CUBC Alumna Paige Badenhorst vies for Olympic Qualification at the “Last Chance Regatta”

2022 CUBC Women’s Blue Boat Member Paige Badenhorst (Magdalene 2021), having narrowly missed qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics, raced for the last 2 places in the Openweight Double with partner Katherine Williams.

Racing 6 crews, including Swiss former World Single Scull Champion Jeanne Gmelin, and a number of Olympians including GB’s Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne, Paige and Katherine progressed to the repechage where they booked their place in the final.

The final saw the Czech W2x clear out to a lead, and a host of boats racing for the second place. Paige and Katherine went through the 1000m in 6th, but worked their way through the field to finish 4th in a great race, but one that was not quite enough to qualify them for Paris.