#WorldJuniorRowing: Ireland’s Bridget Jacques and Hilary Shinnick qualified for the semi-finals of the women’s double sculls at the World Junior Rowing Championships with an emphatic win in Trakai in Lithuania this morning. Two boats qualified, but Ireland left second-placed Austria far behind, with a the margin a remarkable 14.51 seconds at the finish.
The men’s quadruple fought a great fight and came within 12 hundredths of a second of qualifying for their semi-finals. The race was won well by Germany, and Poland held the second qualifying place down the course, holding off challenges by Japan and the Ireland crew of Conor Carmody, John Mitchell, David O’Malley and Patrick Hegarty. In the hectic closing stages Ireland were just held off by Poland.
The women’s quadruple scull of Bernadette Walsh, Jasmine English, Erin Barry and Fiona Murtagh will compete in the C/D semi-finals after finishing fifth of five in their repechage. Switzerland and Belarus comfortably took the qualifying places for the A/B semi-finals, while Ireland finished behind Japan and Estonia, who took third and fourth.
World Junior Rowing Championships, Trakai, Lithuania, Day Two (Selected Results, Irish interest)
Men
Quadruple Sculls (First Two to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to C/D Semi-Finals) – Repechage One: 1 Germany 6:28.81, 2 Poland 6:35.94; 3 Ireland (C Carmody, J Mitchell, D O’Malley, P Hegarty) 6:36.06, 4 Japan 6:37.20, 5 Estonia 6:53.89.
Women
Quadruple Sculls (First Two to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to C/D Semi-Finals) – Repechage Two: 1 Switzerland 7:04.23, 2 Belarus 7:10.38; 3 Japan 7:14.75, 4 Estonia 7:17.39, 5 Ireland (B Walsh, F Murtagh, E Barry, J English) 7:27.52.
Double Sculls (First Two to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to C/D Semi-Finals) – Repechage Four: 1 Ireland (H Shinnick, B Jacques) 8:11.85, 2 Austria 8:26.36; 3 Mexico 8:36.29, 4 Moldova 8:42.35, 5 Israel 8:58.95
