As was expected, James Thompson and John Smith easily won the men’s pair race on Sunday. In doing so they also broke the course record that has been on the books for quite a few years.
However, after the race the two Tuks/hpc athletes made it clear that they did not consider their performance to be very special.
“It is always good to get your name into the record books and, hopefully, our record will stay intact for a few years. But we have to be realistic. Our winning time of 6 minutes 23 seconds is nearly 18 seconds off the world record of 6:05.36 we set at last year’s World Championships in Amsterdam. So there is still a lot of hard work that awaits us if we want to be competitive in international regattas,” Smith said.
Thompson described their race performance as merely getting the job done.
