Fintan McCarthy and Konan Pazzaia have taken bronze for Ireland in the men's double sculls at the European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv.
It's a first medal as a heavyweight for Skibbereen rower McCarthy, who was partnered by Queen's University's Pazzaia, claiming his first major medal.
With the latter stepping in for the absent Paul O'Donovan, the Irish duo came home in a time of 6:05.48.
This was good enough for third spot behind the Romanians, who took silver, while the Polish crew of Miroslaw Zietarski and Mateusz Biskup powered to the gold medal.
Fintan McCarthy and Konan Pazzaia take bronze in the final of the men's double sculls at the European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Poland taking gold #EuropeanRowingChampionships pic.twitter.com/xrVTb6rMZo
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Earlier, the women's double sculls pairing of Mags Cremin and Zoe Hyde took fourth place in the final in a time of 6:55.73. The Dutch duo of Roos de Jong and Tessa Dullemans claimed gold.
It was a similar fate for Izzy Clements in the women's lightweight single sculls, the Scottish-born rower narrowly missing out on a medal in an impressive showing on her senior Irish debut.
It was another agonising fourth placed finish in the lightweight men's single sculls, with Jake McCarthy - brother of Fintan - just missing out on a medal with a time of 7:01.45. Germany's Fabio Kress took gold after holding off a stiff challenge from Turkey's Halil Kaan Koroglu.
Ireland's final shot for another medal comes on Sunday, with Olympic bronze medallist in Tokyo, Fiona Murtagh going in the final of the women's single sculls.
