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13th April 2021

Ireland Rowing Team Cancels Plan to Return Home Before World Cup

The Ireland Women's Four, European Silver Medallists

The Ireland rowing team which did so well at the European Championships in Italy will not return home as planned before their next outing in Lucerne in Switzerland. The team reached six finals and won gold and silver at the event and were due to return for a week to Ireland before going on to the Olympic qualification regatta and World Cup next month.

However, Ireland high performance director Antonio Maurogiovanni told Afloat today that he had spoken with the team and they had agreed that with the restrictions around Covid-19 quarantine becoming an issue it was more sensible to stay in their camp in Italy and then go on directly to Lucerne.

Two crews, the lightweight women’s double and the women’s four, will go to the Olympic qualification regatta (May 15^th to 17^th) and the rest of the team will compete at the World Cup (May 21^st to 23^rd).

Sanita Puspure, the world champion in the single sculls, missed the European Championships, but is set to join the team next week in Italy.

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