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Rachel Cawthorn, Jennifer Egan though to K1 500m final

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Team GB's Rachel Cawthorn and Ireland's Jennifer Egan progress to the final of the K1 500m event at the European Games in Baku.

Team GB's Rachel Cawthorn and Jennifer Egan of Ireland have both qualified for the women's K1 500m final at the European Games in Baku.

The British canoeist claimed victory in her semi-final, narrowly beating Azerbaijan's Inna Osipenko-Rodomska with a time of 1:48.028, which is more than five seconds quicker than her run in the heats earlier.

Egan went first in the other semi-final, posting a time of 1:52.536, and held on to clinch the seventh and final qualifying spot for tomorrow's final.

Serbia's Nikolina Moldovan posted the fastest time of the competition so far to win the first semi-final, completing the course in 1:47.856.

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Rachel Cawthorn of Team GB during the Team GB kitting out ahead of Baku 2015 European Games at the NEC on June 2, 2015
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