Greek rowers took out two gold medals at the World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland over the weekend, following the country’s impeccable showing at the Mediterranean Games the previous week.

Under 23 World Champion and Olympian Alexandra Tsiavou got the gold medal in the Lightweight Women’s single sculls, while Triantafyllia Kalampoka and Christina Giazitzidou got the gold medal in the Lightweight Women’s double sculls.

Alexandra Tsiavou made light work of her final, as she powered through the flat conditions to claim yet another podium finish in her flourishing career.

With only 500 meters having been rowed, Tsiavou had established a full boat’s length lead. Italian Erika Bello challenged Tsiavou close to the finish line, but ran out of steam in the final sprint.

Tsiavou had retained enough energy to charge for the line and finished first.

The gold medallist said after the race, “It was a very difficult day for us (in the) non-Olympic events but I’m extremely happy to have won. I was confident I could. I love Lucerne as a course and town and no matter the weather, I love to race here.

Tsiavou added that she was uncertain where she would race at the next major meet in Poland. “I don’t know if I will go on in a double or single in Poznan”, she said.

Another golden Greek performance took place in the Lightweight Women’s double sculls, where Kalamboka and Giazitzidou climbed the podium as champions. The duo backed up their Mediterranean Games gold medal, as did Tsiavou.

Greece was outstanding on Finals day at the Pescara Games, and left with five gold medals from the eight events.

Greece’s gold medal haul began with Ioannis Christou in the men’s single. Christou was a last-minute qualifier for the Beijing Olympics after spending most of his lead-up in the double.

The single has proved to be a worthy change for Christou who beat second-placed Marion Vekic of Croatia by two seconds.

Another win for Greece went to the Gkountoulas brothers in the men’s pair. This close race opened with Egypt leading before Greece took over in the front.

Greece was then challenged right to the line by France who finished second ahead of Olympians Serbia in third.

World Champ Tsiavou held off the competition in the lightweight women’s single while the lightweight men’s single also went to Greece. The country’s most medalled rower, Vasileios Polymeros, sprinted home first ahead of Italy and France