Burnaby Lake Rowing Club athletes Madison Mailey and Stephanie Grauer helped Team Canada’s women’s four boat secure a spot in the Olympic Games during the world rowing championships earlier this month in Linz, Austria.
The pair, Grauer, a native of Vancouver, and Mailey, of Lions Bay, teamed up with Toronto’s Jennifer Martins and Sydney Payne to finish second in the event’s 'B' final to lock up a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The team was in a tight spot, needing to finish in the top two in their six-team race to clinch the Olympic berth, and the women came through, finishing second behind Great Britain to book a ticket to Tokyo.
Grauer and Mailey, both 22, have been members of the national program since 2017.
Grauer was part of the Row to Podium program.
Earlier at the worlds, the pair were part of the Canadian women’s eight boat that finished third overall. A year ago at the world under-23 championships, Grauer and Mailey helped deliver a gold medal in the women’s eight, while securing silver at the worlds in the same event.
