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Gary O'Donovan wins through to World Rowing Championship quarter-finals

Gary O'Donovan wins through to World Rowing Championship quarter-finals

Gary O'Donovan has earned a place in the quarter-finals at the World Rowing Championships.

The Skibbereen rower won the repechage of the lightweight men's single sculls this morning in Austria.

That quarter-final will take place on Wednesday.

The Irish crew of Hugh Sutton, Ryan Ballantine, Miles Taylor, and Jake McCarthy finished fourth in their heat of the lightweight men's quadruple sculls.

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They'll have to navigate tomorrow's repechage if they're to reach the A-final.

The Men's Pair of Mark O'Donovan and Shane O'Driscoll must content themselves with a place in Thursday's E-final after finishing third in their repechage today.

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