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Killorglin rower ranked fifth in the world
TOP OF THE WORLD: Rhiannon O'Donoghue finished fifth in the World Junior Rowing Championships in Japan last weekend
By Sean Moriarty
There was no rest for Killorglin Rowing Club’s Rhiannon O’Donoghue following her fifth place win in the World Rowing Junior Championships in Tokyo last weekend.
The 18-year-old Barraduff native arrived back in Ireland on Monday and was back training on The Laune on Wednesday morning.
Rhiannon and her teammate Molly Curry competed on the same course that will be used for the Olympic Rowing events next year.
The race was won by The Netherlands. The Dutch pushed China into second. Behind them Germany lost out to Lithuania in the battle for bronze.
Curry and O’Donoghue initially fought it out with Greece for fifth. They won this battle and made up metres on Germany, but could not quite push into the battle for medals.
“It was really cool but a bit disappointing not to win a medal but fifth in the world is pretty cool,” Rhiannon told the Killarney Advertiser this week. “We got to see the facilities that will be used in the Olympics next year. I am probably too young for the next Olympics but it has given me motivation to look towards 2024.”


