Lisa Dilleen and Sanita Puspure finished fifth in the heat of the women’s double scull today at the World Rowing Championships in Bled in Slovenia and must make their way through a repechage if they are to qualify for Friday’s semi-finals. Poland and Serbia moved away from the field to collar the two direct qualification places, with the Czech Republic third. The Irish lost a battle for fourth place on the line to Switzerland.
Sarah Dolan was well off the pace in her heat of the lightweight single scull. She finished fifth in a race won by Katherine Copeland of Britain. Ursula Grobler of the United States finished second, booking her ticket to the semi-final.
World Rowing Championships, Bled, Slovenia – Day One (Irish interest)
Men
Lightweight Pair – Heat Two (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechage): 1 Britain (P Chambers, K Emery) 6:38.08, 2 Canada 6:40.75.
Women
Double Scull – Heat Three (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechage): 1 Poland (M Fularczyk, J Michalska) 6:56.57, 2 Serbia (I Obradovic, I Filipovic) 7:00.45; 3 Czech Republic 7:07.38, 4 Switzerland 7:09.26, 5 Ireland (L Dilleen, S Puspure) 7:09.28
Lightweight Single Scull – Heat Two (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechage): 1 Britain (K Copeland) 7:47.88, 2 United States (U Grobler) 7:50.23; 5 Ireland (S Dolan) 8:13.81.
