Australian pair refuse to rule out any crew as bid for final hots up

The women’s Pairs crew of Annabelle McIntyre and Jess Morrison, one of Australia’s strongest 2024 Olympics rowing medal hopes, will take their next step towards an opportunity to win gold when they line up to race their semi-final.

Silver medallists at the 2023 and 2022 World Championships, the crew has drawn lane four in their qualifier for the A Final at the Stade Nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, east of Paris.

Also drawn in their semi-final is Spain, China, Lithuania, Ireland and the United States.

The gold medal favourites and reigning world champions, the Netherlands, will race in the first semi-final against Great Britain, Czechia, Romania, Greece and Denmark.

Annabelle and Jess, who both raced in Australia’s gold medal winning Women’s Four at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, are touted as the biggest threat to the fancied Dutch champions.

Read more here: AOC Rowing News