Canada picked up a silver medal in the lightweight men's pair in the second day of a rowing World Cup event on Saturday.
Matt Jensen of Innerkip, Ont., and Rares Crisan of Mississauga, Ont., followed their semifinal victory with a second-place performance in the final, finishing in six minutes 44.39 seconds. The French 1 boat took first in 6:43.35, and another French boat took third in 6:45.45.
"With every race we've been getting better," said Jensen, who is more experienced in the pair. "We had a chance to catch the French near the end, but it just didn't happen.
"Overall I'm happy for Rares winning his first international medal and it was a good result."
Canada also claimed a berth in the men's single and lightweight double finals Sunday, despite delays, hot conditions and a raging storm late in the day.
After a 90-minute delay to repair the course later in the day, an unfazed Malcolm Howard was second in the men's single semifinal, and moves now to the final of this Olympic event.
"I have been working hard to improve with each race and even though it was stressful with the race delay this afternoon, I felt I handled it well," said Howard. "Tomorrow I'm expecting a tight race, but I'm looking forward to it. With every race I improve and I'm keeping positive."
Britain's Alan Campbell was first in 6:55.18, Howard second in 6:56.27 and Sweden's Lassi Karonen third in 6:56.45.
"I didn't quite know at the finish that I was second, but I should have with the amount of looking around that I do," said Howard. "I pushed hard through the middle and I'm happy with the result."
Great Britain, Canada and Sweden will face strong competitors from Czech Republic, New Zealand and Norway Sunday.
Doug Vandor of Dewittville, Que., and Cameron Sylvester of Caledon, Ont., will row Sunday in the A final after finishing third in the semi.
New Zealand's Storm Uru and Peter Taylor won this semi in 6:24.72; Fangbing Zhang and Tiexin Wang of China were second 6:27.53, and Canada crossed the line in 6:29.95 - the top three advance. These crews will also face Great Britain, Italy and Germany in the A final.
On Friday both the Canadian men's and women's eights, and the women's pair won their heats to advance directly to the final.
Canada will have five boats in Sunday's A finals.