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Here comes Kelly Holmes. On the crowd are on their feet. What a

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Great Britain get the gold medal! Kelly Holmes for Great Britain,

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what a performance! Absolutely JOHN INVERDALE: How many world

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sporting titles can you name that are one in a setting like this.

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Welcome to Bled in Slovenia, home of sumptuous lakes and forests and

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close to the borders of Italy and Austria and home to a team of

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British athletes who, in the next 12 months, could define their lives.

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Every country has peaked for these world championships and it is a

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chance to test ourselves against the rest of the world. We are all

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desperate to be world champions. We have put a lot of hard work in.

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When I looked back, I wanted our I gave it my best shot. We have a big

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job to do. Winning is definitely what it is about. -- I want to know

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I gave it my best shot. It is more special before London. It is very

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special to fill you will be part of that. So many people are talking

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about it already. I have started thinking about the Olympics.

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Nothing wrong with that. London is everywhere. He can't help but feel

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it is closer than it ever is before and bigger than it has been before.

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There is pressure and there is business to be done. It is where

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everybody is on top form. Steven Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent, the

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mission accomplished! It is gold! Great Britain are the Olympic

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champions! Gold medal, Great Britain, wonderful! The Olympic

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final, that is the only thing that matters. I won't be there for any

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other reason other than to win not gold. -- that gold.

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This is a truly amazing place. These castles are a 1,000 years old.

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It was an outward banding Makah force -- bikers and a ski resort,

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none of which is a concern for the rowing team, who want to view this

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as an essential stop -- stepping stone for London 2012. Next she

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will be Katherine Grainger's moment of truth. After three Olympic

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silvers, she desperately wants gold. But before that, there is another

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world title to Secure. Hodge and Peter Reed have a Olympic golds

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from Beijing but that was part of the coxless four. Here, they have

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the challenge of a lifetime against the seemingly unbeatable New

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Zealanders. Greg Searle has an Olympic gold medal but that was 19

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years ago in Barcelona. His age really no barrier and that 40 years

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old, could he win another gold? It is the 4th time the

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championships have been held in Bled, the last time was in 1989

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when Steve Redgrave won two gold medals of his reign -- record-

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breaking five. You were playing old steed in those days. Yes, great

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regatta, so picturesque, not great memories for me here, but a great

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place. From the British point of view, if the public have been

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following the World Cup regattas through the summer, they will think

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all we have to do is turn up and win gold here. There is certainly

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no complacency from the British team. The World Cup is very

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important but not all of the nations are there, because all

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three World Cup races are in Europe. Not all of the other continents

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actually come. So this is the first time that all of the contenders for

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the Olympics are here. It is the biggest event of the year and it is

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what everyone has been building up to. Maybe from the public point of

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view, they will think we were one lots of medals, which I think we

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will, but there is no complacency - - we will win. From an Olympic

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perspective, all of these races are centred on a Olympic qualification.

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Again, qualification is very important. The team is very strong.

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14 Olympic events, most of them are 11 to qualify, so it is only the

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last place in the B final that doesn't qualify. The worst one is

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the Women's eight, only five qualifiers. So six boats in the

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final. Someone is going to come last in that final and the

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disappointment of coming last is also the disappointment of not

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qualifying for the Games, and they will have to go to a qualifying

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regatta next year which is only four weeks away from the Games

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itself. If we start with the first raised, the women's pair, there is

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a great Olympics story, from somebody who three years ago

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watched Beijing on telly and next year will actually be competing,

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all things being equal. Yes, Helen Glover, came through the sporting

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giants. She saw the programme and thought she would give it a go and

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is now a contender for medals. She won a silver medal at the World

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Championships last year and has a very good chance of winning gold

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next year. And she has a really good story to tell.

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What a 10 months it has been for Helen Glover and Heather Stanning.

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Holding on for a well deserved Holding on for a well deserved

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silver medal. Sell that the last World Championships. -- silver at.

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Gold at the World Cup in Munich. And very good race by the British

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race to the line. The British group had held off. They have held off

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the New Zealand. They go into these championships with being one of the

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championships with being one of the favourites for glory.

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Three years after learning to Road, here you are on the eve of the

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World Championships, one of the favourites. You must ensure cells

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that the progression you have made. I do a little bit, and I look back

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and it seems like it has happened very quickly. -- you much pinch

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yourself. When I think about individual days and weeks and

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months, and I have worked very hard. I am also very pleased with the

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justification of a lot of hard work. So a spectacular rise to prominence

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for the former PE teacher Helen Glover and the army officer Heather

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Stanning, who complement each other well to form a potent combination.

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Off the water, I am really lucky, she organises me really well. When

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we get on the water, I have sat behind her, so why do the calling

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and we sort of switch roles and I tell her what to do -- I do.

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have our own roles in the boat and I like having my job and Helen

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having her job. We fall into them very well. By have complete trust

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that at 1,900 metres in a race, we are both exhausted and need to find

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another gear, I will call and she will do it. With the roles firmly

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established, the British pair got the better of the Kiwis in Lucerne,

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the first time they had both raced since the World Championships.

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Having not been at Hamburg, we went to Lucerne and there were targets

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we wanted to achieve. I think we did them. We also came away with

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things we can improve. Having beaten them was a big tick in the

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box, but it at the same time, the process is more important. That

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victory and the fastest qualification for the final in Bled

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me is the expectation on the British pair is far different to

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what it was last year -- means. Last year, we were pretty much the

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underdogs, the unknowns, and we knew we were fast, but nobody in

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the world and bid. -- bid. We were quietly confident and I would like

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to think we are still like that. We have a confident feel about the

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boat. Do you visualise the race and allow yourself the feeling of what

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it would be like being world champions? I think about it but I

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don't dwell on it. You have got to go through the processes of

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thinking about all the things that might happen and then come back to

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reality and go, right, this is what I have got to do to achieve it.

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is great to have had a consistent and exciting season and we are

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looking forward to racing. There is women's coxless pair. They are down

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They are looking to go one better than the silver medal they won last

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year at the World Championships. A new year, a crew that has moved on

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in huge amount of confidence. Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, they

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now number three. This is the final of the women's pair, and it is

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going to be a fantastic race. South Africa in one, Australia in two.

