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Mon 07 Jul 2008Jennings overcomes bad start to claim silver
ROWING:SINÉAD JENNINGS took silver for Ireland at the World Championships for non-Olympic events at Linz in Austria yesterday. The Donegal woman had set her heart on gold in the lightweight single scull, but she was caught within sight of the line by Pamela Weisshaupt of Switzerland.
"I was really disappointed at first - I thought I had it. But when I looked up at the Tricolour going up at the medal ceremony, I thought 'it's not often you see that'. So I'm delighted to have got a medal."
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