The Irish men's lightweight four have agonisingly missed out on qualifying the boat for next year's Olympics at the World Rowing Championships in Munich today.

The Irish men’s lightweight four (M4-) of Paul Griffin (Muckross), Richard Archibald (Lady Victoria), Eugene Coakley (Skibbereen) and Cathal Moynihan (Neptune) placed sixth in their semi-final of the Rowing World Championships in Munich this morning to progress to Saturday’s B final where they will race for Olympic qualification.

Heather Boyle claimed a World Cup finals silver medal this morning on the Rotsee lakes in Lucerne, Switzerland.