Silver for Alison Bergin at U23 World Rowing Championships

Alison Bergin has won a silver medal for Ireland in the Single Sculls race at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Bergin moved from fifth to third place in the first 1500m before sprinting the last quarter and gaining second; however, Switzerland’s Aurelia-Maxima Katharina Janzen ultimately held onto an early-established lead to come in first. 21-year-old Bergin, who …

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Puspure Indoor Champion Five Years Running

Unsurprisingly, the fastest single sculler in the world has again won the Irish Indoor Rowing Championships. Sanita Puspure makes the 2020 Indoor Championships her fifth win in a row, a fantastic feat. The two time World Champion won the Women’s Open 2000m race in a time of 6:34.5 beating her Irish record of 6:35.9 which she set at the Irish …

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