European Fourth for McCrohan and Lambe

12th September 2010

Ireland’s young lightweight women’s double scull came very close to taking a medal at the European Rowing Championships in Portugal today. Greece were totally dominant in the A Final in Montemor-o-Velho, but Ireland’s Siobhan McCrohan (23) and Claire Lambe (20) looked set for at least a bronze medal until a late push by Germany. The German crew then caught a crab, and Poland clinched second, but as the Germans made a fine recovery the Irish could not regain their third place.

Earlier, Niall Kenny and Mark O’Donovan had finished fourth in the B Final of the men’s lightweight double scull, 10th overall.

European Championships, Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, (Irish interest)

Men, Lightweight Double Sculls – B Final (Places 7-12): 1 Belgium 6:32.39, 2 Greece 6:34.34, 3 Norway 6:34.80, 4 Ireland (M O’Donovan, N Kenny) 6:39.46, 5 Hungary 6:40.40, 6 Czech Republic 6:40.70.

Women, Lightweight Double Sculls – A Final: 1 Greece (C Giazitzidou, A Tsiavou) 6:58.18, 2 Poland (M Kemnitz, A Renc) 7:06.16, 3 Germany (D Reimer, A Noske) 7:08.29, 4 Ireland (S McCrohan, C Lambe) 7:10.16, 5 Italy 7:11.42, 6 Spain 7:22.80.

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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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