She chased with every furious paddle stroke and ultimately chased in vain, Jenny Egan-Simmons missing out on the decisive breakaway early on which decided the European Championship medals in the women’s kayak singles 5,000m final at the Olympic Rowing regatta venue.
Egan-Simmons did win the sprint for sixth, 37.971 seconds behind, after chasing down hard midway through the lapped-race along with the Rebecka Georgsdotter from Sweden, who finished seventh. It made for a frustrating race for the 35 year-old Dubliner, so near at one point and yet so far, having gone into the final as one of the top-ranked women after winning the bronze medal at the World Championships in Halifax, Canada just a fortnight ago.
Lorena Wiebes from the Netherlands narrowly sprinted the World Champion Elisa Balsamo from Italy, her team mate Rachele Barbieri a close third.
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