Para-rowers join the Irish team at World Cup II

The 2017 World Rowing Cup series heads to Lake Malta near Poznan in Poland tomorrow for the second of three regattas in the series. Almost 500 athletes will compete from 39 countries with several, including Australia, China and New Zealand, on the international scene a first time this season.

The World Rowing Cup series comprises three events, with the overall World Rowing Cup winners determined after the third. The final leg takes place in Lucerne, Switzerland from July 7-9.

The 2016 Olympic gold and silver medallists from the lightweight men’s double sculls will race each other again. France’s Jeremie Azou and Pierre Houin met Ireland’s O’Donovan brothers last month at the European Championships with the Olympic order unchanged. Both these talented crews will race strong opposition from Poland and Great Britain.