The Irish men’s lightweight four of Paul Griffin, Eugene Coakley, Richard Archibald and Timmy Harnedy have won gold at the final leg of the Bearing Point Rowing World Cup in Lucerne today.
The four have now made Irish rowing history as it is the first time an Irish Olympic class boat has ever won gold at a World Cup regatta.
The quartet put in an exceptionally impressive performance to lead from start to finish over the 2000m course, and won with nearly three seconds to spare over the German crew in second, and the Polish four in third.
The result sees a reversal of fortunes from the last regatta in Munich three weeks ago when the same German crew snatched silver from the Irish on the line.
