Ireland Junior Quadruple Does Business at World Rowing

10th August 2013

#WorldJuniorRowing: Ireland’s quaduple scull of Conor Carmody, John Mitchell, David O’Malley and Paddy Hegarty raced a good race to finish third in their C/D Semi-Final and qualify for the C Final at the World Junior Rowing Championships in Trakai in Lithuania this morning. Romania were virtually unchallenged as leaders through this race, with the Ukraine, Ireland and Russia disputing the second and third qualification places. In the final quarter Ireland took on and beat the Russians to secure third.

The C/D semi-final for the Ireland men’s double of Jack Casey and Andy Harrington had been a very similar race, but Ireland came out at the wrong end of the result. France led all the way down the course, with Ireland, Russia and Bulgaria vying for second and third. Ireland moved into second by the third quarter but the United States challenged strongly over the final half and engaged in a battle with Russia. As Bulgaria faded, Russia and the United States took second and third, while Ireland fell back to fourth.

World Junior Rowing Championships, Trakai, Lithuania, Day Four (Selected Results, Irish interest)

Men

Quadruple Sculls– C/D Semi-Final One (First Three to C Final; rest to D Final): 1 Romania 6:15.90, 2 Ukraine 6:17.57, 3 Ireland (C Carmody, J Mitchell, D O’Malley, P Hegarty) 6:18.28, 4 Russia 6:22.38, 5 Estonia 6:29.19.

Double Sculls – Semi-Final One (First Three to C Final; rest to D Final): 1 France 6:49.57, 2 Russia 6:50.65, 3 United States 6:50.83; 4 Ireland (A Harrington, J Casey) 6:51.05, 5 Bulgaria 6:59.84, 6 Estonia 7:06.97.

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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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