The U.S. men’s and women’s fours followed the U.S. Para mixed four’s gold with victories of their own, propelling USRowing to the top of the medals table on the penultimate day of the 2026 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.
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The U.S. men’s four of Gus Rodriguez, Peter Chatain, Christopher Carlson, and Pieter Quinton beat the defending champion British four in both the semifinal and final and held off The Netherlands in the sprint for gold.
“Huge credit to the Dutch and the British,” said Quinton. “We just had the confidence that if we raced our race, got into our rhythm and just pushed the length of the course we’d come through in the end.”
The United States successfully defended their women’s four title in a world-best time of 6:09.87, becoming the first crew to break the 6:10 barrier. Australia took silver and the Netherlands bronze, with both crews also finishing inside the previous world-best mark. Three members of the U.S. crew claimed their second consecutive title after moving into the lead during the second 1000m and holding off sustained challenges from Australia and the Netherlands. The remaining crews finished well back of the battle for medals.
“We came into this year with a lot of big goals for ourselves,” said stroke Kate Knifton. “I’m just so proud of how we handled the pressure that we felt going into it, and really turned that into motivation and fuel.”
Racing at the 2026 World Rowing Championships concludes Sunday with the eights and singles finals.
