Rower Wilde claims Olympic bronze in Paris

Welsh rower Becky Wilde claimed an Olympic bronze in the women's doubles sculls with Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne at Paris 2024.

New Zealand took gold with Romania claiming silver.

The podium position has completed a remarkable rise for Wilde, who is from Taunton but has a Welsh mother.

After spending a decade in the water and swimming for Wales, Wilde switched to rowing.

Wilde and Hodgkins-Byrne left it late to qualify, doing so at the final Olympic qualification regatta in May.

Wilde's preparations had been affected by injury. Last year, she had surgery for compartment syndrome in both her arms, a condition which causes pressure to build inside the muscles.

But she battled back to hit form at just the right time.