Gold for Ireland at Coupe de la Jeunesse Rowing

29th July 2017

The Ireland Quadruple Take Gold at Hazewinkel. Credit: Twitter

#Rowing: The Ireland junior men’s quadruple took a gold medal at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Hazewinkel today. Barry O’Flynn, Matt Dundon, Jack Keating and James Quinlan had 2.42 seconds to spare over second-placed Italy at the Belgium venue. Britain took the bronze medal.

Coupe de la Jeunesse, Hazewinkel, Day One (Irish interest)

Junior Men

Four – Heat One (First Three to A Final): 3 Ireland (A Johnston, R Corrigan, B Connolly, N Timoney) 6:23.78. A Final: 5 Ireland 6:27.89.

Quadruple – Heat One: 1 Ireland (B O’Flynn, M Dundon, J Keating, J Quinlan) 6:12.81. A Final: 1 Ireland 6:12.16, 2 Italy 6:14.58, 3 Britain 6:15.07.

Junior Women

Single Sculls – Heat Two (First Three to A Final): 1 Ireland (G O’Brien) 8:10.17.

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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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