Britain tops medals at 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai

Great Britain finished atop the medal table as the 2025 World Rowing Championships concluded after eight days of racing in Shanghai, with crews from across the world competing in hot, humid conditions that tested athletes and support staff. Britain collected eight medals, including gold in the PR3 mixed coxed four, silvers in both the men’s and women’s quadruple sculls and the men’s eight, and a bronze in the women’s eight. Ireland, the United States and other nations also reached podiums across the final days of competition.

The PR3 mixed coxed four retained its long unbeaten run, with Frankie Allen, Giedre Rakauskaite, Ed Fuller, Josh O’Brien and cox Tom Bryce leading from the start to win by almost seven seconds over China and Germany. Fuller paid tribute to British support staff for managing athletes’ core temperature in the heat, saying the team’s work with ice jackets and packs “would not be possible” to achieve the result without their help.

Great Britain’s men’s quadruple sculls crew of Cedol Dafydd, Callum Dixon, Matt Haywood and Rory Harris took silver after an entertaining final in which Italy held off the British crew. “That was hard. It’s so hot out there and I feel...