Three Irish crews make semi-final cut

THREE Irish crews have qualified for the semi-finals at the Rowing World Championships at Dorney Lake, Eton.

Yesterday, the Irish women’s lightweight double crew of Sinéad Jennings and Niamh Ní Cheilleachair, along with the men’s lightweight four of Paul Griffin, Richard Archibald, Eugene Coakley and Gearoid Towey, joined the heavyweight four, which qualified on Tuesday, in the semi-finals of their respective competitions.

Jennings and Ní Cheilleachair became the second Irish crew to advance to the semi-finals by defeating defending world champions Germany to win their repechage in a time of 7.17.26.