Rowers Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch clinch Olympic bronze for Team Ireland in the men’s double sculls

Romania pulled off a shock gold medal performance with Doyle saying the winners on the day were 'on another planet'.

Ireland’s Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle celebrate with their bronze medals. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch have claimed Ireland’s fourth medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics with a bronze in the men’s double sculls. It also the first men's heavyweight rowing medal ever earned by Ireland at a Games.

It follows up on the bronze the pair won at the World Championships in Belgrade last September and, for Doyle, it is a sea change from his Tokyo experience when he was, similarly, a firm medal favourite along with Ronan Byrne but couldn’t make the final.