The men’s single sculls field was cut from 21 to 14 on Thursday during a time trial the most noteworthy competitor was probably 2012 Olympian Ken Jurkowski. Jurkowski advanced easily with the fourth fastest time while Greg Ansolabehere won the time trial. The battle for the final spot was pretty intense with Lucas Wilhelm advancing over Matthew Brown by 0.27 seconds.
Friday’s going to eliminate competitors in a variety of events. The men’s single sculls will feature heats and repechages with eight advancing to Saturday’s semifinals. The same will happen in the women’s single sculls though the starting field is 11 instead of 14. The men’s and women’s double sculls and lightweight double sculls will qualify two of the six boats directly to the final while the others go to a repechage Saturday. Competing in the women’s single sculls will be 2012 Olympian Genevra Stone while
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