Wind with West Cork’s rowing O'Donovan brothers

Skibbereen Credit Union was gearing up to do it all again. Giant screens, set up for yesterday’s semi-final, in which the O’Donovan brothers finished third, remain in place for today’s final, scheduled for 2.44pm. The women’s final of the lightweight double sculls, in which Ireland will be represented by Claire Lambe and Sinead Lynch, takes place in Rio at 2.32pm.
Back in Skibbereen, a Brazilian drummer has been tasked with getting the town in the mood. Schoolkids from Lisheen National School, the Olympians’ alma mater, will watch the race in an upstairs room in the credit union, where staff are decked out in T-shirts proclaiming: “We’re well used to a bit of wind.”