Three Irish rowing wins seal final places, while illness forces withdrawals

Yesterday's rowing action. Image: Rowing Ireland Yesterday's rowing action. Image: Rowing Ireland IT WAS A successful morning for Irish rowers at this morning’s European Championships in Munich.Aoife Casey won her Women’s Single Sculls Heat 1 to advance into the A final, seeing off competition from Italy’s Stefania Buttignon. Casey’s time of 8:15.73 was 4.05 seconds better than Buttignon’s.

Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty finished first in the Women’s Pair Repechage 1 with a time of 7:40.28, 4.35 seconds ahead of Greece. Lydia Heaphy and Margaret Cremen then sealed places in the Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls A final. The duo narrowly defeated Switzerland, finishing on 7:39.15 which was 0.03 seconds ahead of the second-placed Swiss.

Due to illness, Women’s Double duo . For the same reasons, the Women’s Eight also withdrew from their event.Differently Get closer to the stories that matter with exclusive analysis, insight and debate in The42 MembershipUnfortunately due to illness, the Women’s Eight and the Women’s Double have had to withdraw from racing. pic.twitter.com/nQhrrmFSEc

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