Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll have won gold in the lightweight men’s pair at the World Rowing Championships in Florida, writes Stephen Barry.
The Skibbereen duo beat the Italian crew by a length having lead from early in the race.
Mark O'Donovan and Shane O'Driscoll take gold in the lightweight men's pair pic.twitter.com/ZbB77liUV6
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) September 29, 2017
RESULT M2- IRL Final GOLD#WRChamps @WorldRowing @WRCH2017 pic.twitter.com/h8GVdyxzhm
— Rowing Ireland (@RowingIreland) September 29, 2017
They won the race in a time of 06:32.42, almost two seconds clear of the Italians, with Brazil in third place.
🚩: Lightweight men's pair. The Irish just pulled out all the stops to take gold. #WRChamps pic.twitter.com/Hjcde2tsi4
— World Rowing (@WorldRowing) September 29, 2017
GOLD for Mark and Shane, Ireland's newest world champions #WRCH2017
— Skibbereen Rowing (@skibbrowing) September 29, 2017
Earlier Sanita Puspure was narrowly
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