2017 World Rowing Championships – Women's lightweight double sculls

Women's lightweight double sculls at the 2017 World Rowing Championships
Venue	Nathan Benderson Park
Location	Sarasota, United States
Dates	24–30 September
Competitors	36 from 18 nations
Winning time	6:55.88
Medalists
Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă    Romania   Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle    New Zealand   Michelle Sechser    United States
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2017 World Rowing Championships
Openweight events
Single sculls	men	women
Double sculls	men	women
Quadruple sculls	men	women
Coxless pair	men	women
Coxless four	men	women
Coxed pair	men
Eight	men	women
Lightweight events
Lwt single sculls	men	women
Lwt double sculls	men	women
Lwt quadruple sculls	men	women
Lwt coxless pair	men
Lwt coxless four	men
Para-rowing events
PR1 single sculls	men	women
PR2 double sculls	mixed
PR3 double sculls	mixed
PR3 coxed four	mixed
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The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota took place in Nathan Benderson Park.^[1]

Schedule[]

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 24 September 2017	11:50	Heats
Tuesday 26 September 2017	13:00	Repechages
Thursday 28 September 2017	12:11	Semifinals A/B
Friday 29 September 2017	14:00	Final C
Saturday 30 September 2017	09:15	Final B
	11:08	Final A

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Results[]

Heats[]

The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.^[2][3]

Heat 1[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	7:05.97	SA/B
2	Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:07.28	SA/B
3	Juliane Rasmussen	Denmark	7:10.82	R
4	Valentina Rodini	Italy	7:13.01	R
5	Katherine Copeland Emily Craig	Great Britain	7:13.69	R
6		Mexico	7:53.41	R

Heat 2[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Claire Bove Laura Tarantola	France	7:08.47	SA/B
2	Chen Fang	China	7:12.93	SA/B
3	Fini Sturm Leonie Pless	Germany	7:17.36	R
4	Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:18.27	R
5	Thomais Emmanouilidou	Greece	7:23.06	R
–		Nigeria	EXC	–

Heat 3[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Weronika Deresz	Poland	7:05.43	SA/B
2	Michelle Sechser	United States	7:05.59	SA/B
3	Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	7:08.64	R
4		Sweden	7:19.31	R
5		Guatemala	7:40.12	R
6	Camila Valle	Peru	7:47.60	R

Repechages[]

The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.^[4]

Repechage 1[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Juliane Rasmussen	Denmark	7:00.83	SA/B
2	Fini Sturm Leonie Pless	Germany	7:06.32	SA/B
3	Thomais Emmanouilidou	Greece	7:06.75	SA/B
4		Sweden	7:08.18	FC
5		Mexico	7:38.32	FC
6	Camila Valle	Peru	7:41.94	FC

Repechage 2[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Katherine Copeland Emily Craig	Great Britain	7:00.00	SA/B
2	Valentina Rodini	Italy	7:01.65	SA/B
3	Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	7:03.61	SA/B
4	Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:08.42	FC
5		Guatemala	7:35.71	FC

Semifinals[]

The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.^[5]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	7:00.83	FA
2	Weronika Deresz	Poland	7:03.08	FA
3	Juliane Rasmussen	Denmark	7:04.92	FA
4	Chen Fang	China	7:09.03	FB
5	Valentina Rodini	Italy	7:11.08	FB
6	Thomais Emmanouilidou	Greece	7:16.21	FB

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Michelle Sechser	United States	7:00.72	FA
2	Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă	Romania	7:02.05	FA
3	Katherine Copeland Emily Craig	Great Britain	7:02.52	FA
4	Claire Bove Laura Tarantola	France	7:04.29	FB
5	Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	7:12.05	FB
6	Fini Sturm Leonie Pless	Germany	7:23.24	FB

Finals[]

The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.^[6]

Final C[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1		Sweden	7:06.53
2	Frédérique Rol	Switzerland	7:06.66
3		Guatemala	7:28.61
4	Camila Valle	Peru	7:31.21
5		Mexico	7:36.76

Final B[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Claire Bove Laura Tarantola	France	6:57.63
2	Valentina Rodini	Italy	6:57.93
3	Fini Sturm Leonie Pless	Germany	7:04.06
4	Chen Fang	China	7:05.56
5	Thomais Emmanouilidou	Greece	7:05.98
6	Anastasia Lebedeva	Russia	7:10.80

Final A[]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Ionela-Livia Lehaci Gianina Beleagă	Romania	6:55.88
	Zoe McBride Jackie Kiddle	New Zealand	6:56.09
	Michelle Sechser	United States	6:56.38
4	Weronika Deresz	Poland	7:01.07
5	Katherine Copeland Emily Craig	Great Britain	7:03.27
6	Juliane Rasmussen	Denmark	7:05.53

References[]