Casey Lands Difficult Draw

23rd August 2009

Sean Casey must finish ahead of at least one silver medallist from Beijing if he's to qualify for the A/B semi-finals of the single scull at the World Championships. Casey’s fifth-place finish in the heat on the single sculls in Poznan in Poland sees him seeking a top-two place in a repechage on Tuesday which features Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic, second in Beijing in this event, and Jueri Jaanson of Estonia, the Olympic silver medallist in the double scull.

World Rowing Championships, Poznan, Poland,

Day One (Irish interest) Men’s Single Scull – Heat Three (First Direct to Semi-Finals; rest to Repechages): 1 New Zealand (M Drysdale) 6:57.12; 2 Cuba (A Fournier Rodriguez) 7:01.80, 3 Greece (I Christou) 7:04.96, 4 South Africa (P Lambert) 7:12.38, 5 Ireland (S Casey) 7:14.27, 6 India (BL Takhar) 7:23.06. Direct Qualifiers: Heat One: Norway (O Tufte) 6:56.45. Heat Two: Britain (A Campbell) 6:54.15; Heat Four: Belgium (T Maeyens) 6:57.78. Tuesday – Repechage Three (Lane Order): 1 Estonia (J Jaanson); 2 Czech Republic (O Synek); 3 Argentina (A Suarez); 4 Ireland (S Casey)

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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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