Looks like sisters Ivana and Josipa Jurkovic came so close yet so far in Lucerne! Fourth place at the World Rowing Cup, missing the podium by just two seconds, feels like the medals slipped right through their fingers like a fish escaping a net. The Romanian duo won with a time of 6:54.04, the Czech pair took second with 6:54.35, and our girls lagged just behind at 6:54.54. Yes, you read that right — less than half a second between second and fourth place!
But wait, there’s more! In the same regatta, brothers Sinkovic and Loncaric finished fifth in the coxed four final, trailing the winning Australian crew by 4.53 seconds. The Aussies dominated from start to finish, while our rowers stayed behind but still showed heart and fight on the water.
Clearly, Croatian rowing is on the rise, but medals are still out of reach. Will the Jurkovic sisters and the Sinkovic brothers manage to turn things around and bring home gold? Or will we keep watching medals slip away by a hair’s breadth?
If you thought rowing was boring, think again! These seconds and milliseconds decide athletes’ fates, and our rowers proved they’re ready to fight till the last breath. Just hoping luck will smile on them a bit more!
What do you think? Were the Jurkovic sisters close to a medal, or is this just another sign they need to train harder? Drop a comment and let’s see who’s the real rowing expert here!
