Rowing: The Irish lightweight four (LM4-) of Paul Griffin, Richard Archibald, Gearoid Towey, and Eugene Coakley finished sixth in today's final at the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne.
A blistering pace was set with 2006 world champions China taking
gold ahead of Denmark and France, in silver and bronze
respectively.
The fiercely contested final saw Germany take fourth, with
last year's world champions Britain in fifth, just ahead of the
Irish four.
The next outing for this Irish four is the final Olympic
qualifying regatta in Poznan, Poland in a fortnight, where they
will be racing for one of the two Olympic qualifying spots on
offer.
Earlier today the heavyweight men's pair (M2-) of Sean Casey
and Jonno Devlin, who are also chasing Olympic qualification
in Poland, produced a positive performance to finish third in their
B final, ninth overall.
The heavyweight men's four (M4-) of Alan Martin, Cormac
Folan, Sean O'Neill, and James Wall also recorded a strong
performance in their B final, with a fourth place finish,
tenth overall. This Irish boat has already qualified for Beijing
but the crew will not be finalised until late June.