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The Women’s Four will be among the most hotly-contested races on Sunday with double-Olympic champion Helen Glover in Great Britain 1 boat.She is joined by Esme Booth and 2022 world champions Rebecca Shorten and Samantha Redgrave.

In the Women’s Quadruple Sculls the world champion crew of Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson and Georgina Brayshaw are reunited but will face a very strong Netherlands crew who pushed them all the way in last year’s world championship finals.

Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls the team of Imogen Grant and Emily Craig are also world champions and favourites.

The Men’s Four fought off competition from the USA and New Zealand to win gold at the world championships in Belgrade and are unchanged going into this event with Oli Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge, and Freddie Davidson back together as favourites.

The Men’s Eight are in exactly the same position, with an unchanged selection after winning the world title last year.

In the Men’s Quadruple Sculls, stroke Graeme Thomas will race for the first time in 18 months after multiple bouts of Covid and back injuries. He is joined in the boat by Callum Dixon, Tom Barras and Matt Haywood.

And the Men’s Pair of Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George are building up their levels after winning the final World Cup event of 2023 in Lucerne.

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The World Rowing Cup I takes place this weekend – and you can watch all the finals on Sunday morning on the iPlayer and BBC Sport website and app.

A super-strong Team GB contingent containing four world champion crews from 2023 will look to set the pace in Varese, Italy with athletes staking a claim to be in the boat for the Olympics.

The first of three World Cup events this year, Varese provides the first stop on the road to Paris 2024 and will test exactly where crews are ahead of the Games and next world championships this summer.

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Sunday 14 April

10:00 - 13:30 BST - Rowing World Cup 1 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app

Available to watch on demand via BBC iPlayer.

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