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O’Donovan and McCarthy set seal on best-ever European Championships for Irish rowers by defending their lightweight double crown Independent.ie 8 hrs ago Robert Treharne-Jones
World champions Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy fulfilled all expectations with a successful defence of their European title in Italy yesterday. Gold for the lightweight double was the icing on the cake for Ireland’s rowers, who finished the weekend with two medals from six A finalists – their best-ever European Championships.
Competing on Lake Varese, north of Milan, O’Donovan and McCarthy were characteristically slow off the start, with Jonathan Rommelmann and Jason Osborne of Germany leading the six-boat pack off the blocks.
Glover s golden run resumes at European Rowing Championships in Varese Sunday, 11 April 2021
Britain’s double Olympic champion Helen Glover extended her exceptional winning record today as she and Polly Swann became European women’s pair champions in Varese in Italy.
The 34-year-old, who partnered Heather Stanning to Olympic gold at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games, returned to competition this year having taken four years out, during which time she and her husband, TV naturalist Steve Backshall, have had three children including twins last year.
In what was only her second post-comeback race with Swann following Friday’s (April 9) win in the heats, Glover provided her habitual power and technique in a boat that came home in 7min 02.73sec, with Romania taking silver in 7:03.02 and Spain bronze in 7:03.75.