Ireland's Gary and Paul O'Donovan have booked their place in the A final of the lightweight men's double sculls at the European Championships in Racice.

The Cork siblings came second in their semi-final behind French pair Pierre Houin and Jeremie Azou in Saturday morning's A/B semi-final in a time of 06:38.090.

The top three from both A/B semi-finals progressed to Sunday's final. The O'Donovan brothers will come up against Britain's Peter Chambers and Will Fletcher.

Well done IRL Final A tomorrow. #ERChamps pic.twitter.com/fO2owWgxtU

— Rowing Ireland (@RowingIreland) May 27, 2017

Earlier, Denise Walsh qualified for the final of the single women's sculls at the European Championships.

Walsh earned a second-place finish in the semi-final, coming in just over three seconds behind Patricia Merz of Switzerland, in a time of 07:42.530.