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Double Sculls, Women

Date	23 – 28 July 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Sea Forest Waterway, 6-44, 3chome, Uminomori, Koto-ku, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan
Participants	26 from 13 countries

Strong favourites heading in were Romania’s Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis, winners of every event they had entered since gaining silver at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. Looking to challenge the Romanians were New Zealand, the defending World Champions, but having made changes since then, with Hannah Osborne joining holdover Brooke Donoghue. Others of note in the field were the Dutch pair of Lisa Scheenaard and Roos de Jong, bronze medallists at the 2019 World Championships, and Lithuania, bronze medallists at the 2016 Olympic Games, with Donata Karaliene coming out of retirement to join Milda Valciukaite.

The preliminaries and semi-finals ran pretty well to form, with the pre-race favourites being joined by Canada and the United States for the final. That race turned out to be more of a contest for the silver and bronze as Romania soon pulled away from the rest of the field and cruised to the gold in an Olympic best time. Although the Dutch had broken off the mark in a fast time, they were eventually overtaken by New Zealand for the silver, and had to settle for the bronze.

Pos	Pair	NOC
1	Nicoleta Bodnar / Simona Radiș	ROU	Gold
2	Brooke Donoghue / Hannah Osborne	NZL	Silver
3	Roos de Jong / Lisa Scheenaard	NED	Bronze
4	Donata Vištartaitė / Milda Valčiukaitė	LTU
5	Kristina Wagner / Gevvie Stone	USA
6	Gabrielle Smith / Jessica Sevick	CAN
7	Amanda Bateman / Tara Rigney	AUS
8	Hélène Lefebvre / Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	FRA
9	Alessandra Patelli / Chiara Ondoli	ITA
10	Kristýna Fleissnerová / Lenka Antošová	CZE
11	Annekatrin Thiele / Leonie Menzel	GER
12	Yekaterina Pitirimova / Yekaterina Kurochkina	ROC
13	Shen Shuangmei / Liu Xiaoxin	CHN

Round One

Date	23 July 2021 — 11:00
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to final; all others to repêchage.

Heat #1

Time	11:00

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Brooke Donoghue / Hannah Osborne	NZL	6:53.62	1:43.74 (3)	3:27.42 (1)	5:10.04 (1)	1:43.68 (1)	1:42.62 (1)	1:43.58 (2)	SAB
2	–	Kristina Wagner / Gevvie Stone	USA	6:55.65	1:44.81 (5)	3:29.75 (4)	5:13.31 (2)	1:44.94 (2)	1:43.56 (2)	1:42.34 (1)	SAB
3	–	Hélène Lefebvre / Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	FRA	6:57.83	1:42.53 (1)	3:28.81 (2)	5:13.78 (3)	1:46.28 (3)	1:44.97 (3)	1:44.05 (3)	SAB
4	–	Shen Shuangmei / Liu Xiaoxin	CHN	7:03.78	1:42.94 (2)	3:29.63 (3)	5:15.96 (4)	1:46.69 (4)	1:46.33 (4)	1:47.82 (5)	R
5	–	Kristýna Fleissnerová / Lenka Antošová	CZE	7:05.56	1:44.30 (4)	3:31.75 (5)	5:18.36 (5)	1:47.45 (5)	1:46.61 (5)	1:47.20 (4)	R

Heat #2

Time	11:10

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Nicoleta Bodnar / Simona Radiș	ROU	6:49.79	1:40.40 (1)	3:23.98 (1)	5:07.54 (1)	1:43.58 (1)	1:43.56 (1)	1:42.25 (1)
2	–	Gabrielle Smith / Jessica Sevick	CAN	6:57.69	1:43.96 (4)	3:29.31 (2)	5:13.71 (2)	1:45.35 (2)	1:44.40 (2)	1:43.98 (2)	SAB
3	–	Alessandra Patelli / Chiara Ondoli	ITA	6:59.58	1:42.93 (2)	3:29.45 (3)	5:14.05 (3)	1:46.52 (3)	1:44.60 (3)	1:45.53 (3)	SAB
4	–	Yekaterina Pitirimova / Yekaterina Kurochkina	ROC	7:03.96	1:43.20 (3)	3:30.13 (4)	5:18.33 (4)	1:46.93 (4)	1:48.20 (4)	1:45.63 (4)	R

