Paul and Gary O’Donovan produced a classy performance to win their heat and qualify for the quarter-finals of the lightweight double sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv in Bulgaria. There are quarter-finals and semi-finals to come, but all five could figure come Saturday’s final, with Belgium a good bet to join them. The top two in their heat vaulted into the semi-finals, but the top two were New Zealand and Australia. Lightweight Double Sculls - Heat Three (First Two to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechages): 1 New Zealand 6:50.04, 2 Australia 6:51.11;4 Ireland (A Casey, D Walsh) 7:02.25. WomenQuadruple: Killorglin (E O’Donovan, A Tyther, K Boyle, R O’Donoghue; D Leahy) 22:48.

Source: The Irish Times September 09, 2018 16:18 UTC