These two lads won silver today – but their interview game is pure gold.
Paul and Gary O’Donovan are the new heroes of the Rio Olympics after winning a silver medal in a brilliant show in the men’s lightweight double sculls final.
We’ve quickly grown accustomed to the two boys’ grounded, deadpan – one might say “pure Cork” – style in their media interviews.
There was this one on Monday:
The O'Donovan brothers took the choppy water conditions in their stride to win in Rio today https://t.co/lJNoLL4OrYhttps://t.co/AuWALUfm4W
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) August 8, 2016
The killer lines there were:
“We handled it very well,” Paul said. “We were almost disappointed we couldn’t race yesterday, it would have been a bit of craic.”
“We’re well used to be a bit of wind,” Gary piped in. “That kind of thing wouldn’t faze us at all.”
Then, yesterday, came this legendary clip:
The O'Donovan brothers were delighted to beat the Brits and reach an Olympic final #rterio2016 #rowing https://t.co/ul0rQyZLvc
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) August 11, 2016
The big takeaway from that:
“We’ll get home to get ourselves into an ice bath anyway, cool ourselves down a bit. We’ll get a bit of steak, the food here is fantastic. Steak for breakfast, lunch and dinner with spuds if you like…!”
Though the key line was: “‘Tis great to beat the Brits!”
Now, basking in their Olympic victory, we get a new instalment of the Brothers O’Donovan.
Just listen and enjoy.
"Mick Conlan said he'd box the head off us if we didn't get the gold" #rterio2016 https://t.co/LGELc2W2PP
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) August 12, 2016
Someone give these two lads their own TV show ASAP.
This was the reaction in their local Skibbereen to their win.
Skibbereen reacts: The moment Paul and Gary O'Donovan won silver in Rio, via @rtenews. #rterio2016https://t.co/MDxb3Eojpm
— RTÉ (@rte) August 12, 2016
On behalf of everyone at Her – indeed, the nation – we say:
Forget about your Conor McGregors lads, these are proper sporting legends. #PullLikeADog https://t.co/FfM4eKadR0
— Alan Hartnett (@alan_hartnett) August 12, 2016
