#ROWING: The Ireland lightweight women’s double scull finished fourth at the World University Games in Gravelines in France today. Poland and Britain comfortably took the gold and silver medals, while Ruth Morris and Orla Hayes pressurised Mexico, who held third. However, the Mexicans held on to take bronze.
The men’s lightweight double of Shane O’Driscoll and Gary O’Donovan took sixth in their A Final.
World University Championships, Gravelines, France (Irish interest; selected results)
Men
Lightweight Double Sculls – A Final: 1 Britain 6:49.95, 2 Hungary 6:51.19, 3 France 6:54.01; 6 Ireland 7:06.62.
Single Sculls – B Final (Places 7 to 12): 3 Ireland (Hughes) 7:19.25.
Lightweight Single Sculls - B Final (Places 7 to 12): 3 Ireland (Beck) 7:29.08.
Women
Four – B Final (Places 7 to 10): 3 Ireland 7:27.46.
Lightweight Double Sculls – A Final: 1 Poland 7:43.43, 2 Britain 7:44.49, 3 Mexico 7:52.01; 4 Ireland 7:55.00.
Lightweight Single Sculls – B Final (Places 7 to 10): 4 Ireland (Dolan) 8:26.36.