#Rowing: Sanita Puspure brought Ireland’s tally of semi-finalists at the World Rowing Championships to four today. The single sculler finished second in a close finish of her quarter-final, where three qualified. Tatsiana Kukhta of Belarus won, but the next three – Puspure, Zimbabwe’s Micheen Thornycroft and Fiona Bourke of New Zealand, were covered by three-quarters of a second, with Bourke losing out.
Pararower Karol Doherty took third place in his C/D semi-final, and will compete in the C Final.
World Rowing Championships, Aiguebelette, France – Day Three (Irish interest)
Men
Lightweight Double – Quarter-Final Two (First Three to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to C/D Semi-Finals): 1 Britain 6:23.35, 2 Italy 6:25.27, 3 Ireland (P O’Donovan, G O’Donovan) 6:27.89.
Pararowing – Arms and Shoulders Single Sculls, C/D Semi-Final (Three to C Final): 3 Ireland (K Doherty) 5:17.92.
Women
Four – Race for Lanes in Final: 1 United States 6:41.04; 6 Ireland (A Keogh, M Dukarska, L Kennedy, B O’Brien) 6:52.73.
Double – Repechage One (First two to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to C/D Semi-Finals): 1 Germany 7:00.92, 2 United States 7:02.35;
4 Ireland (H Hannigan, L Dilleen) 7:04.27.
Lightweight Double – Quarter-Final Four (First Three to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to C/D Semi-Finals): 1 Germany 7:13.95, 2
Ireland (C Lambe, S Jennings) 7:15.49, 3 Poland 7:15.61.
Single Sculls – Quarter Final One (First Three to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to C/D Semi-Finals): 1 Belarus 7:34.38, 2 Ireland (S Puspure) 7:36.11, 3 Zimbabwe 7:36.46.
