Rigney and Eights will row for gold as Rowsellas book more final spots

The Rowsellas will have four boats racing for medals at the Olympic regatta after Tara Rigney (Single Sculls) and the men’s and women’s Eights all progressed to A Finals at the the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.

They join the women’s Pair of Annabelle McIntyre and Jess Morrison in the medal race, with that crew in action on August 2 and the remainder on August 3.

Tara put down another solid row to finish second in her semi in a time of 7:23.58, behind Dutch world champion Karolien Florijn (7.21.26). Olympic champion Emma Twigg from New Zealand won the other semi and ensured all the medal winners from the most-recent World Rowing Championships will be going head-to-head.

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“She’s (Florijn) quick at the start, I don’t know how she does it. I am just doing my best to try and keep up with her. I’m stoked to be in an A Final. I’m just hoping for a good race and want to do my best,” Tara said.

“It was a really solid 1500m and I think both of us have another notch to go. The big one is Saturday, so we’ll see what happens.”

Read more here: AOC Rowing News