Overview

• Zeidler finished 0.42 seconds behind Tokyo champion Stefanos Ntouskos, 6:37.17 to 6:36.75, after leading at the 1000-meter mark.
• He skipped the European Championships and World Cups to prioritize studies, using Shanghai as a restart toward Los Angeles 2028.
• “This silver medal shines with a golden edge” was Zeidler’s assessment as he described the performance as fresh motivation.
• Germany’s PR3 mixed double, Kathrin Marchand and Valentin Luz, won gold in a world-best time, the nation’s first medal in that class since 2017.
• The women’s squad signaled progress with quad sculls bronze and the eight finishing fourth, while the men’s eight missed the A-final and placed seventh.