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Great Britain in three, winners of the first semi-final. New Zealand

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won the other semi-final to book their place in this final, they are

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in four. China in five and Romania in lane number six. It is a fairy

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tale that is a long way away from the finish. A year before the

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Olympic Games in London, accrue that was put together any surely as

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a spare pair -- a crew. They have found a combination and an ability

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to be so quick, so fast. We are seeing that now as Great Britain,

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in the early stages, lane three on the right up your picture, leading

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by about three-quarters of a length. Going from 5th in the trials last

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year, they moved right the way through into that silver medal

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position. Helen Glover had only been rowing for a year before that,

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she has improved extraordinarily. She has gone from being fit in the

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women's pair trials last year to an Olympic place, probably at at the

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end of this year -- 5th. This is a Stanning rate, they are so mature,

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they are long, relaxed and technically, they miss nothing --

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stunning. Rob Williams has taken them on as a coach this year and

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really moved them up a gear. They just know how to race. They are

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wonderfully in tune with each other. Helen Glover, Heather Stanning, a

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bit of a wobble there, but that is more to do with the water. 1,000,

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starting to pop along here, but they are dealing with it. They

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won't be fazed by that. We don't know, because they haven't had to

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race in these conditions. Even the most experienced athletes get

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caught up in difficult water. This will be quite crucial for them to

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see if they can handle this rough water in the middle of the race

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better than New Zealand. Zealand, the world champions, Great

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Britain, the world silver medallists. We are the king at

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Australia, they were 6th in the eight back in Beijing -- looking.

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7th and 9th respectively at Lucerne, the final World Cup regatta of this

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season. Australia are still trying to find that elusive combination

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that Great Britain have in a Glover and Stanning. Typical here, you can

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see New Zealand at 39 strokes per minute, they are pushing it away as

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they do, a higher rate, but it doesn't make them go faster. The

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British pair are three strokes per minute the lower, but because of

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their length and their relaxation in the boat, they are going along

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just as fast as New Zealand. That is a very good comparison between

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those two boats. They go a lot more in hand when it comes to the

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business end of the race. They will be able to move somewhere. New

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Zealand will have nowhere to go. It will be interesting, because New

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Zealand are moving and that high pressure is getting them back on

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New Zealand coming back strongly at the halfway mark. Great Britain

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have three-quarters of a length and are starting to move on. A call

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from Helen Glover. And Great Britain have to respond to the high

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rate of their New Zealand crew. New Zealand are the world champions and

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this is developing into a sensational third 500 metres.

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Britain are still at 33 strokes per minute compared to New Zealand at

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38. That is a huge difference and New Zealand will have to pay for it

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If they can keep their heads, keep their length, stay longer and build

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on it in the last 500 metres, they should get home in front and that

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At the moment, Great Britain had At the moment, Great Britain had

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checked the Bush backed by New Zealand. The water is still quite

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bouncy in the middle of the lake -- at the posh. It is a testament to

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the personalities of this group from Great Britain that they are

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still able to do with it -- deal with it. What they will need to do

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is definitely find that final gear to step up, because the experience

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that is New Zealand, they will push on hard. It is all about revenge

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for New Zealand and right now, they are taking that away from Great

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Britain. Great Britain has to react, you can hear the calls come in from

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the New Zealand boat, they are really aggressive and pushing on.

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Great Britain at the lower rate of striking are holding their own and

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they really have to push on now. Enter the last 500 metres, luck

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that the gap that has opened up between the two outstanding crews

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of the women's coxless pair event. It is Great Britain and New Zealand.

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Five seconds to Australia for the bronze. It is all about the gold

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medal for Great Britain and still Helen Glover and Heather Stanning

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after push on hard, because New Zealand refused to roll over --

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have to. They refuse to hand over their gold medal that they won last

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year. This is all about the experience here and the youth of

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Great Britain. We are seeing a titanic battle. It is extraordinary

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how they are maintaining this stroke rate for so long. They don't

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seem to be paying for it. It is a very tough thing. Great Britain has

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to react, they have to make their move. They are moving now. Pushing

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up to 37 strokes per minute and have the entire Grandstand on their

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feet here. The British contestant - - contingent are screaming their

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heads off. New Zealand of the world champions, Great Britain are the

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world champions from last year. Both crews are hunting a gold medal.

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This will come down to the line. The water is still quite bouncy.

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Great Britain appeasing ahead but it is only just and it is not over.

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Again, New Zealand comeback. It will be a photo finish. It is so

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hard to call their because into the line it was great Britain, over the

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lined the, New Zealand came back. - - over the line. A sensational race.

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We are hearing on the Grandstand Tannoy that New Zealand has been

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awarded the gold medal, but it is getting closer and closer for Team

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GB. No bad thing for them, because they will be so angry and hungry

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now, they are so close to it, they led all the way. But how did New

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Zealand keep that up all the way through? They are always at 37, 38

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strokes a minute and the British pair, 33, 34, at one point. So you

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can see exactly where they have got to make the present -- the

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improvement. So New Zealand, it does not get any closer than that.

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Successfully defend their gold medal from last year. Britain's

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Is that congratulations or commiserations? A bit of both. We

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came to win but we go away with a really close silver medal. It was a

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really key race and it may be one that actually makes us take the

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next jump for ourselves. People always talk about rowing races in

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segments. At halfway, you were leading. What were your thoughts at

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that stage? It was quite rough out there. I suppose I was not really

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too aware how close they were then. I know we had done all right

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starting. It was very rough and it was difficult to find a rhythm. It

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was not like we were sat there going, this is ours! They really

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kept coming. They just keep going. Great Britain, but the story is far

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it has to be said. They know they have beaten New Zealand. They have

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beaten them their back in Lucerne. They had the measure of them but it

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It is always hard talking to people who have come second. How would you

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view that performance? Certainly after the silver medal last year,

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it was a surprise to everybody. Not everybody, some people in the team

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knew they were going well in training but it was a certainly a

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surprise to me. Their season this year has been outstanding. They had

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a good, tough race with the Kiwis at Lucerne but managed to over all

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of them by the end. They came here as favourites to win and they are

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put it that they have not done that. But looking at the bigger picture,

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I do not think that is too bad a result. They are now very, very

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close to the world champions. They put themselves as favourites to win

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the Olympics next year, I think. Here, just as they started racing,

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a cross wind came up and pears that have not been in the same boat for

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a long period of time, as a pair, you are in charge of balancing half

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the boat so where you put your hands upsets the other person. In a

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double scull it is different because each person has plates on

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both sides. So that upset them. You could see every now and then they

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were just missing the catch. That was due to the conditions. Another

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ten months of rowing together, they will be absolutely fine. That is a

