And they win.
Looked reasonably comfortable to me. French were higher stoking (), but couldn't close the gap.
And they win.
Looked reasonably comfortable to me. French were higher stoking (
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
According to BBC (I cannot vouch for this), GB have secured final places for all 13 of their boats thus far
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Yep!
http://www.teamgb.com/news/brits-reach-13-finals
Brits reach 13 finals
August 2, 2012 11:33 am
Great Britain completed a clean sweep of Olympic rowing finalists, with all 13 boats they entered into the regatta qualifying for medal races.
The only event Britain are not contesting at Eton Dorney is the women's single scull.
Britain, who have already won a gold and a bronze, ensured home interest in every other final at the Olympic regatta with semi-final victories from the men's four, the lightweight women's double scull and the lightweight men's double.
The British men's four laid down a marker ahead of Saturday's final with a thrilling victory over arch gold medal rivals Australia.
Andrew Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed, Tom James and Alex Gregory hit back from a length down to row through the Australians with a massive push in the last 500 metres.
Britain are looking to extend their golden dynasty in the men's four to 16 years following Olympic triumphs in Sydney, Athens and Beijing.
Australia claimed after winning the Munich World Cup regatta in June that their tactic of leading from the front had "scared the hell" out of Britain.
Thursday's performance will have gone a long way to de-bunk that claim - and it set up another sensational showdown for gold on Saturday.
Sophie Hosking and Kat Copeland finished strongly to beat key rivals Greece to win their double scull semi-final by a length.
And reigning lightweight men's double champions Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase, who are back on form at just the right time, completed a remarkable 100% return for Britain with a semi-final victory over key rivals France by half a length.
Last edited by Chrissie; 02-08-2012 at 10:44 AM.
That sounds about right, based on what I've read from the live text commentary. A few from repechages though I believe (having said that, it could be for singles competition only).
Rowing final on i think
Yup. Men's double sculls.
Slovenia out in the lead, GB are second, just about.
Third now.
GB in 4th
Wenger will be happy
GB are fifth.
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