# ROWING: John Keohane fought to the very end of his race but just missed out on a place in the A/B Semi-Finals of the men’s single sculls at the European Championships in Seville today. The Corkman, making his debut at this level, finished fourth of six in this evening’s repechage.
The Ireland lightweight double had to take a top-two place in their repechage but finished third behind Poland and Turkey.
European Rowing Championships, Seville – Day One (Irish interest)
Men
Lightweight Double Sculls – Heat Four (One Directly to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechages): 1 Italy (A Micheletti, P Ruta) 6:39.92; 2 Austria 6:44.49, 3 Ireland (N Kenny, J Ryan) 6:47.43, 4 Bulgaria 6:48.89, 5 Czech Republic 6:51.76. Repechage Three: 1 Poland 6:22.93, 2 Turkey 6:25.31, 3 Ireland 6:32.54, 4 Portugal 6:38.49.
Single Sculls – Heat One (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechages): 1 Germany (M Hacker) 7:03.91, 2 Lithuania (M Griskonis) 7:08.15; 3 Italy 7:19.44, 4 Greece 7:22.19, 5 Ireland (J Keohane) 7:25.67, 6 Russia 7:27.89. Repechage Two: 1 Bulgaria 6:56.69, 2 Greece 6:57.73, 3 Ukraine 6:57.99, 4 Ireland 6:58.94, 5 Switzerland 7:05.56, 6 Belarus 7:08.61.
Women
Single Sculls – Heat One (First Three to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechage): 1 Ukraine (N Dovgodko) 8:04.02, 2 Norway (T Gjoertz) 8:04.65, 3 Ireland (S Puspure) 8:09.24; 4 Bulgaria 8:18.54, 5 Armenia 9:41.08.
Lightweight Single Sculls – Heat One (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechage): 1 Austria (M Tauper-Traer) 7:25.35, 2 Ireland (C Lambe) 7:58.09; 3 Czech Republic 8:06.09, 4 France 8:09.57, 6 Cyprus 8:10.61.