No second chance? Chris Perry hopes for better weather after rowing races are cancelled
If windy conditions continue organisers may scrap the rêpechage, putting pressure on Hong Kong crews in the heats
Hong Kong coach Chris Perry fears for his crews’ chances at the Rio Olympics rowing competition after organisers cancelled all of Sunday’s races because of bad weather.
At 10.20am (9.20pm Saturday HK time), governing body Fisa decided to cancel the day’s rowing because of high winds, one day after the Serbian men’s pair fell into the Lagoa Lake’s waters.
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Hong Kong’s men’s and women’s lightweight double sculls heats are rescheduled for Monday, but Perry is worried that more bad weather will force organisers to cut races.
“As time runs out, we must get through the eliminators,” said Perry. “There are various options they have and one of them is cancelling the rêpechage rounds. That would be a disadvantage to us because we are not one of the seeded teams and if we can’t get into the top two, we won’t get a second chance.”
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The Hong Kong women’s team of Lee Yuen-yin and Lee Ka-man take on Germany, Poland, Chile and Canada in heat 4 while Chiu Hin-chun and Tang Chiu-mang, in the men’s doubles, face United States, Norway, Chile and Austria in heat 2.