Heat #3

Time	11:20

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Roos de Jong / Lisa Scheenaard	NED	6:49.90	1:42.44 (4)	3:27.13 (2)	5:09.37 (2)	1:44.69 (2)	1:42.24 (1)	1:40.53 (1)	SAB
2	–	Donata Vištartaitė / Milda Valčiukaitė	LTU	6:50.38	1:41.53 (1)	3:25.88 (1)	5:08.56 (1)	1:44.35 (1)	1:42.68 (2)	1:41.82 (2)	SAB
3	–	Amanda Bateman / Tara Rigney	AUS	6:53.30	1:42.23 (3)	3:27.23 (3)	5:10.53 (3)	1:45.00 (3)	1:43.30 (3)	1:42.77 (3)	SAB
4	–	Annekatrin Thiele / Leonie Menzel	GER	6:59.61	1:41.84 (2)	3:27.94 (4)	5:11.48 (4)	1:46.10 (4)	1:43.54 (4)	1:48.13 (4)	R

Round One Repêchage

Date	24 July 2021 — 9:00
Format	Top two in each heat to A Final.

Heat #1

Time	9:00

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Yekaterina Pitirimova / Yekaterina Kurochkina	ROC	7:13.77	1:44.40 (2)	3:33.05 (1)	5:23.87 (1)	1:48.65 (1)	1:50.82 (1)	1:49.90 (1)	SAB
2	–	Annekatrin Thiele / Leonie Menzel	GER	7:14.92	1:44.38 (1)	3:33.35 (2)	5:24.31 (2)	1:48.97 (3)	1:50.96 (2)	1:50.61 (2)	SAB
3	–	Lenka Antošová / Kristýna Fleissnerová	CZE	7:16.96	1:45.32 (4)	3:34.20 (3)	5:25.50 (3)	1:48.88 (2)	1:51.30 (3)	1:51.46 (3)	SAB
4	–	Shen Shuangmei / Liu Xiaoxin	CHN	7:21.93	1:44.83 (3)	3:35.42 (4)	5:29.69 (4)	1:50.59 (4)	1:54.27 (4)	1:52.24 (4)

Semi-Finals

Date	25 July 2021 — 12:20

Heat #1

Time	12:20

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Nicoleta Bodnar / Simona Radiș	ROU	7:04.31	1:44.06 (1)	3:31.60 (1)	5:19.80 (1)	1:47.54 (2)	1:48.20 (1)	1:44.51 (1)
2	–	Brooke Donoghue / Hannah Osborne	NZL	7:09.05	1:45.98 (3)	3:33.11 (2)	5:21.65 (2)	1:47.13 (1)	1:48.54 (2)	1:47.40 (3)	FA
3	–	Donata Vištartaitė / Milda Valčiukaitė	LTU	7:11.29	1:46.12 (4)	3:35.46 (3)	5:24.60 (3)	1:49.34 (3)	1:49.14 (3)	1:46.69 (2)	FA
4	–	Alessandra Patelli / Chiara Ondoli	ITA	7:19.25	1:45.81 (2)	3:37.19 (4)	5:29.84 (4)	1:51.38 (4)	1:52.65 (4)	1:49.41 (4)	FB
5	–	Lenka Antošová / Kristýna Fleissnerová	CZE	7:24.22	1:46.81 (5)	3:38.76 (5)	5:32.92 (6)	1:51.95 (5)	1:54.16 (6)	1:51.30 (5)	FB
6	–	Yekaterina Pitirimova / Yekaterina Kurochkina	ROC	7:24.37	1:46.97 (6)	3:39.31 (6)	5:32.84 (5)	1:52.34 (6)	1:53.53 (5)	1:51.53 (6)	FB

