LAST UPDATE | 21 Sep 2022
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL winners Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy are safely through to the semi-final stage at the World Rowing Championships in the Czech Republic.
The West Cork duo won the third quarter-final this morning in Racice in the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls.
They finished in a time of 6.21.05 to come home in first place ahead of their French opponents in second and Spanish duo in third.
They will now compete in the semi-final tomorrow at 10.25am where they will be in opposition to teams from New Zealand, Ukraine, Switzerland, Portugal and Germany.
☘️Quarterfinal Result☘️
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Paul and Fintan are into the LM2x A/B Semi after winning their Quarterfinal!#greenblades #wearerowingireland pic.twitter.com/Ue2Chya5UR
Elsewhere Ireland’s Brian Colsh finished fourth in his quarter-final of the Men’s Single Sculls and Hugh Moore finished fourth in the his quarter-final of the Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls. Both results see them into C/D semi-final stage respectively.
Philip Doyle and Konan Pazzaia finished fourth in their quarter-final in the Men’s Double Sculls, a result which also puts them in the C/D semi-final.
Tomorrow Irish interest sees Lydia Heaphy in the semi-final of the Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls semi-final at 8.40am, while Natalie Long and Tara Hanlon are in the semi-final of the Women’s Pair at 9.20am.
Aoife Casey and Margaret Cremen compete in the semi-final of the Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls at 10.05am.
Olympic bronze medal winners Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty are in the Women’s Four semi-final at 10.45am, while Jack Dorney, Nathan Timoney, Ross Corrigan and Jack Kearney are in the Men’s Four semi-final at 11.05am.
