Canada headed to repechage in women’s eight rowing

PARIS – Canada’s defending-champion women’s 8 rowing squad will statement successful a repechage aft finishing 3rd successful its power Monday greeting astatine nan Paris Games.

The squad clocked six minutes 21.31 seconds complete 2000 metres astatine Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, finishing down Great Britain (6:16.20) and Australia (6:18.61) successful Heat 1. Denmark came successful 4th astatine 6:39.30.

Romania came successful first successful Heat 2, finishing successful 6:12.31, followed by nan United States pinch 6:19.00 and Italy pinch 6:28.47.

The winners of each power beforehand to Saturday’s final, while nan others look disconnected successful nan repechage connected Thursday for different chance astatine qualifying for nan final.

Canada came to Paris arsenic nan defending golden medallist.

Coxswain Kristen Kit of St. Catharines, Ont., Calgary’s Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Toronto’s Sydney Payne and Avalon Wasteneys of Campbell River, B.C., are returning athletes from nan victorious eights squad astatine nan Tokyo Olympics.

They are joined by Abby Dent of Kenora, Ont., Victoria’s Caileigh Filmer, Maya Meschkuleit of Mississauga, Ont., Jessica Sevick of Strathmore, Alta., and Kristina Walker of Wolfe Island, Ont.

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Canada has conscionable 2 boats rowing successful Paris aft qualifying 10 for Tokyo.

Jenny Casson of Kingston, Ont., and Jill Moffatt of Bethany, Ont., qualified for nan semifinal successful lightweight women’s double sculls aft finishing 2nd successful a repechage Monday morning.

This study by The Canadian Press was first published July 29, 2024.