South Australian rower Olympia Aldersey has had a golden day in Austria not only winning her first senior World Rowing Championship gold medal, but qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
A member of Australia’s Women’s Four alongside Lucy Stephan, Sarah Hawe and Katrina Werry, the crew went undefeated throughout the regatta to claim the top honours.
By making the A-Final the Australians qualified the boat berth for the Olympics and by winning gold, will head to Tokyo with the No. 1 ranked boat in the world.