Izzy Clements won Ireland’s first World Rowing Cup medal on Saturday when she won bronze in the women’s lightweight single scull event.
Mexican Kenia Lechuga Alanís, winner of the first World Cup in Seville, led from the first strokes in her pink boat and was never challenged for gold.
FINAL A: Lightweight women’s single sculls
Kenya Lettuce Alanis, Mexico Femke Van De Vliet, Netherlands Isobel Clements, Ireland #WRCLucerne #WorldRowingCup pic.twitter.com/oihgYvy6ty -World Rowing (@WorldRowing) June 27, 2026
Behind her, Clements held second place for much of the 2,000 meters. She paddled confidently as the pack stretched out behind the dominant Mexican leader.
However, in the final meters Dutchman Van Vliet took silver, leaving the Irish single scull with bronze and the first Irish podium of the regatta.
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