Four rowers react: 'They have the same spirit as the Kilkenny hurlers, get stuck in and work, no nonsense'

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.

Neville Maxwell, Atlanta 1996 (4th)

“I’m so happy — 20 years we’ve been waiting for this. They’ve finally broken the duck in terms of Olympic Games, we’ve been winning world medals for 20 years and at last we’ve got that Olympic medal.