Ireland’s Sinead Lynch and Claire Lambe had to settle for sixth place in the Olympic final of the lightweight double sculls in Rio de Janeiro.

The race was won impressively by the Netherlands. They started well and were in the leading group of three with South Africa and the China. As they other two faded, the Netherlands pushed on and held off a challenge by Canada, who took silver, with China third.

The Ireland crew did not start badly and held on to the leading group until halfway. But they needed to be in the mix in the closing stages and were not.

After heavy rain in the morning, the conditions cleared and were reasonable for rowing.

Coleraine man Alan Campbell, representing Britain, had to settle for a B Final place in the single sculls, as he finished second in the semi-final. Another Coleraine man, Richard Chambers, was in the lightweight double crew which won the B Final. His brother, Peter, had been in the Britain lightweight four which won the B Final.