In St. Catharines

World Championship gold for lightweight double Hultsch/Ruttmann

Paul Ruttmann and Konrad Hultsch are world champions.(Bild: GEPA)

Following their European Championship title in Szeged in April, Konrad Hultsch and Paul Ruttmann have also won the gold medal in the non-Olympic lightweight coxless pair.

They triumphed on Saturday in St. Catharines (Canada), it was the first World Championship title for Austria in rowing after Michaela Taupe-Traer's 2013 title in Chungju (South Korea). Julian Schöberl finished fifth in the LG single sculls, Lara Tiefenthaler sixth.