McElroy hails Puspure’s effort

Rowing Ireland’s High Performance Director Martin McElroy is convinced Sanita Puspure can build on her Olympic performance as she plots a course to the Rio Games in 2016.

Puspure won the Single Sculls C final on Saturday in 7:59.77, almost eight seconds clear of Zimbabwean Micheen Thornycroft. The result left the former Latvian champion 13th overall in the Olympic standings.

“Even if she had made the semis she would have been still coming home around 11th or 12th of the 12.