Lossiemouth’s Heather Stanning will rekindle her Olympic gold-medal winning partnership with Helen Glover, for next week’s World Cup in Aiguebelette, France.
Stanning was due to return to international competition at the European championships in Belgrade but was rested having shown signs of fatigue at the top end of her performance in training.
Stanning is returning to rowing having taken some time away from the sport to resume her career in the army, serving a term in Afghanistan last year.
She showed promising signs at the GB senior team trials in April, winning the women’s pair with Glover, and will now have the chance to prove her full fitness in Aiguebelette.
Elsewhere in the squad, Invernesses Imogen Walsh will partner Kat Copeland in the lightweight women’s double scull having won a bronze medal together at the European championships.
Victoria Meyer-Laker, whose home town is Premnay, is in one of the other unchanged crews for Aiguebelette.
The Leander rower will race in the women’s quadruple scull along with Lucinda Gooderham, Kristina Stiller and Beth Rodford. The quad finished fifth against some stiff competition at the European championships.
