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Paul O'Donovan continues Olympic buzz as he eyes hat-trick at World Championships

The Cork rower cruised into the semi-final of the Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls and can win seventh title overall.

PAUL O’DONOVAN SHOWED his intent at the World Rowing Championships in Canada with a comfortable qualification for the A/B semi-final of the Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls.

Fresh from his Olympic heroics alongside Fintan McCarthy in Paris, O’Donovan’s hunt for a seventh world title began with a first-place finish in a time of 6:41.98 in the fourth heat at St Catharine’s.

It was slower than Italian Niels Torre who earlier set a new world best time in 6:39.65 as the pair prepare to face off later this week.

O’Donovan has already won two world single scull titles, in 2016 and 2017, and is aiming to deliver a famous hat-trick to cap another memorable year.

He finished seven seconds clear of Mexico’s Alexis Lopez Garcia, while Norway’s Oskar Soedal was further back in third.

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    Mute willie
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    Jul 3rd 2013, 12:03 PM

    Brilliant!!!

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    Mute John O'Neill
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    Jul 3rd 2013, 7:21 PM

    Love this…hate Gatland.

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    Mute Taxi Bill
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    Jul 4th 2013, 12:17 AM

    Agree!

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    Mute David Keogh
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    Jul 3rd 2013, 12:26 PM

    You’re welcome lads ;-)

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    Mute Aidan Kearney
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    Jul 3rd 2013, 1:32 PM

    Brilliant, no one had the heart to tell him BOD not on the bench. I for one hope Johnny has the game of his life and delivers a victory for Lions supporters who are shell shocked today.

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    Mute Liam O'Reilly
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    Jul 3rd 2013, 1:37 PM

    These were funny for about 10 seconds, 5 years ago.

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    Mute Richard Crompton
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    Jul 3rd 2013, 1:44 PM

    These things have been done to death! Reminds me of when people were standing up on buses saying “i dont know what a tracker mortgage is” or something along those lines for about a year after the joke was funny.

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    Mute Micheal MacThiarnain
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    Jul 3rd 2013, 1:45 PM

    This one is still funny.

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    Mute Jed I. Knight
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    Jul 3rd 2013, 6:22 PM

    You shouldn’t laugh, I mean IT’S HITLER, but… even a broken clock is right twice a day and that’s damn good.

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    Mute Ger O'Brien
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    Jul 3rd 2013, 8:08 PM

    While you’ve never been funny!

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    Mute Don O Sullivan
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    Jul 3rd 2013, 1:06 PM

    Sooo funny,but sad.Such a decorated career to end this way…..LETS HOPE THIS DECISION WON’T COME BACK TO HAUNT GATLAND.

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    Jul 3rd 2013, 4:54 PM

    I hope it does

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    Jul 3rd 2013, 3:41 PM

    Keep um comin

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    Mute Beth Murphy
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    Jul 3rd 2013, 1:20 PM

    Lmao

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