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Rigney to ramp up for single sculls quarters

Written by Rupert Guinness | Jul 30, 2024 11:32:37 PM

Tara Rigney will up the ante in the Olympic Women’s Single Sculls quarter-finals as part of a plan to manage her effort through an arduous four race campaign.

Tara, a bronze medallist in the Women’s Single Sculls at the 2023 and 2022 World Championships, is considered one of the top-three medal contenders for the event.

The other major contenders are the reigning Dutch world champion Karolien Florijin and New Zealand Olympic champion Emma Twigg, who are both drawn in other quarter-finals.

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Tara, who raced in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the double sculls with Amanda Bateman, won her heat in commanding fashion, with lengths to spare to second place.

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