Estonian Rowers Pull Within Sight of Olympic Medal
Estonia's quadruple sculls rowing team finished second in their semifinal group today and thus advance to the medal race on Friday.
The crew, consisting of Tõnu Endrekson, Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja and Kaspar Taimsoo, came in with a time of 6:07.85 in semifinal B, two seconds behind the leader, Germany.
The first three finishing teams in each of the two semifinals will now advance to the medals round, scheduled for Friday morning. In addition to Germany and Estonia, the finalists include Poland, Croatia, Australia and Great Britain.
The same Estonian crew took silver at the 2011 European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv.