Team Ireland rowers Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch have comfortably won their heat on Saturday morning to advance to the semi-finals of the men’s double sculls.
The pair will take part in the semi-finals on Tuesday at 10:10 BST.
The duo’s heat time of 6:13.24 was the fastest recorded in the morning heats, with the Netherlands boat second quickest on 6:14.31and then Spain on 6:16.17.
Banbridge man Doyle is competing in his second Olympics, having participated in Tokyo three years ago.
Doyle and Lynch qualified for the Paris Games as they took bronze at the World Championships in Belgrade in September 2023.
The Ireland women’s double sculls crew of Alison Bergin and Zoe Hyde finished third in their heat to also progress to Tuesday morning’s semi-finals.
Their time of 6:52.61 saw them come home behind heat winners France (6:48.89) and Australia (6:49.21).