which saw her win bronze in 2014 and silver in 2015.It’s clear that Canada are prioritising the W8 for Rio so this will be a largely scratch pair and as such will probably feature towards the tail end of the B-final.

China

Min Zhang 23 & Tian Miao 23

Olympic record: 2016 Olympic debut

World Championship record

Zhang: 7th W4X 2010, 3rd W8 2014, 3rd W4- 2014, 9th W8 2015

Miao: 3rd W4- 2014, 9th W8 2015

2016 record

Zhang: 2nd W2- & 4th W8 Final Olympic Qualifying Regatta, 11th W2- Lucerne World Cup

Miao: 2nd W2- Final Olympic Qualifying Regatta, 11th W2- Lucerne World Cup

China are another nation who have put together a pair relatively late. Zhang and Miao came together at the start of the season and raced at the final Olympic Qualifying regatta, securingtheir place by taking 2nd spot. Of the two Zhang has more international experience, she made her senior debut in 2009 at the Munich World Cup racing in the W8, she then switched to the quad finishing 7th. In 2014 she doubled up in both the W4- and W8 taking bronze in both. She continued in the W8 in 2015 finishing 9th and missing out on qualification for Rio. Tian started her senior career in 2011 in the World Cup. She first raced with Zhang at the 2014 Sydney World Cup winning silver and they were both in the W4- that won bronze in 2014. Tian was also in the W8 in 2015 before moving back into the pair for the Final Qualifying Regatta and securing the spot