GB's Frances Houghton out of World Rowing Championships
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Frances Houghton won the winter trials in December and was second in the senior trials in April
World Rowing Championships |
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Venue: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Date: 24-31 August |
Coverage: Daily reports on the BBC Sport website, live coverage on BBC Two on Saturday 30 August 12:15-14:15 and Sunday 31 August 12:00-13:45 |
Great Britain's two-time Olympic silver medallist Frances Houghton will miss this month's World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam because of illness.
Houghton, 33, won the GB winter trials in December and finished second in April's senior trials.
But GB Rowing said Houghton has a virus and is not ready to race in the double sculls alongside Victoria Thornley, 26.
"This is a hugely disappointing end to what has been a very good year for me," said Houghton.
"Since joining the GB rowing team as a junior in 1995, this is the first time that I have missed a World Championships due to illness or injury, so it is a very strange feeling."
Thornley, who won the GB senior trials, will contest the single scull instead in Amsterdam.
The regatta runs from 24-31 August.
Full GB Rowing Team | |
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Women's Pair | Helen Glover Heather Stanning |
Women's Eight | Rosamund Bradbury Olivia Carnegie-Brown Jessica Eddie Katie Greves Donna Etiebet Zoe Lee Caragh McMurtry Louisa Reeve Polly Swann Zoe de Toledo (cox) |
Women's Single Scull | Victoria Thornley |
Women's Quadruple Scull | Kristina Stiller Beth Rodford Victoria Meyer-Laker Lucinda Gooderham |
Women's Spares | Monica Relph Jessica Leyden |
Men's Pair | James Foad Matthew Langridge |
Men's Coxed Pair | Alan Sinclair Scott Durant Henry Fieldman (cox) |
Men's Four | Alex Gregory Moe Sbihi George Nash Andy Triggs Hodge |
Men's Eight | Nathaniel Reilly O'Donnell Tom Ransley Paul Bennett Matthew Gotrel Pete Reed Constantine Louloudis Matthew Tarrant Will Satch Phelan Hill (cox) |
Men's Double Scull | John Collins Jonathan Walton |
Men's Quadruple Scull | Graeme Thomas Sam Townsend Charles Cousins Peter Lambert |
Men's Spares | Oliver Cook Phil Congdon Jack Beaumont |
LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN | |
Double Scull | Imogen Walsh Kat Copeland |
Quadruple Scull | Ruth Walczak Eleanor Piggott Brianna Stubbs Charlotte Taylor |
LIGHTWEIGHT MEN | |
Pair | Jonathan Clegg Sam Scrimgeour |
Four | Mark Aldred Peter Chambers Richard Chambers Chris Bartley |
Double Scull | William Fletcher Jamie Kirkwood |
Lightweight Men's Spare | Zak Lee-Green |
PARA SQUAD | |
Arms & Shoulders Single Scull (ASM1x) | Tom Aggar |
Arms & Shoulders Single Scull (ASW1x) | Rachel Morris |
Legs-Trunk-Arms Mixed Coxed Four (LTAMix4+) | Pamela Relph Grace Clough Dan Brown James Fox Oliver James (cox) |
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