Separate duos of Nathan Timoney and Ross Corrigan, and Phil Doyle and Daire Lynch, are also through to their semi-finals.
OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS PAUL O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy breezed into the A/B semi-finals of the men’s lightweight double sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade this afternoon.
The West Cork duo cruised through their quarter-final, leading from the start and finishing ahead of Italians Stefano Oppo and Gabriel Soares.While O’Donovan and McCarthy moved closer to qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, there was a major shock in another lightweight double sculls quarter-final: France’s Hugo Beurey and Ferdinand Ludwig — who beat O’Donovan and McCarthy at World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne in July — exited the Worlds with a fifth-placed finish.
There was better news for the two other Irish boats in action on Wednesday, however: Fermanagh duo Nathan Timoney and Ross Corrigan qualified for the A/B semi-finals of the men’s pair with a second-placed finish in their quarter.In the men’s double sculls, Lisburn’s Phil Doyle and Tipperary’s Daire Lynch also reached their A/B semi after a second-placed finish in their quarter-final.
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