OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS PAUL O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy breezed into the A/B semi-finals of the men’s lightweight double sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade this afternoon.
The West Cork duo cruised through their quarter-final, moving ahead of Italians Stefano Oppo and Gabriel Soares after the half-way mark to win by more than three seconds in 6:46.53.
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O’Donovan and McCarthy know that a top-three placing in Thursday’s semi-final will be enough to clinch qualification for the Paris Olympics next year.
But there was a major shock elsewhere in the lightweight double sculls as France’s Hugo Beurey and Ferdinand Ludwig — who beat the Irish duo at World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne in July — finished fifth, and now must try to salvage qualification for their home games at the final qualifying regatta next May.
Fermanagh duo Nathan Timoney and Ross Corrigan qualified for the A/B semi-finals of the men’s pair with a second-placed finish in their quarter.
Timoney and Corrigan need a top-11 finish at the Worlds to qualify their boat for Paris.
In the men’s double sculls, Lisburn’s Phil Doyle and Tipperary’s Daire Lynch also reached their A/B semi after a second-placed finish in their quarter-final.
In the lightweight men’s scull quarter-finals, Jake McCarthy finished fifth and will return to the water on Thursday for the C/D semi-final.
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O'Donovan and McCarthy among three Irish boats to reach A/B semis in Belgrade
OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS PAUL O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy breezed into the A/B semi-finals of the men’s lightweight double sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade this afternoon.
The West Cork duo cruised through their quarter-final, moving ahead of Italians Stefano Oppo and Gabriel Soares after the half-way mark to win by more than three seconds in 6:46.53.
O’Donovan and McCarthy know that a top-three placing in Thursday’s semi-final will be enough to clinch qualification for the Paris Olympics next year.
But there was a major shock elsewhere in the lightweight double sculls as France’s Hugo Beurey and Ferdinand Ludwig — who beat the Irish duo at World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne in July — finished fifth, and now must try to salvage qualification for their home games at the final qualifying regatta next May.
Fermanagh duo Nathan Timoney and Ross Corrigan qualified for the A/B semi-finals of the men’s pair with a second-placed finish in their quarter.
Timoney and Corrigan need a top-11 finish at the Worlds to qualify their boat for Paris.
In the men’s double sculls, Lisburn’s Phil Doyle and Tipperary’s Daire Lynch also reached their A/B semi after a second-placed finish in their quarter-final.
In the lightweight men’s scull quarter-finals, Jake McCarthy finished fifth and will return to the water on Thursday for the C/D semi-final.
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