Jake McCarthy has won bronze in the men's lightweight singles at the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai.
Following on from his twin Fintan's bronze in the double sculls on Friday, the Skibbereen man performed strongly in the outside lane for Ireland's second medal of the championships.
The race saw Turkey's Halil Kaan Koroglu go out hard before Julian Schoeberl of Austria assumed the lead by the halfway stage.
Uruguay's Felipe Kluver upped the tempo in the closing 500m and moved through Schoeberl decisively to take victory.
McCarthy pushed hard for silver, but the Austrian held on for second.
The 28-year-old went close to a medal at the European Championships earlier this year with a fourth place finish, and admits it is a big stepping stone in his career.
"It's my first medal on the world stage, so I'm hugely delighted," McCarthy said afterwards
"It was a tough one, it was kind of different to other regattas in that it was more trying to handle the heat as well as everything else. Luckily I had such a good support staff this year that helped me out giving me all the tips.
"I probably pestered them a lot with all the questions, but luckily was able to get a medal in the end."
The first Irish team out on the day was the mixed double of Tiarnán O'Donnell and Sadhbh Ní Laoighre, with the pair finishing third in their B final.
They posted a time of 9:00.35, less than three seconds off Mexico, with Uzbekistan powering to a dominant win.
Siobhán McCrohan (pictured above) missed out on a medal with a fourth place finish in the women's lightweight single sculls A final with a time of 07:37.25.
In fifth position until the final quarter of the race, McCrohan moved past her Austrian opponent by the 1500m mark. Despite a determined finish, she was unable to reel in Mexico's Kenia Lechuga Alanis, with Michelle Sechser of the USA taking victory on the line over China's Dandan Pan.
