#CANOEING: Two Ireland boats have qualified for tomorrow’s finals at the European Olympic Qualifier for canoe sprint in Poznan in Poland. Andrzej Jezierski won his heat of the C1 200, while Jenny Egan came through a semi-final to make the final of the K1 500 metres. She also has a chance of making the K1 200 metres final, as she has qualified for the semi-final.
Jezierski is a former world champion with his native Poland who now lives and works in Co Cork. He has been training at the National Rowing Centre at Farran Wood and recently declared for Ireland.
European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier, Poznan, Poland (Irish interest)
Men
C1 200 – Heat One (First Three to Final): 1 Ireland (A Jezierski) 43.451, 2 France (T Simart) 43.739, 3 Romania (J Chirila) 44.739.
K1 200m – Heat One (First to A Final; 2-7 to semi-finals): 8 Ireland (S Marchetti) 43.825.
K1 1,000m – Heat Three (1st to Final; rest to Semi-Final): 5 N Fleming 3:48.069. Semi-Final (1-3 to A Final): 5 Fleming 3:45.819
K2 200m – Heat One (1-3 to Final; 4-7 plus one best time to Semi-Final): 8 S Marchetti/V Peirce 36:549. Semi-Final (1-3 to Final): 8 Marchetti/Peirce 35.645.
Women
K1 500 – Heat Two (1-3 to Final; 4-7 plus one best time to Semi-Final): 5 J Egan 2:02.124. Semi-Final (1-3 to A Final): 1 Norway (MV Larsen) 2:01.083, 2 Spain (M A Portela) 2:01.363, 3 Egan 2:02.215
K1 200 – Heat Two (1-3 to Final; 4-7 plus next best time to Semi-Final): 5 Egan 46.264.
