#Rowing: Ireland’s first outings at the European Under-23 Championships in Ioannina, Greece, sent three of the four crews to repechages. Ronan Byrne, who took silver in the double sculls at the senior World Championships, needed to win his heat of the single, but finished second behind Stefanos Ntouskos of Greece. The men’s double and lightweight single will also have to compete in repechages to progress.
The women’s coxed four finished third in their five-boat race for lanes.
European Under-23 Championships, Ioannina, Greece, Day One (Irish interest)
Men
Double Sculls – Heat One (First Three to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechage): 4 Ireland (A Byrne, R Corrigan) 6:46.07.
Single Sculls – Heat One (First to Final; rest to Repechage): 2 R Byrne 7:06.43.
Lightweight Single – Heat One (First to Final; rest to Repechage): 5 H Moore 7:38.67.
Women
Four, coxed – Exhibition/Race for Lanes: 3 Ireland 7:24.60