Belgian Champion Men's double and Ergometer
In the weekend of 25 and 26 september, the third part of the Belgian Championships took place in Hazewinkel.
I participated on sunday in the men's double with my clubmate, Pierre De Loof. Before the race we had very little expectations, it was our first race together en we had not much time to train in this combination. The opponent were not easy, with a boat of BTR with Tristan Vandenbussche and Niels Van Zandweghe and an experienced crew of RCAE. But we were going to do everything to take the first place and get that gold medal.
After a good start we were already in front of the field, after 500m we had half a boat length on the teams of BTR and RCAE. This was the perfect position to get a nice overview over the race. With a good flow in the boat we were able to enlarge our lead in the rest of the race. Wich resulted in a first place at the finish line of the 2000m, with more than a boat length lead in front of the second boat. This result was really unexpected for us.
With a Belgian Title I could end my season with some extra style.
Result: KRB-BTR-RCAE-UNB-RCND-UNL
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On saturday (20th of november) I was able to take another Belgian Championships title, this time it was on the ergometer in the lightweight category. I was able to row a personal besttime over 2 kilometers: 6'12.0". This was an improvement of 7 seconds compared with my previous best, one year ago.
My rowingpartner, Marlon Colpaert, ended just behind me in second in a time of 6'17".