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very upbeat prognosis. We move on now to a crew who would have given

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anything to have made the final. They were women's champions 12

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months ago and missed out on the final altogether here after what

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they describe in their own words as a pretty shocking row earlier in

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the week. So they found themselves in the B final and the key point

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was they had to win this to ensure qualifications for the Olympics

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the women's quadruple sculls and Britain have been laying three. --

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Britain are in lane three. And what they line up. He would have guessed

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that Great Britain, in lane number three, the world champions from

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2010, would be languishing in this the final? Vietnam will be in the

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top of your picture in lane 1, Romania in lane two. Here the world

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champions, Great Britain, in lane three. Paul and Elaine four and the

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Italians in lane five. What a task for Great Britain to regroup. --

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Paul and in lane four. All of these crews battling for the Bournemouth

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Olympic spot on offer here. A few weeks ago we would never have

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guessed that Great Britain would be in this position. They were caught

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napping in the opening heat when they were beaten by a fraction of a

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second. Again in the repechage, caught just on the line. And just

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now, they were the last to leave the box. They were sitting there

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when everyone else was coming up for the second strip. That was

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really extraordinary, when they are so hungry to get going, eager to

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show what they are worth, they were late of the start. They have to win

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this. Only one remaining place for the Olympics. They have to get it.

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The world champions are now being led by Poland in a lane four. We

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are in desperate territory for Great Britain. Not to underestimate,

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they have had to really pull themselves back. They had a pretty

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good season. There was second at Lucerne, the last final World Cup

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regatta of the 2011 C Rees. The writing was on the wall when they

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came third in the heat and they were really caught napping third in

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the repechage, and the second opportunity to progress. Now the

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fight is on. Their time was eight seconds faster so wide they are

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languishing here, half a leg behind Poland, I do not know. There is

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something uncomfortable in the boat that is not dynamic. They are not

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really challenging Poland. They are going to have to make a mark pretty

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soon because everything depends on this. Otherwise they will be in the

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mix next year, in May, trying to qualify in Lucerne. They have it in

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them. They should be able to move right through now. Poland are very

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fast and looking good. You can see number three now, Great Britain,

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just beginning to creep up the boat now as they apply the pressure,

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coming up to 1,000 metres. You are witnessing an incredible sporting

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story here with the 2011 World Rowing Championships at Bled.

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Wonderful weather, glorious water, but all of that is to no avail.

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Great Britain, through the 1,000 metres mark, have to win this race,

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the B final of the women's quadruple sculls. The first final,

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they were quite lazy in the 500m. The British now have a fight on

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their hands because although Poland in lane four led them by half a

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length at the 500m mark, gone. At the halfway mark, they are still

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holding on, albeit narrowly, to that first position. 33 strokes per

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minute. That is still quite low. Psychologically, to be the only

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crew that is as of the finals and being world champions last year, it

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is pretty hard to take. Pretty difficult for them. They have hit

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the front, finally. They are getting Poland -- past Poland now.

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Now they really ought to murder on as Poland fade away. 750m remaining

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in this B final of the women's quadruple scull. The world

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champions on your screen there, Great Britain, in lane number three.

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They have finally hits the front here. Now they can just settled

:25:46.:25:52.

back. It is all about pride in this particular race. No other regatta

:25:52.:25:56.

in a World Championship is as important as this particular piece

:25:57.:26:02.

final because it on it rests the one remaining qualification spot

:26:02.:26:06.

for the Olympic Games in London next year. Poland are hanging on

:26:06.:26:13.

very well. 500m remaining. The British crew have gone out to about

:26:13.:26:18.

a quarter of a length but Poland is fighting back. Vietnam also in this

:26:19.:26:24.

race, in a number one, way out the back. Romania in lane two, also way

:26:24.:26:32.

at the back. Italy in lane five. It is all about to boats. Great

:26:32.:26:38.

Britain leading there now to three- quarters of a length against Poland,

:26:38.:26:43.

whose best performers this year it was eighth at Lucerne. What a farce.

:26:43.:26:50.

A chasm of difference there between experience. Some had Britain has

:26:50.:26:55.

not moved on and their coach is going to have to work very hard at

:26:55.:27:01.

keeping them together. -- somehow. The Olympic silver medallists come

:27:01.:27:04.

back into the grip for winter training and they will probably

:27:04.:27:10.

look at reforming this squad. In the last 500m they are now opening

:27:10.:27:14.

up and doing what they should have done from the outset. Poland are

:27:14.:27:23.

still there. The last 200m. Great Britain's Melanie Wilson, Beth

:27:23.:27:32.

Rodford, Andy Burnham, -- Andrea Vernon, Debbie Flood. Inside 100m

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now. It is a moment of individual pride for the screw. They have now

:27:40.:27:44.

secured that all important boat. They know there are no gold medals

:27:44.:27:49.

today but there is that all- important final place for London

:27:49.:27:59.
:27:59.:27:59.

2012. So as consolation prizes grow, -- go, Great Britain's is not bad.

:27:59.:28:02.

But the world champions from last year will regroup and no doubt come

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It has been a really difficult week. We wanted to be stood here talking

:28:11.:28:16.

to you with medals around our necks but we narrowly missed out in our

:28:16.:28:21.

heat and on our rep. The B final for us, there was a lot of pressure

:28:21.:28:25.

on that. We really needed that qualifying spot. Massively

:28:25.:28:31.

important for us to finish off the week on a relative height. So any

:28:31.:28:37.

really good job done. It needed to be done. Can you explain how the

:28:37.:28:41.

crew has gone from being the best in the world to not being the best

:28:41.:28:45.

in the world? Unfortunately, I am not sure we really know the answers

:28:45.:28:49.

to that at the moment. We have to sit down and figure out what has

:28:49.:28:54.

happened. I do not think it is any big changes we have made. His is

:28:54.:28:59.

probably a lot of little things through the winter. We can always

:28:59.:29:03.

be stronger and faster on the water so I am sure we will have a winter

:29:03.:29:11.

of hard training. The important thing is we take the important

:29:11.:29:15.

things from this regatta. It is all too playful.

:29:15.:29:19.

So in the absence of a British crew, here is what happened in the main

:29:19.:29:29.
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second place now. They have put in a good time. They are 6.23. Germany

:29:42.:29:52.
:29:52.:30:16.

