#CANOEING: Jenny Egan qualified for the semi-final of the K1 200 metres by finishing fourth in her heat this evening at the Canoe Sprint World Cup in Duisburg. Egan also qualified for semi-finals of the K1 500m, but finished seventh and takes a place in the the C Final (places 19 to 27). Barry Watkins and Michael Fitzsimons, in the K2 1,000, also qualified for the semi-finals, but their ninth-place finish meant they missed out on the C Final. Tom Brennan qualified for the semi-final of the K1 200m. Ireland will have at least one finalist, as paracanoeist Pat O’Leary took second in his heat of the KL3 200 metres.
Canoe Sprint World Cup, Duisburg, Germany (Irish interest)
Men, KL3 200m – Heat Two (First Three Directly to Final; rest to Semi-Final): 1 Germany (T Keirey) 41.870 seconds, 2 Ireland (P O’Leary) 44.245, 3 Russia (V Potanin) 44.658.
K2 1000m – Heat Four: 6 B Watkins, M Fitzsimons 3:21.908. Semi-Final Three: 9 Watkins, Fitzsimons 3:21.699.
K2 200 – Heat One: 9 P Egan, S Dobrovolskis 34.976.
K1 200m – Heat Three: 5 T Brennan 37.462
Women
K1 200 – Heat One: 4 J Egan 44.171 seconds (to Semi-Final).
500m – Heat One: 7 J Egan 1:57.293. Semi-Final Three: 7 Egan 1:55.688.