Man who guided Olympic rowers to glory let go by Rowing Ireland
The high performance director oversaw two gold and two bronze medals over two Olympic cycles. Rowing Ireland have decided not to renew the contract of Antonio Maurogiovanni, the high performance director who helped guide the team to four rowing medals in the last two Olympic Games. A former rower himself, the Italian is an Italian […]
1 year ago
“I went up to the Italians and gave them a big auld shoulder” – Paul O’Donovan does it again
The man is a stand-up comedian. There’s no doubt about it. Paul O’Donovan was talking about exams – medical exams – after a gold medal win at the European Championships in Munich but the Skibbereen native needn’t worry. He can be a doctor if he likes but, in another world, and at the drop of […]
3 years ago
Gary O’Donovan on why he’s in the best form of his life
‘If you’re doing 6000 kilometres a year, you’re going to find it very hard to win a world championship’ Gary and Paul O’Donovan claimed the finest performance of their rowing careers last month with a gold medal win at the World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria as the brothers from Skibbereen continue to go from strength to […]
8 years ago