Rowing: Synek claims world title in single scull

Czech rower Ondřej Synek won the gold medal in the single scull event at the World Rowing Championships in South Korea on Sunday. Synak went into the lead right from the start and finished first ahead of Cuba’s Ángel Fournier and Marcel Hacker from German. Sunday’s victory is Synek’s second world title. In women’s single sculls, Czech Miroslava Knapková took bronze.