Olympics | Feature: Bittersweet final bow for lightweight rowing at Olympics

by Sportswriter He Leijing

PARIS, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Some rowers from Ireland and Britain now face a bittersweet reality: they can forever call themselves Olympic champions in the lightweight double sculls, yet must also navigate the uncharted waters of what comes next.

When the men's and women's lightweight double sculls events concluded at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Friday, it marked the e