Three of the South African crews are through to Wednesday’s quarterfinals, but the remaining two crews will still have to battle it out in tomorrow’s Repechage in order to qualify for the semi-finals. 

James Thompson and John Smith, won their heat in 6 minutes 23.01 seconds to qualify for the quarterfinals. 

Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler, women’s lightweight double sculls won their heat in 6:59.41 and went through to the quarterfinals.

Shaun Keeling and David Hunt won their heat in the men’s pairs in a time of 6:33.26 to progress to the quarterfinals.

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