Paul O’Donovan bids to add World gold to Olympic silver medal

Fresh from Olympic glory with his brother, Paul O’Donovan is on course to win another world-beating rowing accolade tomorrow, this time without Gary in the boat behind him.

The Skibbereen native yesterday won his semi-final in the U23 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam and will be one of the favourites in tomorrow’s final.

Win or lose tomorrow, he and Gary will reunite next Monday to be driven through Skibbereen in an open-top bus, with a crowd of up to 10,000 expected to turn out to welcome them home.