Heartbreak for Denise Walsh and Aoife Casey at World Rowing Championships

So near and yet so far was the story for Denise Walsh and Aoife Casey at the World Championships yesterday in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where they missed a semi-final place by the narrowest of margins.

Heartbreak for Denise Walsh and Aoife Casey at World Rowing Championships
Wed, 12 Sep, 2018 - 04:20

By Robert Treharne Jones

So near and yet so far was the story for Denise Walsh and Aoife Casey at the World Championships yesterday in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where they missed a semi-final place by the narrowest of margins.

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CourtsSportRowingPlace: PlovdivPlace: Plovdiv, BulgariaPlace: GlasgowPlace: SpainPlace: JapanPlace: AustriaPlace: CanadaPlace: TokyoPlace: PolandPerson: Denise WalshPerson: Aoife CaseyPerson: Robert Treharne JonesPerson: WalshPerson: CaseyPerson: Rocio Lao SanchezPerson: Natalia Miguel GomezPerson: Patricia MerzPerson: Frederique RolPerson: Yamaryo NatsumiPerson: Oishi AyamiPerson: Louisa AltenhuberPerson: Laura ArndorferPerson: Anna ThorntonPerson: Charlotte Hodgkins-ByrnePerson: Katherine HaberPerson: Jennifer CassonPerson: Dominic CaseyPerson: AoifePerson: Lydia HeaphyPerson: Margaret CremenPerson: GaryPerson: Paul O’DonovanPerson: Are StrandliPerson: Kristoffer BrunPerson: Aileen CrowleyPerson: Monika DukarskaPerson: Ronan ByrnePerson: Philip DoyleEvent: World Rowing ChampionshipsEvent: World ChampionshipsEvent: European ChampionshipsEvent: Tokyo 2020Event: U23 World ChampionshipsOrganisation: Rowing IrelandOrganisation: IrelandOrganisation: SwitzerlandOrganisation: JapanOrganisation: Lee RC
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