Kirsten McCann has earned a bronze medal at the 3rd Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland, for South Africa – A great accomplishment during a nail-biting row.
Lucerne, Switzerland (12 July 2022) – Kirsten McCann raced to a 3rd place and bronze medal finish in the lightweight women’s single scull for the RMB National Squad at the 3rd Rowing World Cup over the weekend.
The 2022 World Rowing Cup took place in Lucerne, Switzerland, over the weekend from the 8th to the 10th of July 2022. The event was highly anticipated, and the South African team couldn’t wait to attend. After a delayed start to the trip due to a technical issue on their outgoing flight, the team arrived ready to compete.
Kirsten McCann, a part-time teacher at Jeppe High School in Johannesburg, showed great promise. Before her Bronze win, she had a ranking of 6th at the event. Rowing South Africa shared her exciting progress through the event.
“Going into the afternoon’s A-Final McCann was only ranked 6th, but she was able to step up and put herself in a very good position off the start. By the 500-meter mark, she had solidified 3rd position against Great Britain and Mexico. Through the middle of the race, it was a three-way fight for the bronze medal position between South Africa, Germany and Italy. In the final sprint for the line, Italy and South Africa left Germany behind them. On the line it was Great Britain in first place in a new world record time, 2nd place was Mexico and in 3rd place it was McCann ahead of Italy by just 0,32 seconds after 2000 meters of racing.”
The bronze win is a great start to Kirsten’s comeback after failing to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. We look forward to seeing her take on more international competitions. Stay tuned!
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