Skibbereen's O'Donovan Skips Into World Rowing Junior Semi-Finals

5th August 2011

Paul O’Donovan won his quarter-final at the World Rowing Junior Championships at Dorney Lake in England today. The Skibbereen man, who won his heat on Thursday, again showed cool intent in the closing stages of this race, passing long-time leader Alexandros Dafnis of Greece and holding off a late challenge by the Greek. The third A/B Semi-Final place went to Shinji Miyazaki of Japan.

World Rowing Junior Championships, Dorney Lake, England (Irish interest)

Men, Junior Single Sculls – Quarter-Final Four (First Three to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to C/D Semi-Finals): 1 Ireland (P O’Donovan) 7:09.11, 2 Greece (A Dafnis) 7:11.18, 3 Japan (S Miyazaki) 7:18.41; 4 South Africa 7:18.86, 5 Chile 7:28.28, 6 Russia 7:34.44.

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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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