Sanita Puspure who recently qualified for London 2012 finished sixth in yesterday’s single sculls A final in Munich. She recovered after a poor start, but not enough to figure in the business end of a race won by double Olympic champion Ekaterina Karsten. “I got a bit left at the start and panicked a little […]
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Sanita Puspure gave Irish rowing a terrific boost when she finished fourth in the single sculls final at the Olympic qualifier in Lucerne in Switzerland and gave Ireland a rowing presence at London 2012. “I still can’t believe I did it,” Puspure (30) said as she came off the water. She had to take out
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Ireland’s men’s lightweight double scull and single sculler Sanita Puspure go into the Olympic Qualification Regatta, which starts on Sunday in Lucerne, with qualification for London in mind and/or preparation for the next Olympic cycle in Rio 2016. The double of Mark O’Donovan and Niall Kenny, who are both 23, know they are long shots after
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The lightweight women’s double of Claire Lambe and Siobhán McCrohan who were due to compete in an international regatta in Piediluco in Italy today have been withdrawn. “There is a consistent weight management issue in this crew,” said Ireland performance director Martin McElroy. The crew struggled last year as McCrohan found it difficult to make the
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Ireland’s women’s double scull of Lisa Dilleen and Sanita Puspure qualified for the semi-finals of the World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia this afternoon. In today’s repechage, they finished in second qualification spot, behind the United States. If Dilleen and Puspure finish in the top eight at the Championships come Saturday’s finals this will qualify the
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Martin McElroy's choice of spending time at the Olympic Rowing course will help inspire his crews.
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Rowing success at Munich World Cup
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National Centre move beneficial for McCrohan
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The best young rowers in Ireland will be in Newry this weekend trying to impress and pushing for an opportunity to row for Ireland in this pre-Olympic year.
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Rowing Ireland’s international programme was on view to the OCI this week.
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The World Rowing U23 Championships in Belarus brought reward after year’s hard work to four athletes and their coaches. The crew of Justin Ryan (Skibbereen RC), Mark O Donovan (Skibbereen RC), Michael Maher (Commercial RC) and Niall Kenny (NUIG BC) (pictured left to right) finished just one second behind Germany, beating the British for the
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A sport involving 14 different classes of boat and between one and eight rowers. Rowing requires athletes with incredible upper body strength and a commitment to the sport from an early age in order to develop the correct physical shape and muscle definition. For contact details of Irish Amateur Rowing Union please click on Full story
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