The 24-year-old from Schwaig does well on Lake Varese
Varese / Schwaig - Oliver Zeidler won gold at the European Rowing Championships.
In the final on Sunday afternoon, the 24-year-old Schwaiger dominated the competition at will.
The five other scullers only had their hopes for the first few strokes, but after 300 meters Zeidler was already in the lead.
From then on he controlled the field and did not let the opponents get closer than seven seconds over the next 1500 meters - neither the Greek Stefanos Ntouskos, who lost 14 seconds before him, nor the defending champion Sverrie Nielsen, who ultimately came in second behind Zeidler landed.
In the previous year, the Schwaiger had missed a medal by two hundredths.
These competitions had not started well for the 24-year-old either.
He quickly lost his lead on Friday afternoon after a weak start.
This was followed by two victories in the repechage and in the semifinals.
In this race on Saturday in particular, the reigning world champion showed his class and achieved a superior start-finish victory.
Permanent competitor Nielsen was almost a second behind.
Nevertheless, Zeidler remained cautious: “I am very satisfied with the controlled race.
But on Sunday the clocks will be reset to zero. "
But then nobody had a chance - a foretaste of the Olympics in Tokyo.