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Ladner rower sets new world record on ergometer

National team member Aaron Lattimer is coming off fourth place finish at World Championships
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Ladner's Aaron Lattimer heads into this week's National Championships and Canada Cup in Burnaby with momentum after setting a new ergometer world record in Victoria on Wednesday

Ladner’s Aaron Lattimer showcased his rowing talents indoors Wednesday setting a new world record in a 6000 meter ergometer test (19-29, lightweight category) with a time of 19:16.0.

Concept 2 will soon confirm his record time eclipses the previous of 19:21.80 set by Lucas Schäfer of Germany in 2017. 

The 22-year-old pulled off the record breaking time during the Rowing Canada Aviron ergometer test at the dome at Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence in Victoria.

“Aaron is training in a competitive environment that is producing improvement in everyone,” said Canadian head coach, Dick Tonks. “He is improving physically and the evidence is shown in his erg records from last season, and in this week’s session but also in his oarsmanship shown at the 2018 World Championships.”

Lattimer placed fourth at the Worlds in Bulgaria back in September – a noteworthy performance leap from his 14thplace position at the 2017 World Championships in Florida. He also finished fourth at the 2017 Under 23 World Championships and 11th at the 2017 World Cup III in Lucerne. 
 “The world record is always on your mind,” explained Lattimer. “I woke up that morning in good shape despite an already tough start to the week. There is good motivation within the group, so after the first 1000m I felt good and said I’m going to go for it! With about 2km left, I knew I had it – it was just a matter of how low (in time) I could possibly go.”

Lattimer will return to the water for next week’s National Rowing Championships and Canada Cup in Burnaby, starting on Thursday.

His older brother Maxwell is also a member of the national rowing team and competed for Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. The siblings came through the Vancouver College rowing program before taking their promising careers to UBC.