The Glaswegian is part of Team GB's women's four at the Olympics.
Rowan McKellar will bid for her first Olympic medal this weekend after helping steer Britain’s women’s four to victory in their heat.
She has since moved into the bigger crew and they impressed in the Stade Nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne sunshine, holding off the challenge of Australia and reigning champions Canada to avoid dropping into the repechage and qualify directly for Saturday’s final. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now “It was a really good start,” she said. “We haven’t raced since Lucerne so it has been quite a while.
“It was close out there and anything can happen, the other crews have another race they can work things out in and the final could be anything. It’s a good statement to make but it’s not over.”The crew includes Sholto Carnegie, who was inspired to take up the sport by his Edinburgh grandfather and trains in the Hebrides during breaks in the season.
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