Rowing: NZ's McBride qualifies for Paralympics after second-placing

Danny McBride. Photo / Christine Cornege

Kiwi rower Danny McBride qualified for next year's Paralympics in London with a second-place finish in the B final of the men's adaptive single sculls final at the World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia tonight. (Friday, NZ time)

Last year's bronze medallist had only narrowly missed out on the A final and powered through the 1000m course in 5min 21sec, two seconds behind winner Jie Yang (5min 19sec) of China.

The top two finishers from the race qualified for London.

McBride was in second spot at the halfway point and while he made up a second on Yang, he couldn't haul him in during the final 500 metres.

Brazil's Luciano Luna de Oliveira finished a further four seconds behind McBride in 5min 25sec to claim third place.

- APNZ