The second day of the 2020 European Rowing Championships featured seven Irish crews racing in repechages and semi-finals, setting themselves up for a day full of finals on Sunday.
The finals will be broadcast on RTÉ Player this Sunday, with highlights of the Irish competitors who feature in those events on RTÉ2 at 6.30pm.
The first crew of the day were the women's pair of Tara Hanlon and Emily Hegarty.
The duo raced in their repechage, with stiff competition from Belarus, the Netherlands and Denmark, finishing first with a time of seven minutes 16.67 seconds to reach the final.
Daire Lynch and Ronan Byrne started their day in the men's double sculls semi-final and finished third with a time of 6:21.66 to progress to the final.
Lydia Heaphy raced in the lightweight women's single sculls repechage and finished fourth to reach the B final.
Fintan McCarthy raced in the lightweight men’s single sculls A/B semi-final and rowed in a tough race with crews from Italy, Belgium and the Czech Republic, finishing second with a time of 6:57.10, good enough for a place in the final.
Margaret Cremen and Aoife Casey will go in the B final after finishing fifth in the lightweight women’s double sculls semi-final.
The women’s four of Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Aileen Crowley and Fiona Murtagh won their repechage.
Sanita Puspure raced in the women's single sculls semi-final to finish off the day. With the Austrian and Danish crews either side of her, her time of 7:37.84 saw her claim second place and a spot in the final.
The event to be broadcast on RTÉ Player this Sunday, with highlights of the Irish competitors who feature in the finals on RTÉ2 at 6.30pm.
Sunday Races (Irish time)
Lightweight Women's Single Sculls (LW1x) Lydia Heaphy - B Final - 08:05
Lightweight Women's Double Sculls (LW2x) Margaret Cremen and Aoife Casey - B Final - 08:15
Lightweight Men's Single Sculls (LW1x) Fintan McCarthy - A Final - 09:31
Women's Pair (W2-) Tara Hanlon and Emily Hegarty - A Final - 10:46
Men's Double Sculls (M2x) Daire Lynch and Ronan Byrne - A Final - 11:31
Women's Four (W4-) Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Aileen Crowley and Fiona Murtagh - A Final - 11:46
Women's Single Sculls (W1x) Sanita Puspure - A Final - 13:31
