Helen Glover and Heather Stanning win World Championships semi-final
Last Updated: 03/09/15 4:33pm
Great Britain have secured six spots at Rio 2016 after a successful day of semi-final racing at the World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France.
Olympic champions Helen Glover and Heather Stanning in the women's pair were among a group of British semi-final winners.
Their male counterparts James Foad and Matt Langridge were also successful, as were the lightweight men's double scull of Will Fletcher and Richard Chambers.
Other places booked for next summer's Olympic Games in Brazil were in the men's quad and four, and the lightweight women's double scull.
Stanning, who triumphed in her semi alongside Glover in 7:03.36 to second-placed New Zealand's 7:09.11, said on www.britishrowing.org: "I am pleased with today's race.
"It was the race we expected to have and it's a nice reward from the semi-final to qualify the boat for Rio.
"The next race is the one that counts, it's the final race of the season, and we're really looking forward to it."
