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TOKYO (Reuters) - Four-time Olympian Emma Twigg’s latest battle for the podium got off to a roaring start on Friday, as compelling matchups in the men’s and women’s single sculls began to take shape on the first day of Olympic rowing at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo.
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The 34-year-old New Zealander posted the fastest overall time of the women’s opening heats in her first race since 2019, cruising through to a 7:35.22 finish at the fan-free venue after two heartbreaking fourth-place finishes at the London and Rio Games.
“It’s definitely a lung-buster. A few nerves going into it, but that’s to be expected in an Olympic Games. It’s good to get underway,” she said. “These early races, nobody really shows their cards.”
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Glover impresses on return to action at European Rowing Championships Friday, 9 April 2021
Britain’s back-to-back Olympic champion Helen Glover made a successful return to the water as she booked her place in the women’s pair final at the European Rowing Championships in Varese in Italy.
Glover, making her first competitive appearance since winning gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics, got her quest to reach Tokyo 2020 off to a flying start alongside partner Polly Swann.
The duo led their heat from the start to win in 7min 8.91sec as Greece s Christina Bourmpou and Maria Kyridou came second in 7:10.29.
The other two places in the final were taken by Romanians Adriana Ailincai and Iuliana Buhus and Irish duo Aileen Crowley and Monika Dukarska, who came first and second respectively in the other heat.