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Clements Wins Bronze as Ireland Secure Multiple A-Final Spots in Lucerne

An early podium and several A-final slots leave Ireland positioned to challenge for more medals on the regatta's final day.

Overview

  • Izzy Clements took bronze in the lightweight women's single sculls to deliver Ireland's first medal of the World Rowing Cup stop in Lucerne.
  • Fiona Murtagh won silver in the women's single sculls A final, adding a second podium for Ireland in Lucerne.
  • The double of Zoe Hyde and Mags Cremen qualified for the women's double A final but finished just outside the medals on the final day.
  • Several Irish crews narrowly missed A finals and moved into B finals, including the women's pair of Natalie Long and Imogen Magner, the men's pair of Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney, and the men's quad.
  • Races were decided by very small margins against a high-quality field led by Mexico's Kenia Lechuga and the Netherlands' Femke van de Vliet, and pararower Katie O’Brien completed her PR1 reclassification race, finishing third in her final.