Funding shortage forces O’Donovans to use four-year-old boat in Olympics bid

Paul and Gary O’Donovan’s bid to win another Olympic rowing medal is being jeopardised by a shortage in funding that has left the Skibbereen pair making do with a four-year-old boat.

By Brendan O’Brien

Paul and Gary O’Donovan’s bid to win another Olympic rowing medal, in Tokyo in 2020, is being jeopardised by a shortage in funding that has left the Skibbereen pair making do with a four-year-old boat.