#Canoeing: Jenny Egan took fourth in the final of the K1 5,000 metres at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus today.

 The race was won by local competitor Maryna Litvinchuk, who broke away early, with just Dora Bodonyi of Hungary for company. These two stayed at the head of the field and took gold and silver. Mariana Petrusova of Slovakia closed the gap to them and clung on for bronze.

 Egan pushed into the lead in the chasing group and tightened the gap, but she was too far behind the top three to be able to find a podium place.

 Ronan Foley finished 16^th in his K1 5,000 metres final. The race was won in a sprint finish by Balint Kopasz of Hungary. He took on and beat leader Fernando Pimenta of Portugal just coming up to the line.

European Games, Minsk - Canoe Sprint (Irish interest)

Men

K1 5000 – Final: 16 Ireland (R Foley) 23:16.064

Women – K1 500 B Final (Places 10 to 18): 8 Ireland (J Egan).

K1 200 B Final (Places 10 to 18): 8 Egan.

K1 5000 – Final: 1 Belarus (M Litvinchuk) 24 min 52.258 sec, 2 Hungary (D Bodonyi) 24:53.003, 3 Slovakia (M Petrusova) 24:59.099; 4 Ireland (J Egan) 25:27.936.

#Canoeing: Jenny Egan finished eighth in her two B Finals at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus. The Ireland paddler, who will go in the K1 5,000m later today, competed in the K1 500m and the K1 200m, both Olympic events.

European Games, Minsk - Canoe Sprint (Irish interest)

Women – K1 500 B Final (Places 10 to 18): 8 Ireland (J Egan).

K1 200 B Final (Places 10 to 18): 8 Egan.

 #Canoeing: Jenny Egan qualified for the B Final of the K1 200 metres at the European Games in Minsk. The Ireland paddler took seventh in her semi-final. “I’m really happy to make the B Final in the K1 200m, it’s a big improvement from a few weeks ago at the World Cups. It was a good race, it was quite windy out there, quite a side wind so you had to adjust your technique to cope with the conditions. But I’m happy with it and through to the B Final of the 200 tomorrow,” Egan said. 

She has also qualified for the B Final of the K1 500 and will compete in the final of the K1 5,000m.

 Ronan Foley was eighth in his K1 200m semi-final and missed out on a place in the finals. He is set to race in the K1 5,000m on Thursday.

#Canoeing: Jenny Egan will compete in the B Final of the women’s K1 500 metres at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus. The Ireland canoe sprint paddler finished fifth in her semi-final.

 Ronan Foley produced a personal best time in his semi-final of the K1 1,000 metres, though he missed out on the finals.

#CANOEING: Jenny Egan finished fourth, in a photo finish, in the final of the K1 5000 metres at the European Games in Azerbaijan today. Egan was just .455 of a second off matching the bronze medal she achieved at the European Canoe Sprint Championships in the Czech Republic in May. That race was won by Maryna Litvinchuk of Belarus, who again took gold today in Baku. Britain’s Lani Belcher, who was second, and Renata Csay of Hungary edged Egan out of medal contention. Both were within .7 of a second of Egan’s time.

Earlier Jenny Egan finished sixth in the B final of the K1 500 metres, 15^th overall. Andrzej Jezierski finished fourth in the B Final of the men’s C1 200 metres, 13^th overall. Peter Egan finished 21^st in the men’s K1 5,000 metres.

European Games 2015, Baku, Azerbaijan

Canoe Sprint (Irish interest)

Men

C1 200 – B Finals (Places 10 to 18): 4 A Jezierski 42.244 seconds.

K1 5000 – Final: 21 P Egan 23 mins 13.183.

Women

K1 500 – B Final (Places 10 to 18): 6 J Egan 2 min 11.396 seconds.

K1 5000 – Final: 1 Belarus (M Litvinchuk) 22 min 48.990 secs, 2 Britain (L Belcher) 23:05.625, 3 Hungary (R Csay) 23:05.851; 4 Ireland (J Egan) 23:06.306.

#CANOEING: Ireland’s Andrzej Jezierski qualified for the B Final (places 10 to 18) of the men’s C1 200 metres at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan today. Jezierski finished sixth in his heat but improved to fifth in his semi-final. Jenny Egan will compete in the B Final of the K1 500, having qualified on Sunday. She made the semi-finals in the K1 200m but her eighth-placing there means she did not make it through to the A or B final. She is also set to compete in the K1 5000m straight final tomorrow.

Peter Egan and Simas Dobrovolskis finished eighth of eight in their heat of the K2 200m and did not qualify for the semi-finals, while Tom Brennan in the K1 200 made it to the semi-finals but finished outside the qualification mark for the A and B Finals.

European Games 2015, Baku, Azerbaijan

Canoe Sprint (Irish interest)

Men

K2 200 – Heat One: 8 P Egan, S Dobrovolskis 35:049.

K1 200 – Heat Two: 6 T Brennan 35.446. Semi-Final: 8 Brennan 36.191.

C1 200 – Heat One: 6 A Jezierski 42.339 seconds. Semi-Final One: 5 Jezierski 40.277

Women

K1 200 – Heat Three: 6 J Egan 42.843. Semi-Final Two: 8 J Egan 42.657.

K1 500 – Heat One: 6 J Egan 1:55.468. Semi-Final: 7 J Egan 1:52.536.