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High Performance Round-Up
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Guadalquivir River, Seville, location of the 2013European Championships
European Championships 2013 Rowing Ireland sent a small contin‐ gent of five athletes to the European Championships in Seville, Spain, com‐ peting in the W1x, LW1x, LM2xand M1x events.
“The European Championships was the first event
Against strong competition, the light‐ weight double finished in third place in the D final.
Sanita Puspure, in her first race since the 2012 Olympics, progressed through the heats of the women’s single scull to the A/B Semi‐finals, but © Kaspars Puspurs unfortunately was forced to withdraw Ireland’s Lightweight Double Scull from the competition due to medical John Keohane, new to the national reasons team this season, also faced tough Claire Lambe competing in the light‐ weight single scull, following on from competition in the Men’s Single Scull, a successful 2012 season in this event, including Olympic medalists Ondrej Synek from the Czech Republic, Tonu where she finished 4th in the U23 Endrekson of Estonia and Luka Spik of World Championships, 11th in the Senior World Championships and 2nd Slovenia. Keohane finished fifth in the C final, placing him 17th overall. in the World University Champion‐
of the 2016 Olympic cycle for Rowing Ireland crews”
ships. © Igor Meijer/ FISA
Sanita Puspure in her heat at the European Championships
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She finished second in her heat, to progress straight to the A final, where she finished in fourth place overall. The newly formed men’s lightweight double of Niall Kenny and Justin Ryan faced the largest entry of the Champi‐ onships with 22 crews in contention.
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© Kaspars Puspurs
John Keohane with coach Mick O’Callaghan