'It's great to get the medal tally off and running and hopefully another one tonight with Daniel and hopefully one of us can add one or two between us. That's the plan. That's why we're here.'
Shane Lowry watched Mona McSharry win Ireland's first Olympic medal as he picked up his bags in the airport.
The 37-year-old arrived there last night and teamed up with Rory McIlroy in what is a formidable Olympic pairing - one that almost took the bronze through McIlroy in Tokyo, where he missed out in a play-off. They get started on Thursday. "For me, look, if you look at the media and what it was like back home yesterday when Mona won that bronze medal, I think if I was to win a gold medal and bring it back to Ireland, yeah, it would be pretty cool."
Lowry reflected on the Opening Ceremony, when the Irish athletes and officials who took a boat down the Seine were soaked before they even got going but that didn't damp a special night for all involved, but especially for the two flagbearers. "Obviously the weather played a big part in the whole thing. We tried to stay a bit dry at the start of those but it was one of those, 'well, we're wet now, might as well enjoy it'. As the boat ride went down the crowds got bigger and bigger and honestly was just soaking it all in, enjoying the atmosphere, and like trying to spot the Irish people in the crowd.
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