China News Service, July 23. On the morning of July 23, Beijing time, the preliminaries of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Rowing Competition kicked off at the Sea Forest Aquatic Arena.

Chinese players appeared in five events.

The women's single sculls and men's double sculls entered the next round, and the women's quadruple sculls advanced to the final with the first place in the preliminaries.

Men's double sculls, Liu Zhiyu and Zhang Liang finished second in the team

  In the third group of the women's single scull preliminaries, Chinese player Jiang Yan of the fifth track came in second with 7:53.14 and successfully entered the quarter-finals.

In the first group of the men's double scull preliminaries, Chinese players Liu Zhiyu and Zhang Liang ranked second with a time of 6:11.55 and advanced to the semifinals.

The French player won the first place in the group in 6 minutes, 10 seconds and 45 minutes, which broke the Olympic record.

  In the first group of the women's double scull preliminaries, Chinese players Shen Shuangmei and Liu Xiaoxin ranked fourth in the group with a score of 7:3.78 in the second track. They will qualify for the semifinals through the wild card match.

In the first group of the men's quadruple scull preliminaries, the Chinese team Yixidi, Zang Ha, Liu Dang, and Zhang Quan in the first lane won 5 minutes 43.44. The fourth group ended and they will enter the wild card match.

  In the second group of the women's quadruple sculls preliminaries, the second Chinese team Chen Yunxia, ​​Zhang Ling, Lu Yang, and Cui Xiaotong got off to a smooth start. In the end, they easily crossed the line with the group's first result in 6:14.32 and advanced to the final. .

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