2025 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight single sculls

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Women's lightweight single sculls
at the 2025 World Rowing Championships
Venue Dianshan Lake
Location Shanghai, China
Dates23–27 September
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Winning time7:30.14
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
  2024

The women's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2025 World Rowing Championships took place at Dianshan Lake, in Shanghai. [1]

Contents

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
Tuesday 23 September 202510:05Heats
Thursday, 25 September 202510:31Semifinals
11:22Final C
Saturday, 27 September 202513:25Final B
14:33Final A

All times are UTC+08:00

Results

Heats

The two fastest boats in each heat and the six fastest times advanced to the semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the Final C. [2]

Heat 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Kenia Lechuga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7:35.42SF
2 Karissa Riley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:36.80SF
3 Siobhan McCrohan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7:36.98SF
4 Nicole Yarzon Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7:54.33SF
5 Kim Ji-seon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 8:19.87FC
6 Binti Zakaria Nurzarinah Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia DNS

Heat 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Mariia Zhovner Individual Neutral Athletes 7:44.31SF
2 Dimitra Kontou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7:51.87SF
3 Maia Emilie Lund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:55.32SF
4 Eszter Fehérvári Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:05.31FC
5 Mariya Chernets Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 8:22.46FC

Heat 3

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Michelle Sechser Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 7:33.64SF
2 Pan Dandan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:36.79SF
3 Lara Tiefenthaler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:40.99SF
4 Femke van de Vliet Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:44.91SF
5 Winne Hung Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 7:45.72SF

Semifinals

The three fastest boats in each heat advance to the Final A. The remaining boats were sent to the Final B.

Semifinal 1

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Michelle Sechser Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8:01.20FA
2 Pan Dandan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:04.05FA
3 Lara Tiefenthaler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8:05.48FA
4 Karissa Riley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:06.77FB
5 Femke van de Vliet Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:18.08FB
6 Maia Emilie Lund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8:26.63FB

Semifinal 2

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
1 Siobhan McCrohan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 8:06.23FA
2 Kenia Lechuga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:06.27FA
3 Mariia Zhovner Individual Neutral Athletes 8:06.35FA
4 Nicole Yarzon Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 8:12.40FB
5 Dimitra Kontou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8:20.19FB
6 Winne Hung Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 8:23.83FB

Finals

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals. [3]

Final C

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1 Eszter Fehérvári Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:36.5613
2 Kim Ji-seon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 8:46.6814
3 Mariya Chernets Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 8:56.7015

Final B

RankRowerCountryTimeTotal rank
1 Karissa Riley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:43.477
2 Femke van de Vliet Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:47.088
3 Winne Hung Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 7:50.219
4 Dimitra Kontou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7:52.5210
5 Maia Emilie Lund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:54.4111
6 Nicole Yarzon Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 8:09.8812

Final A

RankRowerCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Michelle Sechser Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 7:30.14
Silver medal icon.svg Pan Dandan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:30.45
Bronze medal icon.svg Kenia Lechuga Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7:32.23
4 Siobhan McCrohan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7:37.25
5 Lara Tiefenthaler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:40.30
6 Mariia Zhovner Individual Neutral Athletes 7:42.89

References

  1. 1 2 "2025 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS | Schedule By Event". World Rowing . Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  2. "Lightweight Women's Single Sculls Results summary – Heats" (PDF). World Rowing. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  3. "Lightweight Women's Single Sculls Results summary – Finals" (PDF). World Rowing. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.