Gabe Bergen of 100 Mile House is a member of the Canadian men’s eight team that brought home a bronze medal recently from the Samsung World Rowing Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Prospects going into the final looked good for the Canadian team when it placed first in its preliminary heat and broke a world record time, by shaving a half-second off the 2004 record set by the United States.
In the final, Germany and Great Britain got off to quick starts and used it to keep distance between them and the Canadian boat.
Bergen says they had a strong tailwind working for them in the heat.
“We raced very well and we were able to record the best time. Everybody in the boat has had a great winter of training and we hope to keep the momentum moving forward.”
The Canadian crew included coxswain Brian Price (Belleville, Ont.), Will Crothers (Kingston, Ont.), Jeremiah Brown (Cobourg, Ont.), Andrew Byrnes (Toronto, Ont.), Malcolm Howard (Victoria), Conlin McCabe (Brockville, Ont.), Rob Gibson (Kingston), Doug Csima (Oakville, Ont.) and Bergen.
