Puspure Wins B Final at Lucerne World Cup Rowing

13th July 2014

#ROWING: Sanita Puspure won the B Final of the single sculls at the World Cup in Lucerne this morning. Fie-Udby Erichsen of Denmark contended for the lead with the Ireland sculler until 1600 metres when Puspure moved clear. She won well, with Julia Levina of Russia moving into second ahead of the Dane, who was the Olympic silver medallist in this event at the Olympic Games in 2012.

World Cup Regatta, Lucerne, Day Three (Selected Results; Irish interest)

Women

Single Sculls – B Final (Places 7 to 12): 1 Ireland (S Puspure) 7:51.38, 2 Russia (J Levina) 7:54.05, 3 Denmark (F-U Erichsen) 7:55.03, 4 Italy 8:00.59, 5 Serbia Two 8:12.17; Germany did not start.

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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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