Edwards and Siddorn fly the flag for Great Britain on day two of the World Rowing Championships
Ruth Siddorn and Kyra Edwards were Great Britain鈥檚 representatives on day two of the World Rowing Championships in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria, as they took on the heats for the women鈥檚 double sculls
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With one automatic qualification spot available for the A/B semi-finals the heat was hotly contested; Siddorn and Edwards put up a strong battle but finished in fourth place, meaning they will race again in Wednesday鈥檚 repechage.
Reflecting on their performance, Edwards said: 鈥淚 think we made good improvements from Rotterdam in the first half of the race; for the rest of the regatta we want to try and spread that out a bit further.
鈥淲e鈥檙e starting to understand each other a lot more and how we work well together and think we have a lot more to give.鈥
Great Britain have five races tomorrow, with the women鈥檚 quad and both eights racing in their heats and the women鈥檚 four and men鈥檚 quad taking on the repechages. You can watch all the races live on www.worldrowing.com.
Results
Women鈥檚 double sculls (Heat)
1. Amanda Bateman and Genevieve Horton (AUS) 07:00.21
2. Helene Lefebvre and Elodie Ravera-Scaramozzino (FRA) 07:01.55
3. Shiyu Lu and Yuwei Wang (CHN) 07:03.77
4. Ruth Siddorn and Kyra Edwards (GBR) 07:11.07
Next GB race: Repechage (Wednesday)
