# CANOEING: Eoin Rheinisch and Ciaran Heurteau qualified for tomorrow’s semi-finals of the K1 at the Canoe Slalom World Cup in La Seu d’Urgell in Spain.
Both Ireland competitors did enough in their first runs in the heats to progress, but Rheinisch greatly improved his first-run ranking of 15th by clocking a hot time of 84.98 seconds in his second run to move up to fourth. Hearteau, who stood in 25th after the first round, could not improve in his second run and finished 37th overall.
Two Ireland competitors at the Canoe Sprint European Championships in Zagreb qualified for B Finals. Barry Watkins finished sixth in the semi-final of the K1 500 metres and Jenny Egan eighth in her semi-final of the women’s K1 500.
Canoe Slalom, World Cup Three, La Seu d’Urgell, Spain (Irish interest)
Men
K1 Men Heats (First 40 to Semi-Finals): 1 Australia (W Forsythe) 84.09; 4 E Rheinisch 84.98 (2nd run); 37 C Heurteau 88.03 (first run).
Canoe Sprint European Championships, Zagreb, Croatia (Irish interest)
Men
K1 1,000m – Heat One (First to Final; 2-7 to semi-final): 7 B Watkins 3 mins 59.395 seconds. Semi-Final (First Three to Final): 6 Watkins 3:38.294.
K1 500 – Heat Three (First to Final; 2-7 to semi-final): 4 Watkins 2:00.066. Semi-Final One (First Three to A Final; 4-7 and next fastest to B Final): 6 Watkins 1:42.767.
Women
K1 500
Heat Two (First to Final; 2-7 to Semi-Final): 6 J Egan 2:10.997. Semi-Finals (First Three to A Final; 4-7 and next fastest to B Final): 8 Egan 1:59.143 (qualified for B Final)
