Irish rowers Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan accomplished back-to-back Olympic titles after defending their light-weight males’s double sculls title in Paris.
The pair received gold on the Tokyo Olympics three years in the past and repeated the feat with a scintillating efficiency on the Stade Nautical in Varèse-sur-Marne on Friday.
McCarthy and O’Donovan, who had been the quickest in qualifying, fell behind the Greeks and Italians within the early levels, however simply overtook them earlier than half-way and continued to advance within the remaining 500 meters.
McCarthy and O’Donovan pose with medals
McCarthy and O’Donovan crossed the end line in 6 minutes 10.99 seconds, greater than two seconds forward of silver medalists Italy and Greece taking bronze.
O’Donovan mentioned: “For different individuals it was at all times unsure, nobody believed we may do it on this recreation, however regardless of the percentages we persevered and educated onerous.”
McCarthy added: “(Gold) was at all times our objective. We mentioned earlier within the week that we had a troublesome sufficient season, and I did. Paul has clearly been very constant all year long. …..
“I attempted to cover the nerves and doubts, however there was no nerves going into the ultimate. We had some actually good possessions and I actually felt like we had been again to our greatest for this recreation.”
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