Phillip Doyle & Daire Lynch take home bronze in the mens double sculls final

Irish rowers Phillip Doyle and Daire Lynch have won a bronze medal in the Olympic Mens double sculls final.

Romania took home gold, while the Dutch took home the silver medal.

The tightly contested competition also saw Spain, USA, and New Zealand row.

The final saw a tailwind behind the boats, which propelled them to even faster times.

The pair wowed in the semi-finals after they posted the fastest time 6:13.14, finishing marginally quicker than the Dutch- the reigning world champions' time of 6:13.60.

Today marks the first Olympic medal for Doyle, who has previously garnered a silver and a bronze in the double sculls event at the World Championships in 2019 and 2023 respectively.

It will also mark the first Olympic medal for Tipperary native Daire Lynch, who also has a bronze medal from the 2023 World Championships, which he won in the double sculls with Doyle last year.

The Banbridge man Phillip Doyle is also a fully qualified medical doctor, and previously rowed at the Tokyo Olympics, where he failed to reach the podium.