Another gold for Ireland as O’Donovan and McCarthy win double sculls
Skibbereen’s Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy have won gold for Ireland in the men’s double sculls.
O’Donovan of UCC Rowing Club and Fintan McCarthy of Skibbereen Rowing Club made history at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, where the pair won Ireland’s first ever rowing gold medal in the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls A Final, and now they have added another gold medal.
O’Donovan and McCarthy were commanding in their semi-final earlier in the week, hitting the front before halfway and controlling the race from there.
It means O’Donovan is the first Irish athlete to win medals at the three different Olympic Games.
They are also the final lightweight champions as this class will not be carried forward into future games.
Earlier, Fermanagh duo Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney finished sixth in their Men’s Pair final.
Aoife Casey and Mags Cremen were 5th in the Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls final.
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