After winning the 2022 World Championships, Australia’s Women’s Coxed Four are now back-to-back World Champions after Katherine Easton, Sophie Houston, Zara Collisson, Emily Sheppard and coxswain Nicholas Dunlop [E.2.4a.9b.1c.3d.1e.1f] surged to a Gold medal at the World Rowing U23 Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
The Annabelle Eaton-coached crew had to use all of the tools at their disposal after an inauspicious start that saw them fourth at the 500m mark. But after some key adjustments just before 1000m, they took the lead and powered their way to the first Gold Medal of the regatta for the Australians.