#Rowing: Ireland’s lightweight quadruple of Fintan McCarthy, Ryan Ballantine, Jake McCarthy and Andrew Goff took fifth in the A Final of the World Championships today. Germany raced well, winning a contest with Italy, who took second. Turkey, Ireland and Denmark fought it out for the bronze. The Turks took the honours, while Denmark’s fast finish pushed Ireland back to fifth in the world.
Men
Lightweight Quadruple – A Final: 1 Germany 5:51.21, 2 Italy 5:52.85, 3 Turkey 5:53.95; 5 Ireland (F McCarthy, R Ballantine, J McCarthy, A Goff) 5:56.64.
Double – Semi-Final One (First Three to A Final; rest to B Final): Britain 6:06.59, 2 New Zealand 6:08.00, 3 Romania 6:08.17; 5 Ireland (P Doyle, R Byrne) 6:10.95.
Women
Eight – Repechage (First Four to A Final): 4 Britain (8 R Shorten) 6:04.63.
Single Sculls – A/B Semi-Final (First Three to A Final; rest to B Final): 1 Ireland (S Puspure) 7:23.01, 2 Denmark (F-U Erichsen) 7:30.73, 3 Germany (A Thiele) 7:32.74.