Grainger earns spot in World Cup final

Scotland's triple Olympic silver medallist Katherine Grainger and her partner, Anna Watkins, came through their opening heat in this weekend rowing World Cup in Belgrade, Serbia, in commanding style yesterday.

Grainger and Watkins were never headed and crossed the line more than two seconds up on the German double scullers, with the top Chinese crew finishing third.

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