2025 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls
| Women's lightweight single sculls at the 2025 World Rowing Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Dianshan Lake | |||||||||
| Location | Shanghai, China | |||||||||
| Dates | 23–27 September | |||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:30.14 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2025 World Rowing Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Openweight events | |||
| Single sculls | men | women | |
| Double sculls | men | mixed | women |
| Quadruple sculls | men | women | |
| Coxless pair | men | women | |
| Coxless four | men | women | |
| Eight | men | mixed | women |
| Lightweight events | |||
| Lwt single sculls | men | women | |
| Lwt double sculls | men | women | |
| Para-rowing events | |||
| PR1 single sculls | men | women | |
| PR2 double sculls | mixed | ||
| PR3 double sculls | mixed | ||
| PR3 coxed four | mixed | ||
The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2025 World Rowing Championships took place at Dianshan Lake, in Shanghai.[1]
Schedule
The schedule was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 23 September 2025 | 10:05 | Heats |
| Thursday, 25 September 2025 | 10:31 | Semifinals |
| 11:22 | Final C | |
| Saturday, 27 September 2025 | 13:25 | Final B |
| 14:33 | Final A |
All times are UTC+08:00
Results
Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat and the six fastest times advanced to the semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the Final C.[2]
Heat 1
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenia Lechuga |  Mexico
|
7:35.42 | SF |
| 2 | Karissa Riley | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada
|
7:36.80 | SF |
| 3 | Siobhan McCrohan |  Ireland
|
7:36.98 | SF |
| 4 | Nicole Yarzon |  Uruguay
|
7:54.33 | SF |
| 5 | Kim Ji-seon |  South Korea
|
8:19.87 | FC |
| 6 | Binti Zakaria Nurzarinah |  Malaysia
|
DNS |
Heat 2
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariia Zhovner | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:44.31 | SF |
| 2 | Dimitra Kontou |  Greece
|
7:51.87 | SF |
| 3 | Maia Emilie Lund |  Norway
|
7:55.32 | SF |
| 4 | Eszter Fehérvári |  Hungary
|
8:05.31 | FC |
| 5 | Mariya Chernets |  Kazakhstan
|
8:22.46 | FC |
Heat 3
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle Sechser | .png){kind=small} United States
|
7:33.64 | SF |
| 2 | Pan Dandan |  China
|
7:36.79 | SF |
| 3 | Lara Tiefenthaler |  Austria
|
7:40.99 | SF |
| 4 | Femke van de Vliet |  Netherlands
|
7:44.91 | SF |
| 5 | Winne Hung |  Hong Kong
|
7:45.72 | SF |
Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each heat advance to the Final A. The remaining boats were sent to the Final B.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle Sechser | United States
|
8:01.20 | FA |
| 2 | Pan Dandan | China
|
8:04.05 | FA |
| 3 | Lara Tiefenthaler | Austria
|
8:05.48 | FA |
| 4 | Karissa Riley | Canada
|
8:06.77 | FB |
| 5 | Femke van de Vliet | Netherlands
|
8:18.08 | FB |
| 6 | Maia Emilie Lund | Norway
|
8:26.63 | FB |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siobhan McCrohan | Ireland
|
8:06.23 | FA |
| 2 | Kenia Lechuga | Mexico
|
8:06.27 | FA |
| 3 | Mariia Zhovner | Individual Neutral Athletes | 8:06.35 | FA |
| 4 | Nicole Yarzon | Uruguay
|
8:12.40 | FB |
| 5 | Dimitra Kontou | Greece
|
8:20.19 | FB |
| 6 | Winne Hung | Hong Kong
|
8:23.83 | FB |
Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.[3]
Final C
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eszter Fehérvári | Hungary
|
8:36.56 | 13 |
| 2 | Kim Ji-seon | South Korea
|
8:46.68 | 14 |
| 3 | Mariya Chernets | Kazakhstan
|
8:56.70 | 15 |
Final B
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Total rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karissa Riley | Canada
|
7:43.47 | 7 |
| 2 | Femke van de Vliet | Netherlands
|
7:47.08 | 8 |
| 3 | Winne Hung | Hong Kong
|
7:50.21 | 9 |
| 4 | Dimitra Kontou | Greece
|
7:52.52 | 10 |
| 5 | Maia Emilie Lund | Norway
|
7:54.41 | 11 |
| 6 | Nicole Yarzon | Uruguay
|
8:09.88 | 12 |
Final A
| Rank | Rower | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Michelle Sechser | United States
|
7:30.14 | |
|
Pan Dandan | China
|
7:30.45 | |
|
Kenia Lechuga | Mexico
|
7:32.23 | |
| 4 | Siobhan McCrohan | Ireland
|
7:37.25 | |
| 5 | Lara Tiefenthaler | Austria
|
7:40.30 | |
| 6 | Mariia Zhovner | Individual Neutral Athletes | 7:42.89 |
References
- ^ a b "2025 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ^ "Lightweight Women's Single Sculls Results summary – Heats" (PDF). World Rowing. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "Lightweight Women's Single Sculls Results summary – Finals" (PDF). World Rowing. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
World champions – Lightweight women's single sculls | |
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| FISA championships |
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| Official world championships |
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