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Puspure fails to secure Olympic spot

Sanita Puspure just missed out on one of the nine places available for next summer's Olympics
Sanita Puspure just missed out on one of the nine places available for next summer's Olympics

Irish rower Sanita Puspure has missed out on qualification for next summer's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Puspure needed to finish in the top three of the B Final of the Women's Single Sculls at the World Championship in France to secure an Olympic spot.

However, she could only manage fifth place in a tight race won by Sweden's Anna Malvina Svennung.

All six finalists in the A Final have qualified for the Olympics.

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