Canada’s women have done it again!
Off of the back of last night’s gold in the pool, there were more medals for Canada today when rowers Lindsay Jennerich and Patricia Obee took silver in the women’s lightweight double sculls.
MEDAL ALERT | Patricia Obee and Lindsay Jennerich win silver in lightweight double sculls https://t.co/9TFwkf3OJ5 https://t.co/zqb4GKrNNk
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 12, 2016
The Victoria-based duo finished a fraction behind the world champion duo from the Netherlands with a time of 7:05.88, after a strong finish which saw them make up three spots over the past 1,000 metres. China took bronze.
The medal is Canada’s eight overall at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio.
This is what winning #silver looks like with #CAN‘s Patricia Obee and Lindsay Jennerich https://t.co/9TFwkf3OJ5 https://t.co/fl0VfP6fOu
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 12, 2016