Pull Like A Dog

Dec 27, 2016

0h 53m

★ 0.0

Irish rowing brothers Gary and Paul O'Donovan

Overview

A documentary film looking back at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, including rowing brothers Gary and Paul O'Donovan, who won silver medals at the games. In August 2016 Gary and Paul O’Donovan, two young rowers from West Cork in Ireland, came from nowhere to become household names after bolting their way to silver medal success at the Rio Olympics. Not only did they become the first ever Irish rowers to bring home Olympic medals but within a week Paul also went on to become the fastest singles lightweight rower on the planet by winning gold at the World Championships. With catch phrases like ‘Pull Like A Dog’ and ‘Stheak and Spuds’ these two young men have succeeded in warming the hearts of a nation.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

RTÉ

Wildfire Films

Pull Like A Dog Trailers

Cast

Gary O'Donovan

Paul O'Donovan

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