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Jezierski Sprints Into World Cup Semi-Final
#CANOEING: A fast finish in his heat put Andrzej Jezierski into the semi-finals of the C1 200 metres at the Canoe Sprint World Cup in Szeged in Hungary today. Jezierski finished third in a heat which was won convincingly by Alexey Korovashkov of Russia.
Jenny Egan in the K1 200 metres and Peter Egan and Simas Dobrovolskis in the K2 200m also qualified for semi-finals.
Barry Watkins finished third in his semi-final of the K1 500 metres and qualified for the B Final.
Canoe Sprint World Cup, Szeged, Hungary (Irish interest)
Men
C1 200m – Heat One: 1 Russia (A Korovashkov) 41.746, 2 Kazakhstan (M Medetov) 43.888, 3 Ireland (A Jezierski) 43:978.
K1 500m – Heat One: 6 B Watkins. Semi-Final Three: 3 Watkins.
K1 1,000m – Heat Four: 7 B Watkins. Semi-Final Two: 8 Watkins.
K2 200m – Heat Four: 6 P Egan, S Dobrovolskis.
Women
K1 200 – Heat One: 7 J Egan
K1 500 – Heat One: 7 J Egan. Heat Two: 7 J Burke. Semi-Final Two: 8 Burke. Semi-Final Four: 9 Egan.
K1 1,000 – Heat One: 4 J Burke.
