The second day of the 2020 European Rowing Championships featured seven Irish crews racing in repechages and semi-finals, setting themselves up for a day full of finals tomorrow.
The first crew of the day were the W2- pair of Tara Hanlon and Emily Hegarty. The pair raced in their repechage with big competition from Belarus, the Netherlands and Denmark. Tara and Emily finished first with a time of 7:16.67 and will race in the A Final tomorrow.
Daire Lynch and Ronan Byrne started their day in the M2x Semi-Final. They faced competition from the Netherlands, Belgium and Serbia. Daire and Ronan finished third in their Semi-Final with a time of 6:21.66, securing their place in the A Final tomorrow.
Lydia Heaphy raced in the Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls (LW1x) repechage. She faced competition from the Russian and Polish crews and finished fourth with a time of 7:58.49. Lydia will race in the B Final tomorrow.
Fintan McCarthy raced in the Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls (LM1x) A/B Semi-Final. Fintan rowed in a tough race with crews from Italy, Belgium and the Czech Republic. Fintan finished second with a time of 6:57.10 and will race in the A Final tomorrow.
Margaret Cremen and Aoife Casey raced in the Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls (LW2x) Semi-Final. The pair faced competition from Italy, Belarus and Switzerland. Margaret and Aoife finished fifth with a time of 7:08.98. The pair will race in the B Final tomorrow.
The W4- crew of Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Aileen Crowley and Fiona Murtagh raced in the Women’s Four Repechage. The crew comfortably finished first with a time of 6:26.96. They will race in the A Final tomorrow.
Sanita Puspure raced in the Women’s Single Sculls (W1x) Semi-Final to finish off the day. Sanita raced with the Austrian and Danish crews either side of her, with the three crews securing their places in the A Final tomorrow. Sanita finished second with a time of 7:37.84.
Sunday Races (IST)
Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls (LW1x) Lydia Heaphy – B Final – 08:05
Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls (LW2x) Margaret Cremen and Aoife Casey – B Final – 08:15
Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls (LW1x) Fintan McCarthy – A Final – 09:31
Women’s Pair (W2-) Tara Hanlon and Emily Hegarty – A Final – 10:46
Men’s Double Sculls (M2x) Daire Lynch and Ronan Byrne – A Final – 11:31
Women’s Four (W4-) Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Aileen Crowley and Fiona Murtagh – A Final – 11:46
Women’s Single Sculls (W1x) Sanita Puspure – A Final – 13:31
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RTE Coverage
RTE will be covering the racing on the RTE Player tomorrow!
RTE will also be showing a highlight show on RTE2 on Sunday at 6:30 pm.
