Ronan Byrne Fights His Way Into World Under-23 A Final

28th July 2018

Hugh Sutton

#Rowing: Ronan Byrne took second place and qualified for the A Final of the single sculls at the World Under-23 Championships in Poznan, Poland, this morning. The UCC man was at or near the head of the field right through the race. He battled with German Marc Weber and American Ben Davison through to the third quarter, when it became an arm wrestle between the Irishman and American, with Weber content to drop back and take the final qualification place. Davison won and Byrne, close-up second, qualified for his first major international A Final.

Hugh Sutton also engaged in a gutsy battle with American Zachary Heese in the D Final of the lighweight single sculls. Sutton came up just short and finished second, 20^th overall.

World Under-23 Rowing Championships, Day Four, Poznan, Poland

Men

Single Sculls – Semi-Final (First Three to A Final; rest to B Final): 1 United States (B Davison) 7: 14.65, 2 Ireland (R Byrne) 7:17.88, 3 Germany (M Weber) 7:24.24.

Lightweight Single Sculls – D Final (Places 19 to 24): 2 Ireland (H Sutton) 7:28.31.

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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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