Ireland Take Out Britain to Reach World Rowing Semi-Final

26th August 2016

Daire Lynch

#Rowing: Ireland had more excellent results at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam this morning. The men's junior double sculls of Ronan Byrne and Daire Lynch finished third in their quarter-final. They needed to finish in the top three to qualify for the semi-finals and they not only beat Britain into fourth but seriously challenged Turkey for second in a race won by Italy.

The junior women's double of Emily Hegarty and Aoife Casey needed a top-two placing in their repechage to make the semi-finals and they also hit the mark. They were well behind early on, but came through well to beat Mexico comfortably and take second behind Italy.

World Rowing Championships, Rotterdam (Irish interest; selected results)

Men

Junior Double Sculls - Quarter Final One: 1 Italy 6:42.63, 2 Turkey 6:48.34, 3 Ireland (R Byrne, D Lynch) 6:48.41; 4 Britain 6:51.34, 5 Bulgaria 6:59.97, 6 US 7:06.81.

Women

Junior Double Sculls - Repechage Three (Two to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to C/D Semi-Finals): 1 Italy 7:41.14, 2 Ireland (E Hegarty, A Casey) 7:48.29; 3 Mexico 7:50.07, 4 Korea 8:01.83, 5 Norway 8:03.84.

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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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