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Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy after winning Olympic gold last year.Alamy Stock Photo
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Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy to face off in World Rowing Cup semi-final
Decorated pair will be in competition this time at Lucerne.
12.03pm, 27 Jun 2025
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BACK-TO-BACK Olympic champions Paul O鈥橠onovan and Fintan McCarthy will be in competing boats in the semi-final of the men鈥檚 double sculls at the World Rowing Cup at Lucerne tomorrow.
O鈥橠onovan and Daire Lynch are safely through to the semi after finishing second in their heat this morning. The Irish duo tried to overhaul the leaders in the closing stages but Aleksandr Iakovlev and Andrei Potapkin (AIN, or neutral athletes) held on by 0.24 seconds.
鈥淭ough enough going,鈥 said Lynch afterwards. 鈥淗opefully we鈥檒l get better.鈥
In the semi-final, O鈥橠onovan will come up against long-time partner McCarthy 鈥 with whom he has won two Olympic gold medals in the lightweight double sculls 鈥 and Konan Pazzaia, who also finished second in their heat today.
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