The 2010 World Rowing Awards have just been announced and awarded, FISA writes in a press release. The honours have gone to New Zealand’s head coach Dick Tonks, the Czech Republic’s Men’s Single Sculler Ondrej Synek, Great Britain’s dynamic duo of Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger from the Women’s Double Sculls as well as the dominating adaptive rower Tom Aggar also of Great Britain. Hart Perry (on the left) of the United States is honoured with the Distinguished Service award for his long serving role in rowing.

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