They are doing that right now. Better are penned in the stroke

:30:16.:30:26.
:30:26.:30:28.

seat for Germany, being forced to drive -- but a bank. They Team GB

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Quartet. -- no. It is for Germany and the USA for the gold medal.

:30:33.:30:40.

100m. 10 strokes remain and still the United States come back. They

:30:40.:30:45.

have but absolutely everything into it but they won't catch Germany. It

:30:45.:30:51.

will be cold for Germany. A silver for the United States. -- gold. New

:30:51.:30:56.

Zealand coming into the bronze medal position. We can only think

:30:56.:31:01.

where Great Britain would have been had they indeed qualified for this

:31:01.:31:11.
:31:11.:31:15.

and New Zealand for the bronze medal, definitely a crew to the

:31:15.:31:19.

lookout for as we head for two London 2012.

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London 2012. JOHN INVERDALE: Consolation

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suggested it is that the Women's accord have qualified for the

:31:24.:31:29.

Olympic Games. Which leads us on and 82 Greg Searle, 19 years ago

:31:29.:31:34.

and a Olympic champion in Barcelona. -- Bonn to. Here, two decades on,

:31:35.:31:39.

trying to win a gold medal in the world championships and at London

:31:39.:31:42.

2012 next year. This time in the men's eight, and where ever he has

:31:42.:31:46.

been on this extraordinary journey back to Olympic glory, his camera

:31:47.:31:51.

has gone with him. The last Sunday before I go off on training camp

:31:51.:31:56.

and I am knackered. I'm trying to look after myself, so I am not even

:31:56.:32:06.
:32:06.:32:07.

batting or bowling, I am just Has been a pretty weird day. I took

:32:07.:32:10.

the kids after school for the last day of term. They are quite excited

:32:10.:32:16.

about that but also a bit sad that daddy is going away. I am flying

:32:16.:32:20.

across Europe, going to Austria. By will be there for a few weeks,

:32:20.:32:28.

training with the rest of the team. And then the father's room with

:32:28.:32:32.

Alex Partridge, who is a new dad. He has just been outside in the

:32:32.:32:40.

cold. So here I am in Austria. It is the

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1st August the 2011, exactly one year to the day to the Olympic

:32:44.:32:48.

final in London 2012. An excited feeling this morning. Training

:32:48.:32:54.

camps like this can be pretty tough, a lot of hard work, lots of time

:32:54.:32:58.

and many men in a small, confined space together. But today is a good

:32:58.:33:05.

day, we have lots of work to do, it is all good steps on the way. I

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think today is the day to get better, to get stronger and a day

:33:10.:33:19.

to get closer to what is now not This is quite exciting, this is

:33:19.:33:23.

where we come for our food. I have been coming here for 20 years, so

:33:23.:33:29.

it is a little piece of history. If you have a look around here, we

:33:29.:33:32.

have the ladies who are going to serve this than just up there,

:33:32.:33:38.

memorabilia from years gone by. -- it then. Lots of sign stuff that we

:33:38.:33:44.

give them every Olympic year. -- signed.

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2011, as we get the call it, it is very good and we have an

:33:48.:33:52.

interesting dynamic of guys. We are now in the warm-weather camp in

:33:53.:34:00.

Portugal. I am shedding my winter code. We have been doing a bit of

:34:00.:34:07.

hairdressing, set up a salon. role is sometimes the Moody one,

:34:07.:34:12.

that is by natural thing to play, but I have changed it slightly.

:34:12.:34:16.

Some people might not see it but I know I have become a little bit

:34:16.:34:23.

more positive. One of the real factors I enjoy is learning about

:34:23.:34:30.

each other, learning about how everybody races. My Hamed is a lot

:34:30.:34:37.

quieter, -- Mohamed Sbihi. But he is as passionate for the sport as I

:34:37.:34:47.
:34:47.:34:48.

am and it is a great feeling at the That looks good. Look at that!

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:34:59.:35:03.

that is beautiful. -- that is. There you go. I dare you to leave

:35:03.:35:13.
:35:13.:35:15.

it like that for a bit. That is awesome.

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We wanted to beat the Germans at some point in the season so far so

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we have left it until the last race. We planned to do it in Hamburg,

:35:23.:35:29.

which didn't happen because of the e-coli, and then Henley -- Lucerne

:35:29.:35:34.

didn't work out quite where. Germans are only doing the two

:35:34.:35:41.

races there, it has been, I wouldn't say negative, but it

:35:41.:35:45.

hasn't planned out as we exactly wanted to work, but we have high

:35:45.:35:49.

hopes for the World Championships. I feel like we have it in our hands

:35:49.:35:54.

to go and win a gold medal. Something very special event to

:35:54.:35:58.

race at the World Championships, and for me on this comeback trail,

:35:58.:36:01.

I thought that getting a medal would be a success but having got

:36:01.:36:07.

silver last year, it feels Like Gold us what we are going for. --

:36:07.:36:17.
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final of the men's heavyweight men's eight. Australia, Canada,

:36:30.:36:33.

Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Poland. Great

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Britain really now have to push out and with it up and get into this

:36:38.:36:42.

race in the first 500 metres. Bashir we pick up a. They have to

:36:42.:36:48.

be fast, they have always been lagging. A bit slow in those first

:36:48.:36:52.

500 metres, then they have to catch up. They are really very keen to

:36:52.:36:57.

try and get into a position where they can challenge Germany. So

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there is a lot for them to think about. Canada has been going very

:37:02.:37:08.

well since they brought Malcolm Howard back into the boat, it has

:37:08.:37:11.

transformed the Canadian eight and they are now really very

:37:11.:37:15.

competitive. But the Germany are the front-runners on theirs.

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Germany. They are the world champion team, and they are getting

:37:23.:37:27.

the early lead as we always expected them to do. About half-a-

:37:28.:37:31.

length over Great Britain. The British crew in the middle of your

:37:31.:37:35.

picture. Great Britain are the world silver medallists. They have

:37:35.:37:41.

been dropped out of it by Canada. Australia also going well in a

:37:41.:37:46.

number one. The first 500 is crucial, at that they get up, and

:37:46.:37:55.

