Good day for the Irish at the World Rowing Championships

Seven Irish crews took to the water for day two at the 2023 World Rowing Championships.

SEMI-FINALS: Women’s Lightweight x2 Heats Ireland’s Mags Cremen and Aoife Casey on their way to qualifying for the semi-final. Pic: ©INPHO/Maren Derlien

It was a good day for the seven Irish crews who took to the water for day two of the 2023 World Rowing Championship in Belgrade.

Corks Margaret Cremen and Aoife Casey made it through comfortably to the A/B semis of the lightweight women's double. With two automatic spots into the semi's up for grabs, Ireland and Romania broke away from the rest of the field just after the halfway mark. Romania's Ionela Cozmiuc and Mariana-Laura Dumitru won silver in this event in July so Ireland are where they want to be finishing just .38 of a second behind them.