Emma Twigg reacts after losing her Women's single sculls
semifinal today. Photo Chuck Burton/AP.
New Zealand single sculler Emma Twigg has failed to
qualify for her Olympic rowing final.
Twigg missed out in heartbreaking fashion, pipped on the
finish line for third place by Poland's Julia Michalska. The
top three qualify automatically for Saturday's final.
Twigg, 21, sat comfortably in third place for most of the
race but couldn't withstand a powerful surge from the Polish
world under-23 champion who just scraped past her in the
final 100m. The time difference between them was 0.05
seconds.
The result means New Zealand won't have all eight of their
crews competing in the final session.
The race was won by gold medal favourite Ekaterina Karsten of
Belarus from Bulgarian Rumyana Neykova.
Twigg was the first of five New Zealand crews in action
today, all needing top-three finishes to qualify for
Saturday.
