Gold for Siobhan McCrohan at World Cup II

Reigning World Champion Siobhán McCrohan (Tribesmen Rowing Club) was heading into Saturday's Lightweight Women's Single A Final as the favourite at the World Cup II, and there was no getting past McCrohan once she got going, taking the lead from the first strokes and holding her position right through to the finish. Holding a consistent rate at 33 to 34 strokes per minutes throughout the race, there was no phasing her as some of her competitors raised it to as high as 41 strokes into the finish. Siobhán crossed the line with clear water, claiming the gold medal.

Fiona Murtagh and Aifric Keogh progress to Sunday's A Final in the Women's Pair with a win in their Semifinal Saturday morning. Murtagh and Keogh led from the start but had Greece sitting right on their bow up until the halfway mark. By the finish line, Ireland had clear water on the remaining crews. The Irish pair, coached by Giuseppe DeVita, won silver at World Cup I in Varese earlier this year, and they'll be going up against 2023 World Championships gold and silver medalists, the Netherlands and Australia tomorrow in the race for medals.

Alison Bergin and Zoe Hyde put down another race win Saturday sending them into the Women's Double A Final. Sunday they're up against China, USA, Australia, Norway and New Zealand. At last month's European Championships Norway won gold with Bergin and Hyde finishing in fifth place. Just three seconds separates the six crews from the Semifinal times, so it will be anyone's game.

The Lightweight Women's Double of Margaret Cremen and Aoife Casey are into the A Final after winning their Repechage this morning. Sitting in second place behind China for the majority of the race, it was in the final 500 meters that Cremen and Casey turned things around pushing their bow ahead of the Chinese crew. They're up against New Zealand, GB, USA, China and Canada tomorrow in the final.