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Post-secondary institutions in British Columbia are being urged to create coaching codes of conduct after verbal abuse complaints were made against a rowing coach at the University of Victoria.

Senior national team coach Dave Thompson has been fired by Rowing Canada, just five months out from the Tokyo Olympics.

Former University of Victoria rower Lily Copeland is one of three athletes and an assistant coach who have filed complaints against Barney Williams with the university and Rowing Canada Aviron, the governing body that certifies coaches in the country.

Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens, fresh off a bronze medal effort in women's pairs at the world rowing championships, didn't reach the podium Sunday but managed to qualify another boat for Canada at the Tokyo Olympics next summer.

At the world rowing championships in Austria on Saturday the Hillary Janssens and Caileigh Filmer won bronze in the women's pair while the Canadian women's eight and men's pair boats qualified spots for Canada at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

At the world rowing championships in Austria on Friday, Carling Zeeman, Andrea Proske and Gabrielle Smith qualified spots for Canada at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Six Canadian teams advanced to the Friday's finals at the world rowing championships, and duo qualified a spot for the country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Canada had a strong start at the 2019 World Rowing Championships on Sunday with seven crews, including Olympian Carling Zeeman, advancing directly to quarterfinals.

Watch live action from the rowing World Cup event in Rotterdam, Netherlands, beginning on Sunday at 4:35 a.m. ET.

Carling Zeeman won one of three bronze medals for Canada on Sunday at the World Rowing Cup in Poznan, Poland. Conlin McCabe and Kai Langerfeld finished third in men's pairs while the Canadian men's eight team also reached the podium.