The Italian national rowing team put in a repeat performance on the waters of the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.

Following the quad sculls, another men’s crew secured a podium finish at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with the lightweight double sculls team of Stefano Oppo and Gabriel Soares (photo Luca Pagliaricci/CONI) claiming the silver medal, matching the result achieved 24 years ago at Sydney 2000 by Elia Luini and Leonardo Pettinari.

Victory went to Ireland’s Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan (6:10.99), who in the final 500 metres pulled ahead in a sprint finish against the Italian boat (6:13.33) and Greece’s Antonios Papakonstantinou and Petros Gkaidatzis (6:13.44), who had to settle for bronze in a photo finish.