#Rowing: Sanita Puspure took second in her heat of the women’s single sculls at the World Rowing Championships at Aiguebelette in France and qualified comfortably for the quarter-finals. There were three places available and Mirka Knapkova of the Czech Republic made first place her own early on. Puspure contented herself with second and held off Lisa Scheenaard of the Netherlands, who took took third, ahead of Poland's Julia Michalska.
World Rowing Championships, Day Three (Irish interest)
Men
Lightweight Double Sculls – Heat Two (First Three directly to Quarter-Finals; rest to Repechages): 1 Britain (W Fletcher, R Chambers) 6 mins 23.11 seconds. Heat Four (First Three directly to Quarter-Finals; rest to Repechages): 1 France 6:19.99, 2 Ireland (P O’Donovan, G O’Donovan) 6:22.45, 3 Hungary 6:22.67.
Single Sculls – Heat Three (First Two to Quarter-Finals): 1 Britain (A Campbell) 7:00.62.
Women
Lightweight Double Sculls – Heat Five (First Four directly to Quarter-Finals; rest to Repechages): 1 Ireland (C Lambe, S Jennings) 6:57.63, 2 Britain 6:57.97, 3 Austria 7:05.15, 4 Switzerland 7:05.94.
Single Sculls – Heat Three (First Three directly to Quarter-Finals; rest to Repechages): 1 Czech Republic (M Knapkova) 7:26.48, 2 Ireland (S Puspure) 7:31.35, 3 Netherlands (I Scheenaard) 7:32.70.
Lightweight Single Sculls – Heat Two (Winner directly to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechages): 1 United States (K Bertko) 7:47.15; 5 Ireland (D Walsh) 8:00.41.
