Read about all the incredible GB medals and performances from London here. Nobody could catch them. Gold — a historic first for British women — at the Olympic Games. Silver to Australia and bronze to NZ. It was such fantastic support. All I could hear was the crowd. They were fantastic. I hope this can be an inspiration everywhere for people to do sport and for PE teachers, too.
Read more of our highlights of the decade in our 1- 5 Summary and 6- 10 Summary. She screamed in disbelief. British women had won their third Olympic rowing gold. China had taken their first medal of this regatta and Tsiavou and Giazitzidou had won the first Olympic rowing medal for women for Greece. Coming through from the semifinals both of these crews finished fifth in their respective races.
Sigmond and Head then pushed out to a small edge going through the middle of the race. Ayling and Edward then found themselves under pressure from Cuba. Coming into the final sprint, the Dutch and New Zealand were leading the field. Rating 46, Jennerich and Obee were giving it their all. It had worked. Obee and Jennerich finished seventh overall. He had come off his seat.
Under the rules of racing, if there is an equipment breakage in the first m the race is stopped and restarted. Purchase held up his seat to the umpires as the six boats rowed back to the start. There is no doubt this must have been incredibly unnerving for the 12 scullers. The starting buzzer sounded and six boats powered off the line. Purchase and his partner Mark Hunter got out the fastest and successfully made it through the first m. Purchase and Hunter are the reigning World and Olympic Champions and a lot was riding on this race for them.
The final sprint came into view and Purchase and Hunter remained in the lead. Then Rasmussen and Quist started to pour on the power. They are the bronze medallists from and they have been performing marvellously through this Olympic regatta.
Denmark were at Great Britain were holding on. The Danes had done it. Rasmussen and Quist had cemented the dominance of Danish lightweight rowing. Purchase and Hunter had hung on to silver and Uru and Taylor had the bronze. Luini is a four-time Olympian with his best result happening 12 years ago in Sydney where he took gold. Luini and Ruta was able to hold the pace until the end with Greece holding on to second.
Knapkova has seen two Olympic Games, one finishing fourth and the other finishing fifth. Heather Stanning and Helen Glover, who won Britain's first gold medal at London when they triumphed in the women's pair, are taking a different approach. Glover is back in training, but in a single, while Stanning has re-joined the army and will serve a year - with a period likely to be in Afghanistan - before returning to begin preparations to defend her title.
George Nash, who won bronze with Will Satch in the men's pair, is on a combined academic and rowing training programme at Cambridge for the next season.
Tanner remains unconcerned that some of his strongest rowers are taking a year out. It's that kind of competition which could inspire Britain's rowers to even better things in Rowing Calendar.
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