Olympics 2024: Sinković brothers win gold for Croatia
- by croatiaweek
- in Sport
Martin and Valent Sinkovic in Paris
PARIS, 2 August 2024 – Rowers Martin and Valent Sinković have won gold for Croatia at the Olympic Games in Paris on Friday morning.
The brothers claimed gold in the Men’s coxless pair final after winning in a time of 6:23.66.
The Croatians trailed for most of the race but a huge last 1000m saw them go from fourth to cross the line in first.
The Great Britain crew took second place in a time of 6:24.11, while third place went to Switzerland with a time of 6:24.76.
This was the Sinković’s fourth Olympic final in a third different discipline. They now have three Olympic gold medals and one silver medal.
This was their third Olympic gold
At the 2020 Games in Japan, held in 2021, the brothers won gold in coxless pair, and at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, they won gold in the double sculls.
In 2012 in London they claimed silver in the quadruple sculls.
Martin and Valent have been racing together internationally since 2008 and also have won a number of world and European gold medals.
Croatia now has won two gold medals at the Games. Barbara Matić won gold in the women’s 70k judo event. Miran Maričić also won a bronze medal to leave Croatia currently with three medals.
