Tara Rigney, Eights, turn in brave rows to close out Olympic regatta

A courageous Tara Rigney has missed the medals by the barest of margins in the Women’s Single Sculls as the Olympic regatta wrapped up at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.

Tara was in the bronze medal position for most of the race but was pipped right on the line by the Lithuanian boat of Viktorija Senkute, with the margin just 0.53 seconds after a gruelling 2000m row.

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The 25-year-old, a two-time bronze medal winner at the World Championships, showed plenty of emotions after the race, which was won by world champion Karolien Florijn following an epic battle with the defending Olympic champion Emma Twigg from New Zealand.

“At the end of the day, I executed my race plan but didn’t quite have those last 10 strokes in me,” Tara said.

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