Alvalade pair in fifth in double scull B final

Pedro Fraga and Nuno Mendes brought their Rowing World Cup campaign to a close with an 11th place finish in the double scull event this weekend, after finishing 5th in the B final with a time of 6:49.770. The Olympic pair held 5th without much competition, cruising through the 500m, 1,000m and 1,5000m check points in the same position.

The Polish pair of Artur Mikolajczewski and Milosz Jankowski (6:42.710) won the B final, while the South African world record holders James Thompson and John Smith won the B final.

Fraga and Medes will have one last opportunity to qualify for their third Olympic Games when they compete in Lucerna, from the 22nd to the 24th of May.