Great Britain are currently in 4th position. 1: 23. 1: 19 is

:37:55.:37:59.

sensational for Germany. And Australia are up there as well,

:37:59.:38:05.

also breaking the 1: 21 over 500. And a tail wind will help, which

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will get stronger and stronger as they come down the course. Canada

:38:11.:38:15.

really pushing on to Germany. But it Germany are so slick. They are

:38:15.:38:22.

not very big men, but they rose so well together -- they rarely so

:38:22.:38:28.

well together. And they have such a metronomic way of moving. The last

:38:28.:38:32.

time there was a dominant age of three years as world champions was

:38:32.:38:37.

the United States and they came 5th in the Olympic final. So it is very

:38:37.:38:42.

hard to stay on top. Great Britain are hunting them down. They will

:38:42.:38:46.

come on in the second half but they have given themselves a lot to do.

:38:46.:38:50.

I was sitting with Juergen Grobler at the final training camp and he

:38:50.:38:55.

let slip that he believes Great Britain will catch Germany. Whether

:38:55.:38:59.

it is this year or next year, he absolutely believes in his Crow

:38:59.:39:07.

that is out there right now. -- crew. Germany leading in the way

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that he believes Great Britain will challenge. They push on through the

:39:12.:39:16.

halfway mark and Great Britain are still in 4th position. A lot of

:39:16.:39:20.

boats now with tandems. If you remember the Boat race in April,

:39:20.:39:25.

everybody was a lot surprised that there were tandems, people Rowing

:39:25.:39:32.

on the same side. Now they have that to help the boat go straight

:39:32.:39:38.

and bring more power to the stern. NS 500 metres, Germany are still

:39:38.:39:43.

moving away, they look a great -- in this. They are doing everything

:39:43.:39:50.

that has been asked of them by their Cox. He is just pushing hard.

:39:50.:39:57.

There is the British crew, stroked by Dan Richie and they have a

:39:57.:40:01.

tradition of coming back and they will come back. It is all about

:40:01.:40:04.

have they left it too much to overhaul the Germans that are

:40:04.:40:08.

leading the race? It is Germany had front and the rest of the world

:40:08.:40:13.

chasing. Canada has the edge on Great Britain. That is what the

:40:13.:40:16.

situation was in their heats earlier on but Great Britain came

:40:16.:40:22.

through in the last 200. But there is no stopping Germany. They will

:40:22.:40:28.

have to do a lot to get back on terms. Out to three-quarters of a

:40:28.:40:34.

length. We now have 500 metres remaining in this final of the

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men's heavyweight eight and the British crew have moved up again.

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It is Germany and Great Britain going through that particular mark.

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The British are racing for one medal. They have got that the

:40:47.:40:51.

silver medal from last year. Or here, they have been focused on one

:40:51.:40:56.

colour, one medal -- all here. It is gold and they are pushing on and

:40:57.:41:03.

they need to. A bit of discrepancy on the timing of the British aid.

:41:03.:41:08.

Number seven, just behind the stroke, he is going in a bit late

:41:08.:41:12.

behind the rest of the crew. A on the far side, at Australia and

:41:12.:41:19.

Canada also battling it out for the bronze medal. The British crew are

:41:19.:41:25.

still pushing hard. Less than 20 strokes. You can count them in from

:41:25.:41:29.

here. The Germans have perhaps done enough but Great Britain have to

:41:29.:41:34.

throw absolutely everything. Still the Blades slap across the water.

:41:34.:41:38.

It is going to be so tight but I don't think Britain will be able to

:41:38.:41:42.

do it. There is a bit of mistiming in their boat and it won't help.

:41:42.:41:48.

Germany are moving on to the line. Inside the last 50 metres it will

:41:48.:41:53.

be the gold medal, 2011, going to Germany. The cell that is pushed

:41:53.:41:57.

hard and Great Britain will have to hang on. Silver for Great Britain

:41:57.:42:04.

and bombs for Canada. -- bronze for Canada. The Germans now, three in a

:42:04.:42:09.

row. They have been outstanding in the men's 8. There will be huge

:42:09.:42:13.

disappointment. It is a silver medal for the British crew. They

:42:13.:42:18.

sit slumped over. They got close and that they knew they had it in

:42:18.:42:21.

them this year. Then some of those World Cup regattas, they were

:42:21.:42:26.

showing great speed in the closing stages, but the conditions here,

:42:26.:42:30.

the waters, there was a few slapping of the blade, it didn't

:42:31.:42:34.

allow them to get the rhythm that the Germans had.

:42:34.:42:39.

They are a very good crew but they are lacking that first push in the

:42:39.:42:43.

first 500 metres to keep them level in the first part of the race.

:42:43.:42:47.

Silver again for Great Britain behind Germany to get stronger and

:42:47.:42:52.

stronger. But there is no tradition of the Earth -- an old tradition of

:42:52.:42:57.

three in a row. The British crew have got to regroup and they will

:42:57.:43:05.

and will come back a quicker and People will allies that race and

:43:05.:43:08.

say you almost get yourself too much to do in the second half --

:43:08.:43:12.

analysed. Talk us through the start. We have work done that because we

:43:12.:43:16.

know we have to get away and be in the race. Normally the crew that is

:43:16.:43:20.

winning at 500 ends up winning the race. We used as much power as we

:43:20.:43:24.

have got to get away and tried to find a sustainable pace. Maybe we

:43:24.:43:29.

are not as strong as the others, may be the rest of them are younger

:43:29.:43:34.

crew and we don't necessarily have the power out of the start. But we

:43:34.:43:37.

have a good cruising speed and that is the way we have to use the

:43:37.:43:42.

strength, get away as quick as we can. Yes, exactly the same. He is

:43:42.:43:46.

getting a bit old so we have to get a few wins in before he kick said.

:43:46.:43:52.

But it is difficult, we leave ourselves more to do and come back

:43:53.:43:56.

strong usually and it is disappointing been further away

:43:56.:44:01.

than we were last year. Two seconds, it was not 0.6 last year. It is a

:44:01.:44:07.

bitter pill to swallow. -- it was 0.6.

:44:07.:44:11.

They had a huge event of expectation and rightly so. Not a

:44:11.:44:15.

bad World Cup season through 2011. They had a great training camp

:44:15.:44:25.

through Portugal in the lead-up to But on the day, conditions just did

:44:25.:44:34.

not work, they were 4th at the 500 metres mark, for that 1,000 metres.

:44:34.:44:44.
:44:44.:44:45.

You just cannot allow Germany to move away for you -- from you.

:44:45.:44:49.

Mohammed so be he, one of the talisman in the middle of the boat.

:44:49.:44:58.

-- Mohamed Sbihi. And Greg Searle will be hugely disappointed. They

:44:58.:45:02.

will reflect on this. They all slumped over their blades as they

:45:02.:45:12.
:45:12.:45:13.

went through the line, they went Dan Ritchie, a great stroke. Very

:45:13.:45:23.
:45:23.:45:29.

