Esther Toko missed out on an automatic quarterfinal qualification at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after finishing fifth in the women’s Singles Sculls of the Rowing event.

The 21-year-old Olympics debutants finished at a time of 8:58.49 at the Sea Forest Waterway early on Friday morning, thereby, leaving her to settle for a place in the Repechage as reported by Making of Champions.

This means that the top three participants will advance to the last-8 stage while others will have another chance to fight their way through to the latter stages of the event.

Toko will hit the waterways again on Saturday, July 24 for a chance to avoid crashing out of the competition early.