexandros Chatziavgoustidis and Andreas Bourkas took charge early in the men’s pair and never surrendered the lead. Bourkas said the Greek pair’s long partnership had made the Duisburg final feel decisive. “We were six years together, and we tried too many times,” he said. “I said this is the year, if we don’t do it today, we will not do it ever.”
Dimitra Kontou and Eleni Diavati followed with Greece’s second gold in the women’s double sculls. Kontou successfully defended the title she won in Poznan and collected the fourth under-23 gold medal of her career. Diavati stepped into the older age category after winning the junior women’s double in 2025.
Duisburg Day Three: Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Records Fall in Duisburg
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