SIX IRISH BOATS will compete at the forthcoming Olympic Games after two more secured qualification for Tokyo this morning.
Although there was disappointment for Daire Lynch in the men’s single scull, it was mission accomplished for the women’s four and lightweight women’s double at the qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Emily Hegarty, Eimear Lambe, Aifric Keogh and Fiona Murtagh finished ahead of the Chinese and Italian quartets to win their final.
A third-place finish behind the USA and Switzerland was also enough for the double of Aoife Casey and Margaret Cremen to advance.
Lynch missed out after finishing fourth in his semi-final.
Great stuff! We will have great interest in the rowing over the summer!
We need RTE and Virgin to cover domestic rowing too.
@Ronnie Smith: Doubt that will happen, there’s too many events around the country. However, if they covered even the National Champs in July it might help.
@Ronnie Smith: true!!
Wow!! Brilliant – we could very easily have 3 Olympic medals from 3 of the 6 boats in Tokyo! That would be put rowing on top as our most successful Olympic team in Tokyo…