Ireland's Tokyo takeaway - Day Six update

Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy were crowned Olympic champions in Tokyo this morning, as they rowed home to gold in a thrilling final of the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls in a time of 6:06.43, to pip Germany to first place.

In a thrilling race, the Skibbereen crew were sitting in second place for much of the race, with Germany going out fast and dominating the first half.

A big push from the Irish double with 700m to go left no doubt about their class, when they edged their boat to the front, and took the win – and that coveted gold medal - by 0.86 of a second on the line.

RESULTS DAY SIX: 29th JULY

SWIMMING

Portarlington's Shane Ryan breaks Brendan Hyland's 100m Butterfly record of 52.58 - 52.52 - FOURth place in the heat.

JUDO

Men’s -100kg Elimination Round of 32: Mukhammadkarim Khurramov (UZB) 1s1 – 0s1 Ben Fletcher (IRL), IRL lose by Waza-Ari

ROWING

Lightweight Men’s Double Final A- Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy – Gold medal 1st with 6:06.43.

Lightweight Women’s Double Final B – Aoife Casey and Margaret Cremen – 2nd in B Final, to finish 8th overall with 6:49.90.

Women’s Pair Final B –Monika Dukarska and Aileen Crowley – 5th in B Final, to finish 11th overall with 7:02.22.

Women’s Single Semi-Final A/B– Sanita Puspure – 5th with 7:34.40 (progresses to B Final).

SAILING

49er Class Race 5: Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove, 2nd

49er Class Race 6: Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove, 6th

Currently lying in 7th place overall

Laser Radial Race 7: Annalise Murphy, 1st

SHOOTING:

Trap Men’s Qualification: Derek Burnett – 26th overall with 118 (22/24/24/24/24)