Tokyo Olympics: Stone '07 and Wagner Qualify For A Final

TOKYO – Gevvie Stone '07 and her United States double scull partner Kristi Wagner secured a spot in the A Final after rallying for a third-place finish in the A/B Semifinal on Saturday.

Stone will have a chance for her second consecutive medal on Tuesday at 8:18 p.m. She earned a silver in the single scull race in 2016.

Two races broke out in the A/B Semifinal. Canada and the Netherlands went back and forth for the top two spots throughout the race. The Netherlands was 1.23 seconds behind Canada with 500m to go and came back to take first.

The other race featured Stone and Wagner in a battle or the last spot in the A Final.

Those two were sixth at 500m, but trailed Australia by just .17 seconds for fourth and France by .28 seconds for third at 1000m.

Stone and Wagner made a push and eventually surpassed Australia for the crucial third position at the 1500m. In the last 500m, France came from fifth to give the United States a challenge, but the U.S. team crossed the finish line in front.

Results:
Netherlands – 7:08.09
Canada – 7:09.44
United States – 7:11.14
France – 7:12. 68
Australia – 7:15.25
Germany – 7:20.44

Hannah Scott '21 and Great Britain's quadruple sculls team collected a fourth-place tally in its repechage.

The group started off with a crab as two rowers lost their blades at the start. They rebounded to pull almost even with Australia in first at the 500m. Great Britain was within distance, just .28 seconds off the lead at the halfway mark.

Italy rallied to the lead with 500m to go, but Australia went in ahead to earn the win while New Zealand was third. Scott and Great Britain race in the B Final on Monday at 8:46 p.m.

Results
Australia – 6:36.67
Italy – 6:37.44
New Zealand – 6:39.91
Great Britain – 6:42.97
France – 6:47.41
United States – 6:50.74

Claire Collins '19 and the United States four was fifth in its repechage. The United States was third at 500m but fell to fourth and couldn't not make a push towards the top two. Great Britain and Poland earned spots in the A Final. The United States races in the B Final on Tuesday at 7:54 p.m.

Results
Great Britain – 6:46.20
Poland – 6:46.57
Romania – 6:47.38
Canada – 6:51.71
United States – 6:53.26
Denmark – 7:01.17

Kathleen Noble '18 had her best finish of the Olympics with a second-place tally in the E Semifinal of the single scull event. Qatar's Tala Abujbara paced the field the entire race, but Noble easily cleared the rest of the field, finishing at 8:31.67. Noble will race in the E Final on Wednesday at 8:06 p.m.

Results
Qatar – 8:24.24
Uganda – 8:31.67
Nigeria – 9:07.70
Sudan – 10:23.52

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