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Aoife Casey Sizzles in the Single Sculls in Munich
To row out on your own against the worlds best takes a certain type of person, and that person is our Sports' Scholar, Aoife Casey! Aoife competed in the Single Schulls at the European Championships last week and she did UCC and herself proud.
Aoife won her repechage on Friday to qualify for the A Final on Sunday.
In the A Final Aoife put on an emphatic push in the last 1,000m to chase down those in the medal positions. She ate into the leaders times like a Pac-Man but in the end she just missed out on the bronze medal, claimed by the Netherlands, by 1.48 seconds! The Silver went to Greece and the Gold went to Romania.
Though we have always been in admiration of Aoife's talent, with this performance the rest of the world now knows that Aoife is no ordinary lightweight!