Ireland Rowing Looks to the Future

Three of the six Ireland crews come home from Tokyo with a gleam in their eyes.  The lightweight men’s double give the Games a golden hue; the Ireland women’s four (above) nailed a medal when other countries (yes, we mean you, Great Britain!) often came up short; the...

O’Donovan and McCarthy an Early Hours Attraction

Ireland’s rowing schedule for Thursday at the Olympic Games is both compact and very promising for early-morning viewers at home.  The two B Finals involving Ireland crews go off at twenty to one Irish time (0.40) for the pair of Aileen Crowley and Monika Dukarska and...

Puspure Powers On but Double’s Dream Ends

Sunday was the day that Ireland boats completed the set – all six boats have reached the semi-final or better at Tokyo 2020, with the women’s four already qualified for an A Final. That race will be on Wednesday, a packed day of action now that the programme has been...

Tokyo Preview – Part Two  The Women’s Single Sculls [Sanita Puspure]   Sanita Puspure has not had the perfect run-up to the Olympics – but then who would claim they had?  Her training was restricted this season and she missed the European Championships, where...