The Canadian ladies’s eight rowing staff are the reigning Olympic champions – and they’re displaying why they are a risk to repeat.
The staff gained gold on Sunday at a World Cup regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, that is serving as a world tune-up forward of the Paris Video games.
Jessica Sevick, Caileigh Filmer, Maya Meschkuleit, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Kristen Siermachesky, Sydney Payne, Kristina Walker, Abigail Dent, and coxswain Kristen Equipment powered their solution to the end line in six minutes and 4.47 seconds.
Nice Britain took silver in 6:05.57, whereas Australia (6:08.77) claimed bronze.
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The Canadian staff completed fifth with a time of 6:07.15 on the Rowing World Championships race in Belgrade to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Additionally in motion in Lucerne was the ladies’s light-weight double of Jill Moffatt and Jennifer Casson. The duo will even put on the Maple Leaf in Paris however completed simply off the rostrum of their last on Sunday.
Moffatt, of Bethany, Ont., and Casson, of Kingston, Ont., crossed the road in 7:03.43, ending fourth general.
Nice Britain gained gold in 6:54.83, adopted by New Zealand (6:57.68) and the U.S. (7:01.37).
Each the ladies’s eight and Moffatt and Casson certified for the Summer season Video games eventually yr’s world championship in Belgrade, Serbia.
