Hannah Scott played a crucial role in Team GB’s dramatic victory in the women’s quadruple sculls final at the Paris Olympics, becoming the third Northern Irish athlete to win gold in just 24 hours.
In a nail-biting finish, Great Britain edged out the Netherlands by just 0.15 seconds after trailing for most of the race. Scott, alongside Lauren Henry, Lola Anderson, and Georgie Brayshaw, clinched gold in a thrilling photo finish. Overcome with emotion, Scott celebrated adding Olympic gold to her world title, joining fellow Northern Irish gold medallists Daniel Wiffen and Jack McMillan from the previous day’s events.