It is a great rivalry now between the German crew and the British

:45:29.:45:34.

crew. What was your take on that race? I suppose the Germans have

:45:34.:45:39.

been very outstanding all season, the last two seasons in fact. I was

:45:39.:45:43.

hoping our team would have been closer. I was still expecting them

:45:43.:45:47.

to get the silver but what was a bit worrying was how close everyone

:45:47.:45:51.

was behind. You could say the Germans were ahead of the field of

:45:51.:45:58.

everyone else and everyone else was battling for the minor medals.

:45:58.:46:05.

and large, in men's eights especially, the crew who is in

:46:05.:46:12.

front at 500m ends up winning. How do you do that, get out in front?

:46:12.:46:16.

Because it is a sport that goes out backwards, there is a huge

:46:16.:46:20.

advantage at being in front. You can see what everyone else is doing

:46:20.:46:24.

and respond to it. You're cruising speed and flat-out speed is not

:46:24.:46:28.

very much between that but trying to change that is very difficult

:46:28.:46:32.

because you have always got this sort of mental stigma in the back

:46:32.:46:38.

of your mind that, if I go out to hard I will not last the distance.

:46:38.:46:44.

But then in the next race you are talking 5.5 minutes, you just have

:46:44.:46:48.

to go for it. The last few Olympic champions are the people who have

:46:48.:46:58.
:46:58.:47:05.

Olympic sports can be found on the Let's hear about one of the men's

:47:05.:47:08.

Archers former colleagues doing something perhaps more important

:47:08.:47:18.
:47:18.:47:21.

He has handled the pressure of an Olympic final but now for Tom

:47:21.:47:26.

Moussi the stakes are even higher. Today he is leaving his -- leading

:47:26.:47:32.

his men on another patrol in Helmand province, the part of the

:47:32.:47:38.

Afghanistan where peak fighting has been fiercest. But he has no qualms

:47:38.:47:46.

about giving up his Olympic chances to serve in the Marines. It is all

:47:46.:47:55.

I have ever wanted to do. I got as far as I hoped in running and after

:47:55.:47:59.

that it was time for a change. was the youngest member of the

:47:59.:48:06.

Great Britain training squad in Beijing at just 20 years ever age.

:48:06.:48:15.

-- 20 years of age. He looked set to have an Olympic career. Some

:48:15.:48:19.

people would be disappointed with the silver but for me, just winning

:48:19.:48:29.
:48:29.:48:34.

an Olympic medal was fantastic. You just take it. He keeps talking

:48:34.:48:38.

about it all the time. Should have got a gold medal, should have got a

:48:39.:48:43.

gold medal... He blames the rest of his team. This is Tom's first tour

:48:44.:48:49.

of duty as a Royal Marine, and the work is varied. Earning respect is

:48:49.:48:53.

vital. The company is helping to run a veterinary clinic where local

:48:53.:48:59.

Afghans can have their animals checked. It is very important. It

:48:59.:49:04.

develops a relationship with locals. It helps them to learn to look

:49:04.:49:09.

after their own animals as well. With security, there is still a

:49:09.:49:19.
:49:19.:49:19.

threat out there. Small arms and suicide bombers, IEDs. We are

:49:19.:49:29.
:49:29.:49:29.

providing protection at the moment. There are some obvious similarities

:49:29.:49:35.

between life as a row and a marine. Steyn c received it is a necessity

:49:36.:49:45.
:49:46.:49:47.

for both. -- staying very fit. think when I watch the races next

:49:47.:49:51.

year I will think, that would be quite good. But that is just a

:49:51.:49:58.

small moment in time. Carrying on a Redding into the London Olympics

:49:58.:50:04.

would have made the tradition into this Korea more difficult. -- a

:50:04.:50:11.

transition. And there is no guarantee you are going to get my

:50:11.:50:17.

goal you want. But he has not given up hope of returning to Bury one

:50:18.:50:25.

day, but it will not be until well after the 2012 Olympics. There is a

:50:25.:50:34.

lot that I want to achieve in the Marines. I am looking forward and

:50:34.:50:37.

if I could get myself back into shape again, I would definitely

:50:37.:50:43.

give it another shot in the future. And I am short Tom has been

:50:43.:50:47.

following events here. During the World Championship there are also

:50:47.:50:51.

several events that are not Olympic disciplines and Britain had high

:50:51.:51:01.
:51:01.:51:07.

hopes in several of these, notably British crew just going through

:51:07.:51:13.

500m. New Zealand growing lane number one, absolutely stormed out

:51:13.:51:20.

in the first 500m. They maintained their pace at the halfway mark but

:51:20.:51:25.

the third part has really been about Great Britain. They have been

:51:25.:51:29.

taking less strokes per minute than they cruise around them and that

:51:29.:51:36.

really has come to their benefit. - - Les strokes per minute than the

:51:36.:51:43.

cruise around them. The crew average cannot exceed 70 Joe grams.

:51:43.:51:48.

They have taken it up, though. They have gone up to 40 strokes per

:51:48.:51:51.

minute. That is what New Zealand have been doing from the start.

:51:51.:51:56.

Great Britain have timed their push very well and they are now moving

:51:56.:52:04.

away from Germany. Very good running. Kieren Emery, this is the

:52:04.:52:08.

race for the gold medal in this final of the men's lightweight

:52:08.:52:12.

coxless pair. It is not an Olympic event but for Great Britain and

:52:12.:52:17.

many other nations, it is an important feeder event into the

:52:17.:52:22.

mid- lightweight coxless four. So it is imperative that the British

:52:22.:52:29.

do well. 100m now. And the British have timed this race right down to

:52:29.:52:34.

the last stroke. It is perfection to the line and there are rewarded

:52:34.:52:39.

with a gold medal. The first of these championships. A gold medal

:52:39.:52:44.

to Great Britain, and New Zealand are slumped over their oars. Where

:52:44.:52:48.

were they in the closing stages? It is great Britain getting the gold

:52:48.:52:58.
:52:58.:53:00.

World champions. How good is that? Pretty awesome. We worked for it.

:53:00.:53:07.

We are very impressed. At 1,000 metres it was very tight, four

:53:07.:53:11.

boats in a line. Are you looking across? How are you playing things

:53:11.:53:16.

at that stage? I have a habit of looking about but we stuck to our

:53:16.:53:21.

guns in the middle of the race, stuck to what we know best. We got

:53:21.:53:31.
:53:31.:53:39.

