Quotes after semifinals

Men's lightweight double, Slovenia

"The conditions are much nicer than yesterday. The race went as we planned. We had to make the finals in order to go to Canada, we are very happy that we accomplished that."

Men's lightweight single, Karl Parker, Australia

"I was quite confident going into the race. The conditions were much better, getting better every day. I am looking forward to the final."

Men's double, Norway

"We had a not such a good race, and a bad first 500, but the conditions were excellent today."

Men's quad, Romania

"It was a very good race with a helping wind. The finish was very good in a hard race. But we had a slight problem with a bouy at the 100m mark."

Men's quad, Denmark

"This was a very good race. We had hoped to be ahead at the start, after we were a little behind in the race yesterday. With the wind coming from the side we had to correct the course during the whole race."