Day three at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam saw Fintan McCarthy and Fiona Murtagh secure their semi-finals spots in their respective single sculls events.<\/p>\n
McCarthy, who already has five world medals to his name in the double sculls, finished second in his heat, posting a time of 7:20.69, which was a little over four seconds behind heat winner Samuel Melvin.<\/p>\n
The Skibbereen clubman and two-time Olympic gold medallist has secured one of the automatic berths in Saturday’s semis.<\/p>\n
The same is true of Fiona Murtagh in the women’s single sculls<\/p>\n
Competing in heat 5, Murtagh, the reigning gold medallist in the event, posted a time of 8:01.18 in the Netherlands to finish second, just behind South Africa’s Paige Badenhorst. That was good enough to guarantee her a place in the semi-final races, which will also take place on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Earlier this summer, the Galwegian took home a silver medal in the World Rowing Cup in Lucerne.<\/p>\n
Imogen Magner and Natalie Long came home fifth in their women’s pair semi-final, clocking 7:41.74.<\/p>\n
In the men’s pair C final, Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney finished second in a time of 06:54.02<\/p>\n
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