Para rower Pritchard looking to make small margins count at European Championships

Ben Pritchard reckons maximising the marginal gains can catapult him onto the European Championship podium. The experienced Swansea para rower, 30, triumphed in his PR1 single sculls repechage in splendid isolation on the second day of the multi-sport Munich event to safely navigate his way into Saturday morning's final. Ad Pritchard, who narrowly missed out on a medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games last summer, crossed the line in a time of 10:33.93 to triumph over his Israeli, Spanish, Hungarian and Polish opponents at the city's 1972 Olympic Regatta Centre.

RowingQuad scullers catch crab en route to European Championship rowing final9 MINUTES AGO The Welsh star has recently been battling some blustery conditions and hopes adopting a diligent approach can fuel his pursuit of a medal. He said: «It was good today. »We had a little fiddle with some rigging over the weekend to try and tackle this cross wind that keeps cropping up for my races.

«I was sat there this morning thinking it looked better and much easier, but as soon as I started the wind started to whip up again. »But it was good and I executed what I wanted to do." For the second edition in 2022, the innovative multi-sports European Championship brings together the existing championships of the continent's leading sports into one event that elevates the champions of Europe. And Pritchard has every chance of grabbing one of the 177 gold medals on offer after his impressive Friday morning display.