DONEGAL’S Sinéad Jennings suffered heartbreak in the final of the Lightweight Single Sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Spain yesterday, finishing just outside the medals in fourth.

IRISH rowers enjoyed mixed success at the World Cup Series in Lucerne, Switzerland, yesterday with three of the six crews edging closer to tomorrow’s finals.

Ireland’s lightweight four stroked to a World Cup silver medal at the Olympia Regattaverein in Munich this morning, defeating current World champions Denmark for the third time this week but losing out to Olympic contenders Italy.

Skibbereen talent Timmy Harnedy has made a telling breakthrough in sculling circles at the World Cup in Munich this morning, stroking brilliantly through to the A final of the lightweight singles.

THE lightweight double of Sam Lynch and Gearóid Towey and the coxless four, stroked by Paul Griffin, both had semi-final wins on the Idroscalo lake in Milan yesterday to ease through to Sunday’s A finals at the World Championships.