Rowing: The Irish lightweight four will have to race again to qualify for the Rowing World Championships semi-finals after being beaten to the post by the Chinese team in Eton, England this morning.
Both lightweight doubles will also contest Wednesday's repechages to try and advance to the semi-finals.
Britain took an early lead in the fours but it was back level after 500 metres. The Chinese crew then made their move at 750 metres and nobody was able to keep with them.
The Irish foursome, of Gearoid Towey, Eugene Coakley, Richard Archibald and Paul Griffin, upped their rate but had left it too late to challenge and finished in second, three and a half seconds down on the winners.
"The Chinese took us by surprise in the third quarter of the race, which is usually where we show our strength," said Archibald. "They just pulled to far away from us to be able to catch them.
"We've certainly learned a valuable lesson from today's race but we're just focusing on the repechage now. Perhaps it's a blessing in disguise to have an extra race with the Championships stretching over a week."
The lightweight women's double of Sinéad Jennings and Niamh NiCheilleachair were unable to keep up with reigning world silver medalists the USA for the one automatic semi-final spot on offer in their heat, and were eventually beaten by just half a length.
They now face repechage in which they need a top two finish to be sure of a final spot.
Richard Coakley and Tim Harnedy, in the lightweight men's double, will also have to row in the repechages after finishing sixth in their heat.