In the moments after Gary and Paul O’Donovan’s silver medal glory yesterday afternoon, Gavin Spillane spoke to four former rowing Olympians to find out what this means to them and their sport.

Former Boston Marathon winner Neil Cusack pledged to return to the city of his greatest triumph in a gesture of solidarity after Monday’s bombings.

HE’S a granddad now, as well as a Senator, but as he enters his 60th year on the planet, Eamonn Coghlan is showing no signs of slowing down.