O'Donovan Continues Winning Ways at World Under-23 Rowing

26th July 2013

#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Paul O’Donovan won his quarter-final of the lightweight single sculls at the World Under-23 Championships in Linz in Austria this morning after an interesting race. Enes Kusku of Turkey led – and led well – for much of the race, with Bence Tamas of Hungary and O’Donovan filling the next two qualification places. But O’Donovan is a good judge of a race and has an effective sprint finish. He sped past Kusku to win by 2.28 seconds.

World Under-23 Rowing Championships, Day Two (Irish interest, selected results)

Men

Lightweight Single Sculls – (First Three to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to C/D Semi-Finals) – Quarter-Final Three: 1 Ireland (P O’Donovan) 7:11.32, 2 Turkey (E Kusku) 7:14.06, 3 Hungary (B Tamas) 7:14.54; 4 Chile 7:17.11, 5 Mexico 7:35.88, 6 Estonia 7:46.20.

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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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