Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch win bronze

Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch have claimed Ireland’s fourth medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics with a bronze in the men’s double sculls. It also the first heavyweight rowing medal ever earned by Ireland at a Games. It follows up on the bronze the pair won at the World Championships in Belgrade last September and, for Doyle, it is a sea change from his Tokyo experience when he was, similarly, a firm medal favourite along with Ronan Byrne but couldn’t make the final.