Paracanoeist O'Leary Qualifies For A Final at Canoe Sprint World Championships

19th August 2015

#Canoeing: Paracanoeist Patrick O’Leary has qualified for the A Final at the canoe sprint World Championships at the Idroscalo course in Milan. O’Leary was second in the third of four semi-finals of the K1 KL3 event. He will qualify his boat for the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro next year if he finishes in the top six nations in the final on Friday. Russia and Britain both have two boats in the final, and the other competitors come from (in order of speed of qualification): Germany, the Ukraine, Romania, Poland and Ireland.

Canoe Sprint World Championships, Milan (Irish interest)

Paracanoeing: Men (K1) – KL3 Semi-Final Three (Two Qualify): 1 Russia (L Krylov) 40.168 seconds, 2 P O’Leary 43.238; 3 New Zealand (S Martlew) 43.688.

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Liam Gorman is a writer and reporter. He is the co-author of Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean, published in the United States and Canada as Crossing the Swell. He is the rowing correspondent of the Irish Times.

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