Double champion Rowles among 10-strong Paris team
Lauren Rowles has won two World Championship gold medals
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Two-time Paralympic champion Lauren Rowles is among 10 rowers selected for ParalympicsGB's Paris Games team.
Rowles, 26, won gold in the 2016 and 2020 Paralympics and is paired with Gregg Stevenson in the PR2 mixed doubles sculls for Paris.
Stevenson, 39, is one of six rowers making their Paralympic debuts.
Stevenson, a former Royal Engineer Commando, said: "This feels like a long time coming.
"I had the ambition during the Invictus Games days but never thought I would achieve it, so it’s been quite a journey."
Two more 2020 gold medallists, Giedre Rakauskaite and Erin Kennedy, are also included in the 2024 team.
Rakauskaite and Kennedy will compete in the PR3 mixed coxed four.
ParalympicsGB rowing crews
PR3 mixed coxed four: Frankie Allen, Josh O’Brien, Giedre Rakauskaite, Ed Fuller, Erin Kennedy (cox)
PR3 mixed double sculls: Sam Murray, Annie Caddick
PR2 mixed double sculls: Lauren Rowles, Gregg Stevenson
PR1 Men’s single sculls GBR1: Benjamin Pritchard
The two-time Paralympic rowing champion says family old and new is driving her forward.
