Struggle Ahead for New Ireland Men's Rowing Four at Under-23 Championships

24th July 2013

#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Ireland’s men’s four of Richie Bennett, Jonathan Mitchell, Matthew Wray and Rob O’Callaghan finished fifth in their heat at the World Under-23 Championships at Linz in Austria today. Like the Ireland women’s four at the Championships this is a new crew, and they face a challenge if they are to make it to the final through tomorrow’s repechage. Romania dominated the heat and took the one direct qualification place for the A Final.

World Under-23 Championships, Linz, Austria – Day One (Irish interest)

Men

Four – One Crew Directly to A Final, Rest to Repechage – Heat Two: 1 Romania 6:08.20; Australia 6:13.69, 3 Croatia 6:14.98, 4 Britain 6:15.40, 5 Ireland (R Bennett, M Wray, J Mitchell, R O’Callaghan) 6:18.48.

Women

Four – One Crew Directly to A Final, Rest to Repechage – Heat One: 1 Australia 6:44.65; 2 Ireland (E Tormey, A Sheehan, A Keogh, L Dilleen) 6:54.39, 3 New Zealand 6:54.45, 4 United States 6:55.34, 5 Germany 6:57.42, 6 France 7:05.06. Heat Two (qualifier): 1 Russia 6:50.08.

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Liam Gorman

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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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