Olympics: Cork rowers get ready to go for gold this morning

All eyes turn to the Cork rowers going for gold this morning. Skibbereen's Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy take to the water just after 11am at the Olympic Games in Paris.

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.

The O'Donovan and McCarthy pair will revisit this feat today in Paris in the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls A Final, as the three-time and two-time Olympian duo take another stab at placing first on the honoured podium.

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.

Also competing today in the women’s lightweight double sculls A Final is another Cork two-time Olympic rowing duo, consisting of Aoife Casey and Margaret Cremen of UCC Rowing Club.