Overview
- Stefanos Ntouskos won the men’s single sculls in 6:36.75, edging Oliver Zeidler by 0.42 seconds as the German finished in 6:37.17.
- Zeidler led at 1000 meters after roughly eight weeks of preparation, having skipped the European Championships and World Cups to focus on studies.
- Kathrin Marchand and Valentin Luz claimed PR3 mixed double sculls gold in a world-best time, Germany’s first world medal in that boat class since 2017.
- Germany’s women’s eight reached the A-final and placed fourth, while the men’s eight missed the top final and finished seventh.
- New mixed-boat events proved challenging for Germany, with the mixed eight fifth and the mixed pair missing the final, prompting calls for a more professional approach.