#Rowing: Sanita Puspure and Monika Dukarska both finished fourth in their semi-finals of the women’s single sculls here in the wintry weather at Poznan, Poland.
Puspure’s race had two dominant figures, Magdalena Lobnig of Austria and Duan Jingli of China. Puspure battled Hannah Osborne to take the crucial third place, but the New Zealander came out on top.
Dukarska’s race was similar – Vicky Thornley and Annekatrin Thiele took the top two places with some ease. Dukarska held third behind the Briton and German till the third quarter, where Diana Dymchenko of Ukraine took over.
World Cup Regatta, Poznan, Day Two (Irish interest; selected results)
Women
Pair – Repechage (First Four to A Final; rest to B Final): Australia 7:15.41, 2 New Zealand 7:16.26, 3 Chile 7:17.86, 4 Britain 7:22.94; 5 United States Two 7:28.76, 6 Ireland (A Keogh, A Crowley) 7:35.93.
Single Sculls – Semi-Finals (First Three to A Final; rest to B Final)
Semi-Final One: 1 Austria (M Lobnig) 7:29.08, 2 China (J Duan) 7:31.25, 3 New Zealand (H Osborne) 7:32.80; 4 Ireland One (S Puspure) 7:35.99, 5 Austria Two 7:42.16, 6 Germany Two 7:49.93.
Semi-Final Two: 1 Britain (V Thornley) 7:29.58, 2 Germany (A Thiele) 7:33.43, 3 Ukraine (D Dymchenko) 7:35.50; 4 Ireland Two (M Dukarska) 7:37.19, 5 United States One 7:38.05, 6 United States Two 7:42.84.
Lightweight Single Sculls – Semi-Finals (Three to A Final; rest to B Final) – Semi-Final One: 1 New Zealand 7:44.06, 2 Poland 7:45.45, 3 Switzerland 7:48.27.
Semi-Final Two: 1 Sweden (E Fredh) 7:40.68, 2 United States (M Jones) 7:41.38, 3 Ireland (D Walsh) 7:42.79; 4 Russia 7:44.47, 5 Netherlands 7:51.60, 6 Austria 7:58.54.
