Hannah Scott has become the third Northern Irish athlete to win gold at the Paris Olympic Games after winning the women’s quadruple sculls for Great Britain.
The Coleraine woman, along with team-mates Georgina Brayshaw, Lola Anderson and Lauren Henry, pipped the Netherlands by 0.15 seconds to cross the line first and claim gold in an absolute thriller.
Great Britain had trailed the Dutch for the entirety of the race until the final stretch, with Scott and co. finally pulling in front with just 250 metres remaining and they had enough in the tank to hold on and cross in a time of 6:14.31.
Scott’s success is Northern Ireland’s third at the Games and their third in just 24 hours after Daniel Wiffen and Jack McMillan both took gold in the pool on Tuesday night.