O'Donovan is World Rowing Champion (VIDEO)

27th August 2016

Paul O'Donovan with his gold medal in Rotterdam today. Scroll down for video

#Rowing: Ireland's Paul O'Donovan is the new champion of the world in the lightweight single sculls. The UCD clubman won the A Final in Rotterdam by clear water from Peter Galambos of Hungary in difficult, windy, conditions.

O'Donovan was sixth at the 500 metre mark, but was already moving. He simply outclassed the field from there. Rajko Hrvat of Slovenia valiantly tried to match him, but repeated pushes by Skibbereen's finest left him behind. O'Donovan then drove on to win. The crowds rose to the new star of world rowing.

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Liam Gorman

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Liam Gorman is a writer and reporter. He is the co-author of Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean, published in the United States and Canada as Crossing the Swell. He is the rowing correspondent of the Irish Times.

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