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    Irish Olympic stars have medals taken off them over 'chronic issue'

    By Rudi Kinsella & Darragh Culhane,

    6 hours ago
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    Olympic star Daire Lynch had to hand back his medal due to a 'chronic issue' that caused the bronze to deteriorate significantly .

    Daire Lynch, together with get, secured third place in their rowing event earlier this month, only to witness the degradation of their hard-earned bronze medals shortly after.

    Indeed, the situation deteriorated to the point where Co Tipperary-born Lynch was stripped of his medal and given a replacement, while Olympic officials are examining his original medal to understand why the bronzes are degrading so severely.

    During an appearance on Ireland AM on Tuesday, Doyle displayed his damaged medal and remarked: "Mine is gone wrecked. It's nearly gone the next layer down."

    Lynch commented on the issue as well, saying: "I wanted to keep mine but they wanted to take it away for research. They want to see what is wrong with the medals."

    Doyle noted: "Some of the gold but not too many but the bronze seems to be a chronic issue."

    He also shared how he felt on the day of the competition, recounting: "The night before was perfect and I felt great and went to sleep the whole way."

    "We do a bit of training together on the morning of the race to get the body warmed up and I said I felt good and the mind felt good and then I tried to eat the breakfast and it was like eating sick and I was looking across to him and I was taking little bites and he was like 'I can't eat this'".

    "That was real nerves."

    The duo played a significant part in Ireland's historic medal performance, with the team bringing home a total of seven medals, including four golds.

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