Fintan McCarthy and Konan Pazzaia win bronze for Ireland at European Rowing Championships
Fintan McCarthy and Konan Pazzaia have won bronze for Ireland in the men's double sculls at the European Rowing Championships on Saturday morning.
The duo took to the water in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and following an excellent display McCarthy and Pazzaia finished in third, with the Skibbereen rower claiming his first major medal at heavyweight.
Pazzaia was stepping in for the absent Paul O'Donovan, who is currently concentrating on his medical studies, and he helped the Irish boat to come home in a time of 6:05.48.
In the end Ireland finished just behind the Romanians while the Polish crew of Miroslaw Zietarski and Mateusz Biskup raced clear to the gold medal.
Earlier in the day, Mags Cremin and Zoe Hyde finished fourth place in the final of the women's double scull, crossing the finish line in a time of 6:55.73. .
Izzy Clements also came in fourth in the women's lightweight single sculls in what was an impressive performance on her senior Irish debut.
Finally and there was also a fourth placed finish in the lightweight men's single sculls for Jake McCarthy, the brother of Fintan, who just missed out on a medal after recording a time of 7:01.45.
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