IRELAND have qualified a record six boats for the Olympic regatta. Today at Lucerne World Cup regatta, the womens' four team and the lightweight women's double crew booked their Tokyo tickets. The Irish quartet had dominated the event this weekend - they had nearly three seconds to spare over the second placed Chinese crew. The lightweight women's double of Aoife Casey and Margaret Cremen faced two races this morning due to the programme being rescheduled because of the weather forecast for Monday. It was a particularly poignant moment for Dominic Casey, the 'grandmaster' of Irish rowing, as Aoife is his daughter.

Source: Irish Independent May 16, 2021 09:19 UTC