Ireland have their first medal of the Tokyo Olympics after the quartet of Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty produced a stirring finish to take the bronze medal in the women’s four final.
Australia, who dominated the race from the very start, held on in the face of a late surge from the Netherlands to take gold with the Dutch claiming silver.
Ireland didn’t perhaps get off to the start that they wanted in blustery conditions at the Sea Forest Waterway.
They were down in fourth place at the 500m mark and at the half-way stage, had dropped to fifth with only the unfancied Poland behind them.
Source: rte.ie