Rowing: The Irish men's heavyweight four of Alan Martin (NUIG), Sean Casey (Muckross), Cormac Folan (NUIG) and Sean O'Neill (St.Michael's) qualified for next year's Olympic Games in Beijing.
Their (M4-) boat finished fourth in today's B final, and 10th
overall, at the Rowing World Championships in Munich.
It's the first time in almost twenty years that Ireland has
qualified a men's heavyweight crew for the Olympics. Pat McDonagh
and Frank Moore with cox Liam Williams raced in a heavy pair (M2+)
at the Seoul Olympics in 1988.
The Irish men's lightweight four (LM4-) race tomorrow in
their B final with the same prize at stake; the top five in
the six boat race will qualify for Beijing.
