Skibbereen rower taking part in heavyweights at a championship for the first time
Ireland’s Paul O’Donovan is through to the heavyweight men’s single sculls semi-finals in Hungary. Photograph: Maren Derlien/Inpho
Besides the stiff crosswind, conditions were ideal, O’Donovan finishing in 7:18.66 to give him a shot at making Sunday’s final. The semi-finals are set for Saturday morning . O’Donovan had originally entered both the men’s single sculls and the lightweight doubles, along with fellow Skibbereen rower Fintan McCarthy, but after failing to sufficiently recover full fitness after a recent illness, McCarthy withdrew.
In the women’s double, Alison Bergin and Zoe Hyde took second in their repechage and are into Sunday’s final. Olympic, World and European champions Romania took the win, Great Britain missing out, behind Ireland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Ireland qualified those six boats for Paris at the World Championships in Belgrade last September with the men’s and women’s pair, men’s and women’s double sculls, and men’s and women’s lightweight double sculls making it through.
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