The Canadian duo, who were among the list of athletes to secure gold in the women’s eight event at Tokyo 2020, are one of 14 boats entered into the race.

They are set to face the challenge of competing against Australia’s Lucy Stephen and Annabelle McIntyre, the reigning Olympic title holders in the discipline.

Ireland’s Olympic bronze medallists Eimear Lambe and Aifric Keogh are also due to participate.

In the men’s event, the return of Olympic champions Jack Hargreaves, Alexander Purnell and Spencer Turrin make Australia the hot favourite to take the crown.

The men’s single sculls seem to be wide open as Germany’s former world champion Oliver Zeidler, Norway’s two-time Olympic medallist Kjetil Borch, and Greece’s Olympic champion Stefanos Ntouskos are set to miss the race.

The Netherlands Melvin Twellaar, who finished second at World Cup I, is tipped to take gold and showed good form as he topped his heat with a time of 6min 54.75sec.

Switzerland’s former world champion Jeannine Gmelin and The Netherlands’ Karolien Florijn, who won in Belgrade, are expected to take part in the women’s single sculls.

Florijn and Gmelin both won their respective heats alongside China’s Shiyu Lu.

Olympic eight event champions Thomas Mackintosh and Matt Macdonald of New Zealand headline the men’s pair while Dutch couple Ymkje Clevering and Veronique Meester are anticipated to participate in the women’s pair.

Both teams progressed to the next round following their heats today.

Australia’s Rowena Meredith and Harriet Hudson, who claimed bronze in the women’s quadruple sculls at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, are ready to race again in the discipline and are due to face Olympic champions China.

Of that title winning team, Xiaotong Cui, Yang Lyu and Yunxia Chen are expected to return.

In the men’s event, Abe Wiersma is the only rower from the Dutch team which won gold in the Olympics last year.

Several Paralympic races are also scheduled to be held with Australia’s Erik Horrie due to return to see if he can maintain his form following his PR1 men’s single sculls triumph in Belgrade.

Norway’s Paralympic champion Birgit Skarstein is anticipated to begin her season in Poznan in the PR1 women’s single sculls.

Races in the PR2 men’s single sculls and women’s single sculls, the PR2 mixed double sculls, PR3 mixed coxed four and PR3 men’s pair are also scheduled.

Action is due to continue until June 19.