Ireland’s Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch laid down a big pre-Olympic marker by claiming gold in the men’s double sculls in the third World Cup regatta in Poznan.
They beat the defending Olympic champions France in the process.
After missing the Lucerne World Cup three weeks ago because of injury, Doyle and Lynch went to Poznan for some much-needed racing before Paris as they had not competed since the first World Cup in April.
They went out from the start with the French and trailed only the fast-starting Polish double at the halfway mark, before making their move in the third 500m of the race.
They surged ahead and comfortably held off the fast-finishing Germans and New Zealanders with the French languishing in fifth.
This was the final World Cup before the Paris Olympics.