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Great Britain crews secured five more Olympic qualifying spots by reaching World Championships finals in Munich.

The men's coxless four, pair and double, plus the women's double and sculler Alan Campbell all advanced through Thursday semi-finals.

The four won a tight race with France and Italy but their time of 6 min 16.44 secs was slower than the Netherlands and New Zealand in the other semi.

Campbell defeated Olympic champion Olaf Tufte to progress to Saturday's final.

Kiwi arch-rival Mahe Drysdale and German Marcel Hacker await him there but he will be confident after a race described as "perfect all the way" by GB performance pirector David Tanner.

Men's pair Colin Smith and Matt Langridge finished behind New Zealand in their semi-final after an outstanding surge in the last 500m saw them overhaul the USA and Serbia.

"We felt comfortable we could do it," said Smith afterwards. "We knew that the Americans had used up a lot of cookies to get where they were and that we could come through."

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Double-scullers Matt Wells and Stephen Rowbotham came in behind Slovenian veterans Itzok Cop and Luka Spik.

But their female counterparts Anna Bebington and Elise Laverick continued to impress by winning their semi-final.

Beth Rodford and Natasha Page missed out on a place in the final of the women's pair but can still gain an Olympic quota place by finishing in the top two of Saturday's B final.

Among the non-Olympic events, Andrea Dennis reached Saturday's final in the lightweight women's single scull after taking third place behind the USA and the Netherlands.

The American competitor was her former Wallingford club-mate Jen Goldsack, who took advantage of her dual nationality earlier this year after being passed over for GB selection.