Ireland’s Lisa Dilleen finished fourth in her heat of the women’s single scull at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships in Amsterdam today and must compete in a repechage to make the semi-finals. The race had a surprising profile; with two crews to qualify, the Galway woman and Natliya Dovgodko of the Ukraine looked sensible in shadowing world under-23 champion Donata Vistartaite of Lithuania. However, Iskra Angelova of Azerbaijan sprinted into an early lead, and stayed out in front to the end. Vistartaite challenged her but then settled for second. Dovgodko expended energy testing Vistartaite near the finish but ended in third, while Dilleen settled for fourth and a second chance tomorrow.
World Under-23 Rowing Championships, Amsterdam, Day Two (Irish interest):
Men
Lightweight Single Scull – Heat Six (First Three to Quarter-Finals): 1 Germany (R Acht) 7:47.10, 2 Sweden (O Russberg) 7:53.46, 3 Ireland (J Mitchell) 7:59.95; 4 Chile 8:03.41
Women
Lightweight Double Scull – Heat Two (First Three Directly to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to repechage): 1 Germany 7:34.87, 2 Austria 7:36.35, 3 Canada 7:38.95; 4 Ireland (S Dolan, C Lambe) 7:40.72, 5 Tunisia 8:32.32.
Single Scull – Heat One (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to repechage): 1 Azerbaijan (I Angelova) 8:08.90, 2 Lithuania (D Vistartaite) 8:10.42; 3 Ukraine 8:12.24, 4 Ireland (L Dilleen) 8:21.09, 5 Netherlands 8:26.54, 6 Denmark 8:41.31.
