Kennedy and Dukarska Finish Sixth at World Cup Regatta

23rd June 2013

# ROWING WORLD CUP: Ireland’s new double scull of Leonora Kennedy and Monika Dukarska finished sixth at the World Cup regatta at Dorney Lake. The race was notable for the boat-stopping crab which China suffered at 1750 metres – only to recover and take a bronze medal. Britain won and Denmark were second. Kennedy and Dukarska had not started particularly well, but they recovered well and were up with the field until the middle stages.

World Cup Regatta, Dorney Lake, Day Three (Irish interest)

Men

Lightweight Single Sculls – A Final: 1 Portugal (P Fraga) 6:57.02, 2 Denmark One (S Jensen) 6:59.80, 3 Denmark Two (A Bendtsen) 7:00.24; 4 New Zealand 7:00.69, 5 Germany Two 7:04.66, 6 Ireland (P O’Donovan) 7:06.69.

Lightweight Double Sculls – A Final: 2 Britain (R Chambers, P Chambers)

Single Sculls – A Final: 2 Britain (A Campbell)

Women

Double Sculls – A Final: 1 Britain (F Houghton, V Meyer-Laker) 6:52.60, 2 Denmark (M Petersen, L Jakobsen) 6:53.41, 3 China (D Xu, F Pan) 6:57.81; 4 Germany 6:58.11, 5 Finland 7:01.32, 6 Ireland (M Dukarska, L Kennedy) 7:06.79.

Lightweight Single Sculls – A Final: 1 Austria (M Taupe-Traer) 7:36.62, 2 Germany (L Pless) 7:44.98, 3 Brazil (F Beltrame) 7:46.46; 4 Britain 7:47.40, 5 Ireland (C Lambe) 7:55.06, 6 Hong Kong 7:58.78.

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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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