"I know this course since 1979, the conditions today are fair for the competitors. We expect the sun to come out later and that should improve the conditions."
"It is fun to row today, it was a very tactical race for us - we were head-to-head with the Australians up to the 750m mark."
"I did not expect the race to be that easy, I am very happy, especially when I consider that I switched to the single just last tuesday. Last weekend we were still trying out for the quad."
"The conditions were not too bad, compared to yestrerday's practice it was definitely an improvement. We stuck to our race plan and had a good race."
"At the finish we saw that Poland had won, we just heard that we won our heat, it feels great. We had already thought about the race this afternoon."
"We should have some reserves for tomorrow."
"It's been a bit rough with the tail wind, so it was important to get out ahead fast, because it is very hard to catch up later. We had pretty much the same conditions at the nationals in March, I learned about the importance of the start there."
"As expected The Australian was a very strong opponent, and he passed me at the 750m mark. After that I tried not to waste too much energy."
"The conditions make racing technically difficult, but physically not very challenging. After we saw Denmark easing off at the 1500m mark we took something out as well and tried to keep the distance."
"The conditions are okay, the waves make racing a little rough."
"It was a standard race, with the water being quite choppy it was rather hard conditions."
"We wanted to start very quickly, because the first 500m are very important. If you do not know your opponents, everybody gets off fast. After 500m we tried to keep the distance to the other boats."
"We are very happy that the weather is good and the forecast for tomorrow is even better. Everybody in the organizing committee is settling down after the first races, some of the stress is gone now."
"Good conditions today here in Hamburg, we enjoyed the racing."
"The Nations Cup in Hamburg is a good racing form in between the Junior World Championchips and the open FISA World Championships. We have to think about different forms of cooperation between the FISA and the local organizing committees. FISA is offering their help.
"It seems all very well organized and very relaxed"