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
Paul O’Donovan makes claim for Ireland’s greatest sportsperson following ‘golden’ summer
The Corkman won his seventh World Rowing Championship medal yesterday. Paul O’Donovan is now being discussed as Ireland’s greatest sportsperson ever after winning a seventh World Championship medal just two weeks after winning gold at the Paris Olympics. The 30-year-old, who graduated from University College Cork with a degree in Medicine last year, was hoisted […]
1 year ago
Fintan McCarthy explains why Paul O’Donovan couldn’t attend Olympics homecoming
“We’ll be reunited soon.” Thousands of fans descended upon Dublin’s O’Connell Street on Monday afternoon to welcome home Ireland’s Olympics team on their return from Paris. While most of Ireland’s athletes were in attendance, there were some notable absentees, the most outstanding being gold medalist Paul O’Donovan, Ireland’s most successful ever Olympian. The Skibbereen rowing […]
1 year ago
“Okay, I know I can be the fastest now” – Fintan McCarthy and the bonfire within
“It’s going to be hectic.” Relaxing then going full throttle to the verge of peak, holding that and then pushing even further to properly peak, PEAK. Then relaxing again. For Fintan McCarthy, that has been the life cycle for the past eight years. A few weeks back, an opportunity came up to interview Fintan McCarthy. […]
2 years ago
Ireland’s Olympic medal hopes set to take big hit ahead of LA 2028
Ireland’s hopes of future Olympic medals could be set to take something of a hit with speculation that boxing and lightweight rowing will not be on the roster for Los Angeles 2028. Between them, boxing and lightweight rowing have accounted for more than half of Ireland’s total Olympic medal tally. In our Olympic history, Ireland’s […]
2 years ago
Paul O’Donovan briefly breaks character in remarkable gold medal interview
“Oh it’s fine, yeah.” Almost as soon as you saw the Irish rowers raise their arms as world champions, you were wondering what gold would be delivered in the Paul O’Donovan interview. The Skibbereen dynamo tried his best told hold that usual poker face, but the facade cracked near the end of his chat with […]
3 years ago