Irish lightweight quartet through to semi-finals

THE Irish men’s lightweight four booked a place in the World Rowing Championship semi-finals by finishing third in their quarter-final in Munich yesterday.

The team of Paul Griffin, Richard Archibald, Eugene Coakley and Cathal Moynihan will now qualify for next year’s Olympics if they finish in the top 11 of the 12 semi-finalists in Munich.

There was bitter disappointment for the Irish women’s lightweight double of Sinéad Jennings and Niamh Ní Cheilleachair. They finished fourth in their repechage and missed out on one of the top-three spots necessary to advance to the semi-finals. This means they missed out on a chance to qualify for the Olympics. The Irish duo will race in the C final tomorrow morning instead.