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There was bitter disappointment for George Bourne at the recent World Rowing Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne. The meeting represented the last chance for the Hauxton-raised rower to book himself a place in the Team GB squad for August’s Olympic Games in Paris. However, it was not to be as the 26-year-old came up short at the final hurdle in the Men’s Single Sculls. The event started brightly for Bourne, who won his heat and the quarter-final before finishing a close second in the semi-final. That saw him progress through to the A final, but a fifth-placed finish dashed his Paris…

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