Lynch, Towey on way home

Lightweight double sculls duo Sam Lynch and Gearóid Towey have seen the end of their Olympic dream after they were pipped at the post by Japan in semi-final B.

Men’s lightweight double sculls Semifinal B:

1 France A 6:16.33 (Frederic Dufour, Pascal Touron),

2 Hungary A 6:18.23 (Zsolt Hirling, Tamas Varga),

3 Japan A 6:18.51 (Kazushige Ura, Daisaku Takeda),

4 Ireland B 6:19.09 (Sam Lynch, Gearoid Towey),

5 Italy B 6:23.72 (Elia Luini, Leonardo Pettinari),

6 Spain B 6:30.15 (Ruben Alvarez Hoyos, Juan Zunzunegui Guimerans)