Image source, Getty ImagesWelshmen Tom Barras and Graeme Thomas, alongside Callum Dixon and Matthew Haywood, have secured their place in the final of the men's quadruple sculls.
The quartet finished second in the first heat with a time of 5:44.82, 3.13 seconds behind the Netherlands.
The final gets underway at 11:02 BST on Wednesday, 31 July.
GB women's Skull race
All three British crews progressed from their sculls heats on the opening morning of the rowing events at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.
In the women’s quadruple sculls, the British quartet of Lola Anderson, Georgie Brayshaw, Lauren Henry and Hannah Scott lived up to their billing as favourites, with the current world champions winning their heat to qualify for final A.
Team GB's Tom Barras - the only remaining member of the British boat that took silver in Tokyo - Graeme Thomas and debutants Callum Dixon and Matt Haywood are also into final A after finishing second behind reigning world and Olympic champions the Netherlands in the men’s quadruple sculls heats.
Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and debutant Becky Wilde finished second in their heat in the women’s double sculls to qualify for the semi-finals.
Ireland’s duo of Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch also won their heat to reach the semi-finals of the men’s double sculls.
