Doyle and Lynch win Olympic bronze in double sculls

Philip Doyle became the fourth athlete from Northern Ireland to win a medal at the Paris Olympics as he finished third in the men's double sculls with Daire Lynch.

The Team Ireland rowers finished behind Romania, who won gold, and the Netherlands.

Doyle, from Banbridge in County Down, joins Daniel Wiffen, Jack McMillan and Hannah Scott in winning medals at the Games - which have become the most successful in history for athletes from Northern Ireland.

After settling into the race in fifth position, Doyle and Lynch pressed in the final 500 metres to pull away from the United States and take bronze by just shy of two seconds.

The crew's success is also Ireland's third medal of the Games after swimmers Wiffen and Mona McSharry won gold and bronze in the pool.

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