Rowers miss out on Olympics

A LAST ditch bid by Irish rowers to qualify for the Olympics failed at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne yesterday.

In the Men’s single sculls final, Sean Casey gave a gutsy performance in an exceptionally competitive race but missed out on one of the three qualification places by finishing sixth.

Casey, who won his repechage on Monday just failed to keep pace with the leaders and finished the race in a time of 7.02.97, just over seven seconds short of qualification.