RTE:

Gary and Paul O’Donovan have revealed steak will very definitely be on the menu when it comes to celebrating reaching the Olympic final of the men’s lightweight double sculls in Rio.

The brothers from Skibbereen finished third in their semi-final earlier today and continued their trip into Irish folklore by following it up with another brilliant interview.

Watch this interview. Listen to the tone of these two young men (even if you need subtitles to understand their Irish accents). They are simply excited to be in Rio, representing their country. They are not world famous. Their event isn’t being held in prime time. There’s no NBC puff piece about them and their hardscrabble upbringing. It’s just two “lads” having a good time, eating steaks and spuds, and “pulling like dogs”. Thanks to Lorcan Roche Kelly for the link.