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Bronze for Sanita Puspure at European Championships

Sanita Puspure was pipped on the line for the silver medal
Sanita Puspure was pipped on the line for the silver medal

Ireland's Sanita Puspure has taken a bronze medal at the European Championships in Belgrade.

The single sculler finished just seven hundredths of a second behind winner Mirka Knapkova of the Czech Republic.

She was just two hundredths of a second behind silver medallist Chantal Achterberg of the Netherlands, who caught her on the line.

Ireland also had a fourth-place finish in the women's pair through Lisa Dilleen and Leonora Kennedy.

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