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The women's eight won their rep and will be moving on to the semi-finals.

The Russian women's eight got through the first few days of racing, but were disqualified from the competition for anti-doping violations.

The German women's eight was second at the World Championships last year and much of that boat is represented here.
Josephine Wartenberg, Marlene Sinning, Christina Gerking, Magdalena Schmude, Lenka Wech, Maren Derlien, Nicole Zimmermann, Elke Hipler, Annina Ruppel(cox)

The reigning World Champions and winners at Lucerne this summer, the U.S. Women's eight is: (cox)Mary Whipple, Caryn Davies, Caroline Lind, Susan Francia, Anna Mickelson, Lindsay Shoop, Anna Goodale, Sam Magee and Brett Sickler.

The first of the big boats in our videos section. Check out the British women's eight. Line-up: Carla Ashford, Baz Moffat, Alice Freeman, Louisa Reeve, Beth Rodford, Alison Knowles, Katie Greves, Jess Eddie, Caroline O'Connor(cox)