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#CANOEING: Jenny Egan qualified for tomorrow’s A Final of the K1 500 metres at the European Olympic Qualifier in sprint canoeing at Poznan in Poland today. A finish in the top two would send her to London.
Egan finished fifth in her heat this morning and thus needed to be in the top three in the semi-final: she took the third place by just under four tenths of a second from Portugal’s Joana Sousa. Neil Fleming, in the K1 1,000 metres, and the K2 200m crew of Sean Marchetti and Val Peirce missed out.
European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier, Poznan, Poland (Irish interest)
Men
K1 1,000m – Heat Three (1st to Final; rest to Semi-Final): 5 N Fleming 3:48.069. Semi-Final (1-3 to A Final): 5 Fleming 3:45.819
K2 200m – Heat One (1-3 to Final; 4-7 plus one best time to Semi-Final): 8 S Marchetti/V Peirce 36:549. Semi-Final (1-3 to Final): 8 Marchetti/Peirce 35.645.
Women
K1 500 – Heat Two (1-3 to Final; 4-7 plus one best time to Semi-Final): 5 J Egan 2:02.124. Semi-Final (1-3 to A Final): 1 Norway (MV Larsen) 2:01.083, 2 Spain (M A Portela) 2:01.363, 3 Egan 2:02.215
Rheinisch Qualifies for Olympic Games in Canoe Slalom
#CANOEING: Eoin Rheinisch qualified for the Olympic Games with a fault-free round in the K1 (racing kayak) at the European Championships in Augsburg in Germany today. The Kildare man, who finished 4th at the Beijing Olympics, took 12th place with a run of 98.38 seconds in the semi-final. It gave him the first of two places available to boats from countries not already qualified; Croatia’s Dinko Mulic took the second by finishing 17th. Ireland’s Ciaran Heurteau finished 20th.
European Canoe Slalom Championships, Augsburg, Germany
Men – K1 (racing kayak) Semi-Final (first two countries not already qualified for Olympic Games qualify)
1 Germany (H Aigner) 93.99; 12 Ireland (E Rheinisch) 98.38; 17 Croatia (D Mulic) 100.42; 20 Ireland (C Heurteau) 100.20; 21 Slovakia (J Sajdibor) 100.27.
Irish Olympian O'Neill to Represent New Zealand in London
ROWING: Sean O’Neill from Co Limerick will represent New Zealand at the Olympic Games in London in the men’s four – the same boat class in which he rowed for Ireland in Beijing four years ago. O’Neill, who is now 31, moved to New Zealand in his teens, originally to play rugby, but he took up rowing there and won a number of national titles. He settled there and trialled for New Zealand in 2006, but then returned to Ireland and established himself in the national team. He was in the stroke seat of the Ireland (heavyweight) four which finished 10th in Beijing. He returned to New Zealand and has become a regular in the national team.
NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC ROWING TEAM FOR BOATS ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR LONDON 2012
Men’s Single Scull Mahé Drysdale Coach – Richard Tonks
Women’s Single Scull Emma Twigg Coach – Richard Tonks
Men’s Pair Eric Murray and Hamish Bond Coach – Richard Tonks
Women’s Quadruple Scull Eve Macfarlane, Fiona Bourke, Louise Trappitt and Sarah Gray Coach – Richard Tonks
Women’s Pair Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown Coach – John Robinson
Women’s Lightweight Double Scull Julia Edward and Louise Ayling Coach – John Robinson
Men’s Double Scull Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan Coach – Calvin Ferguson
Men’s Lightweight Double Scull Peter Taylor and Storm Uru Coach – Calvin Ferguson
Women’s Double Scull Fi Paterson and Anna Reymer Coach – Gary Hay
Men’s Quadruple Scull Robbie Manson, Matthew Trott, Michael Arms and John Storey Coach – Mike Rodger
Men’s Four Sean O’Neill, Chris Harris, Jade Uru and Tyson Williams Coach – Dave Thompson
NEW ZEALAND ROWING TEAM FOR BOATS TO RACE AT LAST CHANCE QUALIFYING REGATTA FOR LONDON 2012
Men’s Lightweight Four Curtis Rapley, James Lassche, Graham Oberlin-Brown, Duncan Grant Coach – Dave Thompson
Men’s Eight Richard Harrison, Hamish Burson, Tobias Wehr-Candler, Adam Tripp, Ian Seymour, Ben Hammond, Fergus Fauvel, David Eade and cox Ivan Pavich. Coach – Ian Wright