Heat #2

Time	12:30

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Roos de Jong / Lisa Scheenaard	NED	7:08.09	1:43.81 (1)	3:33.15 (2)	5:22.15 (2)	1:49.34 (2)	1:49.00 (1)	1:45.94 (2)	FA
2	–	Gabrielle Smith / Jessica Sevick	CAN	7:09.44	1:44.23 (2)	3:31.66 (1)	5:20.92 (1)	1:47.43 (1)	1:49.26 (3)	1:48.52 (4)	FA
3	–	Kristina Wagner / Gevvie Stone	USA	7:11.14	1:46.16 (6)	3:35.54 (5)	5:24.79 (3)	1:49.38 (3)	1:49.25 (2)	1:46.35 (3)	FA
4	–	Hélène Lefebvre / Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	FRA	7:12.68	1:44.55 (3)	3:35.25 (3)	5:26.88 (5)	1:50.70 (5)	1:51.63 (5)	1:45.80 (1)	FB
5	–	Amanda Bateman / Tara Rigney	AUS	7:15.25	1:45.89 (4)	3:35.42 (4)	5:25.23 (4)	1:49.53 (4)	1:49.81 (4)	1:50.02 (5)	FB
6	–	Annekatrin Thiele / Leonie Menzel	GER	7:20.44	1:46.03 (5)	3:37.45 (6)	5:29.98 (6)	1:51.42 (6)	1:52.53 (6)	1:50.46 (6)	FB

Final Round

Date	28 July 2021 — 8:10

Final A

Time	9:18

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Nicoleta Bodnar / Simona Radiș	ROU	6:41.03	1:39.52 (1)	3:19.94 (1)	5:00.86 (1)	1:40.42 (1)	1:40.92 (1)	1:40.17 (2)	OB
2	–	Brooke Donoghue / Hannah Osborne	NZL	6:44.82	1:42.18 (4)	3:23.52 (2)	5:04.61 (2)	1:41.34 (2)	1:41.09 (2)	1:40.21 (3)
3	–	Roos de Jong / Lisa Scheenaard	NED	6:45.73	1:40.96 (2)	3:24.11 (3)	5:06.33 (3)	1:43.15 (4)	1:42.22 (3)	1:39.40 (1)
4	–	Donata Vištartaitė / Milda Valčiukaitė	LTU	6:47.44	1:41.23 (3)	3:24.46 (4)	5:07.05 (4)	1:43.23 (5)	1:42.59 (4)	1:40.39 (4)
5	–	Kristina Wagner / Gevvie Stone	USA	6:52.98	1:42.67 (5)	3:25.56 (5)	5:09.81 (5)	1:42.89 (3)	1:44.25 (5)	1:43.17 (6)
6	–	Gabrielle Smith / Jessica Sevick	CAN	6:53.19	1:43.18 (6)	3:27.34 (6)	5:12.06 (6)	1:44.16 (6)	1:44.72 (6)	1:41.13 (5)

Final B

Time	8:10

Pos	Lane	Pair	NOC	Time	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	500-1,000 m	1,000-1,500 m	1,500-2,000 m
1	–	Amanda Bateman / Tara Rigney	AUS	6:57.71	1:44.06 (4)	3:28.79 (2)	5:14.27 (2)	1:44.73 (1)	1:45.48 (1)	1:43.44 (3)
2	–	Hélène Lefebvre / Élodie Ravera-Scaramozzino	FRA	6:58.52	1:43.64 (2)	3:30.10 (5)	5:16.54 (5)	1:46.46 (5)	1:46.44 (3)	1:41.98 (1)
3	–	Alessandra Patelli / Chiara Ondoli	ITA	6:58.88	1:44.21 (5)	3:29.92 (4)	5:16.40 (4)	1:45.71 (3)	1:46.48 (4)	1:42.48 (2)
4	–	Lenka Antošová / Kristýna Fleissnerová	CZE	6:59.19	1:41.64 (1)	3:27.31 (1)	5:14.04 (1)	1:45.67 (2)	1:46.73 (5)	1:45.15 (6)
5	–	Annekatrin Thiele / Leonie Menzel	GER	7:01.21	1:43.75 (3)	3:29.85 (3)	5:16.19 (3)	1:46.10 (4)	1:46.34 (2)	1:45.02 (5)
6	–	Yekaterina Pitirimova / Yekaterina Kurochkina	ROC	7:01.83	1:44.31 (6)	3:31.05 (6)	5:18.07 (6)	1:46.74 (6)	1:47.02 (6)	1:43.76 (4)