
The 28th edition of the Trieste / Zagreb rowing match will take place on Saturday 8 October on the Jarun competition field at the gates of the Croatian capital, on one of the most famous basins in Europe on which European championships and rowing and canoeing world championships. The Match born in 1972 as a meeting between the city headquarters of Trade Fairs, dedicated to the senior category, found in 1986 the last act of a first chapter of its history, which was revived in 2005 with a program dedicated to juniors. The last few years saw the distance from 2000 to the sprint of 500 meters pass, taking advantage of alternative competition fields of great ecological impact, while the team competed in 5 disciplines: single female and single male, double female and two without male and 4 in pairs. mixed (2 males and 2 females).
The team, never as titled as this year, which will defend the colors of Trieste del Remo, will include Benedetta Pahor (Saturnia), European and U19 World Champion this year in 4 without, who will be embarked on the double together with Giorgia Gregorutti (Saturnia), 7th on 4 in pairs at the U19 World Championships. The men’s single will be entrusted to Josef Marvucic (San Giorgio), rising star of Italian rowing, Italian U16 and U18 champion, while the women’s single will be given by Noemi de Vincenzi (Nettuno), U19 vice champion and recent Italian U18 champion. The 2nd without will be formed by Evan Benvenuto (Saturnia) and Loris Corazza (Timavo) who during the season have also taken great satisfaction at the Italian championships. The 4 pair mix is still being defined in the last few hours. “I think Pahor, Gregorutti, Benvenuto and Marvucic,” declared Stefano Gioia Regional Technical Coordinator, “but I would like to see them on the boat first …”
Maurizio Ustolin