BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Following are the semifinal A/B results of lightweight women's double sculls in rowing at Beijing Olympics held in Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Friday:

    Semifinal A/B 1

    1. Kisten van der Kolk/van Eupen Marit, Netherlands, 7 minutes 3.87 seconds

    2. Sanna Sten/Minna Nieminen, Finland, 7:03.91

    3. Berit Annika Carow/Marie-Louise Draeger, Germany, 7:04.95

    4. Katrin Olsen/Juliane Elander Rasmussen, Denmark, 7:06.31

    5. Hester Goodsell/Helen Casey, Britain, 7:17.67

    6. Yaima Velazquez/Ismaray Marrero, Cuba, 7:30.15

    Semifinal A/B 2

    1. Melanie Kok/Tracy Cameron, Canada, 7:10.70

    2. Xu Dongxiang/Yu Hua, China, 7:11.59

    3. Chrysi Biskitzi/Alexandra Tsiavou, Greece, 7:11.99

    4. Renee Hykel/Marguerite Houston, United States, 7:12.15

    5. Amber Halliday/Marguerite Houston, Australia, 7:13.80

    6. Kumakura Misaki/Iwamoto Akiko, Japan, 7:16.13

    Note: The top three in each group go to final A and the remainder go to final B.