Irish keep medal dream alive

ALTHOUGH not quite in the circumstances they might have expected, the Irish men’s lightweight four of Gearoid Towey, Eugene Coakley, Richard Archibald and Paul Griffin have earned themselves a place in tomorrow’s World Championship final.

They took third place in yesterday’s semi-final at Lake Dorney in Eton, beaten by current World and Olympic champions France and the hosts Great Britain.

France won the semi-final, in a time of 6.10.32, while Great Britain finished just under half a second down in second place, with the Irish quartet another half a second down in third.