Ireland Boats Qualify for Semi-Finals at World Championships

20th August 2015

# Canoeing: All four Ireland boats competing at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan today qualified for the semi-finals – and all took fifth placings in their heats. Jenny Egan qualified for the semi-final of the K1 (racing kayak) 500 metres, as did Andrzej Jezierski in the C1 (Canadian canoe) 200 metres. Barry Watkins also made it through in the K1 1,000 metres, and the men’s K2 200 of Peter Egan and Simas Dobrovolskis also took the fifth qualifying place in their heat.

Canoe Sprint World Championships, Milan, Day Two (Irish interest)

Men

C1 200m – Heat Four (First 7 qualify for semi-final): 5 A Jezierski 42.325

K1 1,000m – Heat Three (First 5 qualify for semi-final): 5 B Watkins 3:39.645.

K2 200 – Heat Five (First 7 qualify for semi-final): 5 P Egan, S Dobrovolskis 35.822.

Women

K1 500m – Heat Six (First 6 qualify for semi-finals): 5 J Egan 1 min 57.875 sec.

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Liam Gorman is a writer and reporter. He is the co-author of Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean, published in the United States and Canada as Crossing the Swell. He is the rowing correspondent of the Irish Times.

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