Fighting Ireland Pair Fifth in Semi-Final at World Rowing Championships

28th August 2014

#ROWING: Ireland’s pair of Leonora Kennedy and Lisa Dilleen took fifth in their semi-final at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam this morning. The strong United States and New Zealand crews took the first two A Final spots, while Ireland fought it out with Australia’s Charlotte Sutherland and Lucy Stephan for the third, with Serbia also in touch. The Australians eked out a lead of almost three seconds by 1500 metres and got away from the Irish in the final quarter. Serbia edged Ireland into fifth when the third place was gone.

World Rowing Championships, Day Five (Irish interest; selected results)

Women

Pair – Semi-Finals (First Three to A Final; rest to B Final) 1 United States (M Kalmoe, K Simmonds) 7:16.35, 2 New Zealand (L Trappitt, R Scown) 7:22.12, 3 Australia (C Sutherland, L Stephan) 7:30.02; 4 Serbia 7:34.92, 5 Ireland (L Kennedy, L Dilleen) 7:35.18, 6 Czech Republic 7:45.68.

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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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