It has been a sensational year for Peter Chambers and Kiernan and

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Marie, they add the gold medal to their under 23 medal that they were

:53:44.:53:52.

earlier this year. -- Kieren Emery. It is just getting better for these

:53:52.:54:02.
:54:02.:54:03.

youngsters, in sensational style John Inverdale sadly that success

:54:03.:54:08.

could not be replicated in the women's event. Adam Freeman-Pask

:54:08.:54:11.

from Windsor finished back of the field in the men's final bi-by

:54:11.:54:16.

Denmark. Plenty of medal opportunities ahead for Katherine

:54:16.:54:19.

Grainger and Anna Watkins there will be sure to be gold, defending

:54:19.:54:23.

champions in the double scull and in imperious form in the last World

:54:23.:54:28.

Cup regatta. For Hodge and read in the men's pair, it might be silver

:54:28.:54:32.

but can they produce a golden moment to be the seemingly unbeaten

:54:32.:54:37.

All -- unbeatable New Zealanders? And for the light weight four, the

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same again would do nicely. Chambers, Bartlett, Mattick and

:54:42.:54:46.

Williams were victorious a year ago in New Zealand. Can they double up

:54:46.:54:51.

here in Bled? The thing with growing, as with so

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many other international sports, is that every passing year more and

:54:56.:54:59.

more countries get involved. There are 1,200 athletes here from

:54:59.:55:07.

countries as diverse as Iran, Egypt, Venezuela, Thailand and ITV this

:55:07.:55:12.

man from Angola. The only man flying the Angolan flak here in

:55:12.:55:20.

Bled. How proud are you to be here? I am proud to represent my country.

:55:20.:55:28.

Tell us about running in Angola. How many people are doing is?

:55:28.:55:32.

three but it will be much more in the future. Being in Bled, trying

:55:32.:55:38.

to qualify to the Games and Shereen to the England people that you can

:55:38.:55:45.

do great things here. -- Shereen. Are the people in Angola aware that

:55:45.:55:50.

you are competing here? Some are aware of it. We are trying to get

:55:50.:55:56.

more attention because pribbling is not a very popular sport. --

:55:56.:56:01.

because rowing is not a very popular sport. We have two based

:56:02.:56:07.

wet it is possible to row. Is it all about money, that it costs

:56:07.:56:17.
:56:17.:56:18.

money and there is not much money in Angola? Of course, but I know

:56:18.:56:22.

that and on it can support sports. It is normal that we have to prove

:56:22.:56:27.

that you deserve the money. But we have to show it. All around the

:56:27.:56:32.

world, it is normal. We did not have medals, we are not popular,

:56:32.:56:37.

but I know that after we qualify, because we will, I am sure, I will

:56:37.:56:42.

work for that, and the other guys are helping, we will get more money.

:56:43.:56:48.

See you in London 2012? I have to! It is very important for us to go

:56:48.:56:53.

to London because there are a lot of people working, helping, I have

:56:53.:56:59.

my partner that his injured... very best of luck. We look forward

:56:59.:57:05.

to seeing you in 11 months' time. Lovely Jimmy Choo. I promise you we

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will talk in 11 months' time. -- lovely to meet you. Back to events

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on the lake. This is Pateman and Wells, a real medal opportunity in

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:57:25.:57:25.

the men's double sculls. My name is Matt Wells. I am Marcus Bateman. I

:57:25.:57:32.

am in the double sculls. Togetherness, unity. Marcus's big

:57:32.:57:37.

strength is that he is Eyke really strong dive. He is mentally very

:57:37.:57:44.

tough. If I could change one things -- one thing about Marcus, it would

:57:44.:57:49.

be used diet of salt and vinegar crisps. He is always trying to be

:57:49.:57:54.

the bigger guy. He knows exactly what winds me up. I would probably

:57:54.:57:59.

get him some platform shoes so he could be as tall as me. Thank you

:57:59.:58:09.
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double sculls, lane two, Great Britain's Matthew Wells and Marcus

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Bateman. Germany have taken not only lead but they will be

:58:23.:58:28.

challenged a lot by New Zealand. New Zealand come on well. High

:58:28.:58:33.

stroke rate. But they are sitting quite a long way back, New Zealand.

:58:33.:58:42.

Great Britain have moved a very well up to the 750m. Wells and

:58:42.:58:50.

Bateman from Leander Club. A great combination, these two. The

:58:50.:58:54.

characters, the personalities. They really have gelled very well. And

:58:54.:59:02.

they are in amongst it all now. Rt Hon the money. That is Luka Spik

:59:02.:59:10.

in the stroke seat. The younger man now. Usually it would be another

:59:10.:59:14.

rower in the stroke seat but now Luka Spik is the man. He is the

:59:14.:59:20.

younger man and he will be fighting hard to get on the podium. Coming

:59:20.:59:24.

up to the halfway mark now, Great Britain in lane number two, just

:59:24.:59:29.

starting to suffer, then coming back into fourth position now.

:59:29.:59:34.

Moving back slowly here. Something not quite right in amongst the

:59:34.:59:40.

boats. We move into the third 500m. Germany, New Zealand, Australia and

:59:40.:59:46.

now Great Britain moving back to fourth place. Great Britain is

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usually really strong here. They don't usually get on quite so fast

:59:50.:59:54.

that they are usually strong in the middle of the race and then have a

:59:54.:59:59.

kick at the end. So to see them sitting back there is unusual.

:59:59.:00:03.

second 1,000 metres of this final, the men's heavyweight double sculls

:00:03.:00:07.

and Australia in lane one, the Olympic champions really putting on

:00:07.:00:13.

the pressure here for Britain's Matthew Wells and Marcus Bateman.

:00:14.:00:20.

They were up in amongst it towards the 750m mark. Starting to suffer,

:00:20.:00:30.
:00:30.:00:36.

right to the line. His Zealand are already up to just under 40 strokes

:00:36.:00:40.

per minute -- New Zealand. Germany, two or three strokes per minute

:00:40.:00:46.

less, but again, New Zealander, attacking all the time, trying to

:00:46.:00:56.
:00:56.:00:57.

where the opposition that -- where the opposition down. 500 metres

:00:57.:01:01.

remain in his final of the men's heavyweight double sculls and Great

:01:01.:01:05.

Britain are languishing towards the back of the pack. It is Germany,

:01:05.:01:11.

