Orange Duo to Race at U23 World Championships
7/10/2023 6:52:00 PM | Women's Rowing
For the second consecutive year, Orange rowing student-athletes Kamile Kralikaite and Martyna Kazlauskaite will compete in the World Rowing Under 23 Championships (WRU23CH), which begins on Wednesday, July 19 and concludes on Sunday, July 23. Kralikaite and Kazlauskaite will row in the Lithuanian women's pair in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in the WRU23CH heats on July 19.
"We are super excited to race in Bulgaria," Kralikaite said. "We are about six hours per day, seven days per week, with a couple of afternoons off. Our speed is there is there and so is our motivation. It will be our last U23 season, so it feels special."
This marks the second time the duo has raced together for their country. At the 2022 U23 World Championships, they won silver in Varese, Italy. They finished second to Greece, and beat Germany, Canada, Denmark and Italy, in the championship race. In their preliminary race Kralikaite and Kazlauskaite placed second behind Canada and ahead of Italy, Switzerland, France and Spain. They won their repechage to advance to the finals, beating Denmark, Switzerland, Spain and New Zealand.
The regatta is the premier event for rowers under the age of 23 and features 22 events. In 2023, the WRU23CH returns to Plovdiv in Bulgaria for the first time since 2017. The regatta course Plovdiv is an artificial canal with total length of 2300m, that was specially designed by the architect Valentine Marinov with chief consultant Svetla Otzetova to meet the contemporary requirements for staging major water sport events.
Kralikaite and Kazlauskaite were members of Syracuse's 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference champion varsity eight that finished eighth at the 2023 NCAA Championship. It was the first varsity eight ACC title in program history.
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"We are super excited to race in Bulgaria," Kralikaite said. "We are about six hours per day, seven days per week, with a couple of afternoons off. Our speed is there is there and so is our motivation. It will be our last U23 season, so it feels special."
This marks the second time the duo has raced together for their country. At the 2022 U23 World Championships, they won silver in Varese, Italy. They finished second to Greece, and beat Germany, Canada, Denmark and Italy, in the championship race. In their preliminary race Kralikaite and Kazlauskaite placed second behind Canada and ahead of Italy, Switzerland, France and Spain. They won their repechage to advance to the finals, beating Denmark, Switzerland, Spain and New Zealand.
The regatta is the premier event for rowers under the age of 23 and features 22 events. In 2023, the WRU23CH returns to Plovdiv in Bulgaria for the first time since 2017. The regatta course Plovdiv is an artificial canal with total length of 2300m, that was specially designed by the architect Valentine Marinov with chief consultant Svetla Otzetova to meet the contemporary requirements for staging major water sport events.
Kralikaite and Kazlauskaite were members of Syracuse's 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference champion varsity eight that finished eighth at the 2023 NCAA Championship. It was the first varsity eight ACC title in program history.
For all of the latest information on Syracuse rowing, follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@cusewrowing) and Facebook (Syracuse Women's Rowing).
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