Cuban rower Ángel Fournier finished in the top three of the Men’s Single Sculls, open category, after winning bronze in the Aiquebelette Rowing World Cup II, France, in the A final, which brought together many of the best in the field.

Cuban rower Ángel Fournier won bronze in the Men’s Single Sculls, open category, at the Aiquebelette Rowing World Cup II, in France.

Fournier, silver medalist at the World Championships, Chungiu, South Korea, completed the 2,000 meter long French course in 6:58.360 minutes.

Previously, Fournier had dominated his eliminatory (6:48.060) and semifinal (6:50.220) heats of the competition in which 24 rowers participated.

New Zealand rower Mahe Drysdale, winner of the London 2012 Olympic Games, was proclaimed champion with a time of 6:55.150 minutes, followed by Czech Ondrej Synek (6:56.970), silver medalist in London 2012 and gold medal winner in the World Championships, South Korea.

Finishing in fourth place was another world rowing great, the German Marcel Hacker (7:00.360). Fifth and Sixth position went to Stanislau Shcharbachenia (7:02.660) from Belarus and Julien Bahain (7:12.250) from Canada, respectively.

Winner of the B final, for places 7-12, was the Dutch Roel Braas (6:57.510), while winners in the C (13-18) and D (19-24) finals were the Mexican Juan Carlos Cabrera (7:04.730) and Bulgarian Romeo Angelov (7:14.010), respectively.