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Great Britain's women finish third to reach final

Team GB's women reach the final of the quadruple sculls repechage, with Australia and the United States finishing above them.

Great Britain's women have reached the final of the quadruple sculls repechage following a late surge to the finish line.

Melanie Wilson, Beth Rodford, Debbie Flood and Frances Houghton came in third in the semi-final of the race, with Australia and the United States pipping them to the finish.

The Brits' hopes of contending for a medal looked bleak as they dropped to the bottom of the six-crew race at the halfway mark.

Despite a brief struggle, New Zealand gifted the British team a place in fourth towards the closing stages of the race after making a mistake, which they capitalised on and pushed into third place, retaining hopes of clinching a medal.

Team GB claimed silver in Beijing in 2008.

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