Trinidad and Tobago rower Felice Chow misses out on Olympics semi-finals

TRINIDAD and Tobago's Felice Aisha Chow will not advance to the women's single sculls semi-finals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan after placing fifth in her quarterfinal heat on Saturday night (TT time).

The 44-year-old rower competed in heat three, clocking a time of 8:21:23.

Austria's Magdalena Lobnig won the race with a time of 7:58:20, followed by the Netherlands' Anna Souwer (7:59:92), Greece's Anneta Kyridou (8:09:19) and Belarus' Tatsiana Klimovich (8:09:04). Puerto Rico's Veronica Toro Arana placed sixth with a time of 8:35:32.

The three fastest athletes in the quarterfinal heats advance to the semi-finals.

Chow will participate in the semi-final C/D but will no longer have an opportunity to earn a medal for TT.

On Friday evening, she won her repechage heat clocking a time of 8:15:94 to book her spot in the quarterfinals.

On Thursday night, Chow placed fourth with a time of 8:01:02 in heat two.

This is her second Olympic appearance.

She made her debut for TT at the last Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.