Great Britian’s Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Becky Wilde after claiming bronze in the women’s double sculls (John Walton/PA).
Great Britain claimed bronze in the women’s double sculls at the Paris Olympics.
Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne, in lane two, went out hard from the start and led at the 500m mark with Romania taking over by halfway.
New Zealand eventually moved into pole position for gold to edge out Romania, but Wilde and Hodgkins Byrne staved off a late challenge from the Netherlands to take bronze.
DOUBLE-TROUBLE! 🤝 🥉 pic.twitter.com/oKYaFe32ei
— Team GB (@TeamGB) August 1, 2024
It was quite an achievement for the pair to win medals as Wilde had surgery on her forearms 10 months ago and Hodgkins Byrne took time away from the sport after Tokyo 2020 to have her son Freddie, now two.
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