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Aoife Casey and Mags Cremen (file photo). Morgan Treacy/INPHO
Paris 2024
Aoife Casey and Margaret Cremen finish fifth in Olympic rowing final
Gold went to reigning world champions Emily Craig and Imogen Grant of Great Britain.
IRELAND’S AOIFE CASEY and Margaret Cremen have finished fifth in the Olympic lightweight women’s double sculls final at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Centre in Paris.
The Cork pair, who were bronze medallists at the 2022 world championships, finished five seconds outside the podium places in a time of 6:54.57.
Gold went to reigning world champions Emily Craig and Imogen Grant of Great Britain in 6:47.06 ahead of Romania’s European champions Gianina Elena van Groningen and Ionela Livia Cozmiuc (6:48.78).
European silver medallists Dimitra Kontou and Zoi Fitsiou of Greece won bronze in 6:49.28.
Written by Niall Kelly and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won’t find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women’s sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here.
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