New Zealand and Australia. The mood is changing from each market. Now

:01:11.:01:15.

the Australians have moved back to third, Germany have retaken the

:01:16.:01:21.

lead than the New Zealand, back in a lane number three, the world

:01:21.:01:25.

champions, will have to draw on that experience. The Germans are

:01:25.:01:30.

going absolutely mad in a number four. Stephen Krueger, winner of

:01:30.:01:34.

this event two years ago, with a new partner at this time around, he

:01:34.:01:40.

is lifting the double sculls up and they are moving. Germany have taken

:01:40.:01:46.

on that same a less than, they held off before they pushed the stroke

:01:46.:01:51.

rate up. They are now up to 40 and matching New Zealand and so it New

:01:51.:01:57.

Zealand have nowhere to go. race is really on for the silver

:01:57.:02:01.

medal. The New Zealanders are coming back again, they have thrown

:02:01.:02:07.

just about all they have. Surely they will not overhaul Germany

:02:07.:02:13.

here? The Germans are going mad end the crowd. Matthew Wells and Marcus

:02:13.:02:17.

Bateman are really out of the pack, something going on there, but for

:02:17.:02:20.

the gold medal, it is coming down to the line and the Germans are

:02:20.:02:27.

hanging on for dear life. Here come New Zealand. Up to the line. And

:02:27.:02:31.

they are through! They won't know it but it looks as though New

:02:31.:02:36.

Zealand, by one inch on a line, have successfully defended their

:02:36.:02:42.

gold medal from last year. And Germany have just collapsed. It is

:02:42.:02:46.

a photo finish, but New Zealand are celebrating and the Germans have

:02:46.:02:51.

their heads in their hands. So New Zealand, the world champions

:02:51.:02:55.

two years in a row. Germany second. A France are the bronze medallist.

:02:55.:03:05.
:03:05.:03:08.

Today was a very difficult day. I woke up in the middle of the night

:03:08.:03:14.

with Marcus being ill, literally all night. We were undecided as to

:03:14.:03:17.

whether to race today and made the decision to do it and I think we

:03:17.:03:21.

put in a good performance. All credit to this guy, when it

:03:21.:03:26.

actually mattered, he really put it out there. Considering what our

:03:26.:03:30.

preparation was like, it was good. I felt like that had the worst

:03:30.:03:35.

hangover. It was not ideal preparation, but you had to perform

:03:35.:03:40.

on the day. Trying to take the race by the scruff of the neck and

:03:40.:03:45.

trying every stroke, just put it out there, put it out there. We

:03:45.:03:50.

were hanging in there and it was a gutsy race, but in the final length,

:03:50.:03:54.

it was just too much. I had no energy.

:03:54.:03:57.

A I suppose the only question that needs to be asked is should they

:03:57.:04:03.

have raised? It is always difficult. The golden rule should be if you

:04:03.:04:06.

are not going to do yourself any harm and it is the last race of the

:04:06.:04:09.

season, you go out and raised. I will probably get in trouble for

:04:09.:04:13.

that, because it is the team doctor that makes that decision -- race.

:04:13.:04:20.

And she is? My wife. Hopefully she won't see Best Broadcast. At the

:04:20.:04:24.

end of the day, he must have thought he wouldn't do himself any

:04:24.:04:29.

harm. I would have raised. You need to have closure, it is not like you

:04:29.:04:33.

are going to race in another three weeks -- I would have raced. The

:04:33.:04:40.

golden rule, if you don't have -- think you are going to do yourself

:04:40.:04:45.

any harm, go out. You will unlike - - you will likely have a poor

:04:45.:04:50.

result but you need that closure. That move on to the crew that were

:04:50.:04:53.

world champions in New Zealand last year, the men's lightweight four.

:04:53.:04:57.

It was agonising, spectacular, going down to the last stroke.

:04:58.:05:01.

Garry Herbert asked them to leak -- really of the race from beginning

:05:01.:05:09.

to end. Sitting at the start line, I'm probably my most relaxed.

:05:09.:05:12.

was pretty confident, feeling pretty good. And off we went -- I

:05:12.:05:22.
:05:22.:05:25.

was. We started to power away from Great Britain in lane four. We get

:05:25.:05:30.

to 500, how is it at this stage? The birds are moving away from us

:05:30.:05:34.

but we had been used to that. -- the boat. There was a bigger

:05:34.:05:39.

crosswind that we weren't dealing with. But I was still confident at

:05:39.:05:42.

of what would happen later in the race.

:05:42.:05:48.

COMMENTATOR: The Germans taking it on. Just riding over the top of

:05:48.:05:52.

that. Just look at that, perfect timing are coming towards the

:05:52.:05:57.

halfway mark. We get to 1,000, it is a quick race.

:05:57.:06:02.

We have always had as strong a third of 500.

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COMMENTATOR: They really thrive in the second half of the race.

:06:08.:06:13.

will often get a bit of a lead. We didn't get the usual amount.

:06:13.:06:16.

COMMENTATOR: There are now three boats in the hunt for that precious

:06:16.:06:20.

gold medal and the British are finally squeezing on.

:06:21.:06:26.

If you are ahead at 1,500, you know you have to work pretty damn hard

:06:26.:06:33.

to get past. COMMENTATOR: About six feet over

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Germany with 400 metres remaining. They will be under attack from

:06:37.:06:41.

Australia and China. I think the feeling within the Crow

:06:41.:06:47.

was go as hard as you can now. COMMENTATOR: 25 strokes.

:06:47.:06:53.

Our I could see the Australians getting closer. -- I could say.

:06:53.:06:59.

COMMENTATOR: It is a matter of feet and inches. 100m. The Chinese came

:06:59.:07:03.

from nowhere. COMMENTATOR: You have to watch the

:07:03.:07:13.
:07:13.:07:17.

Part a view is really happy that it is over, because obviously it had

:07:17.:07:20.

quite the better -- part of you. The I may have been a little over

:07:20.:07:24.

confident that we had one. Then I saw the result and I started

:07:24.:07:29.

jumping up. It is incredible to win. To do it with this crew is

:07:29.:07:39.
:07:39.:07:45.

final of the men's lightweight coxless four, Great Britain in lane

:07:45.:07:55.
:07:55.:08:01.

Richard Chambers, Chris Bartley, Rob Williams in the stroke seat

:08:01.:08:07.

responsible for driving of the crew off the start. The British are the

:08:07.:08:12.

defending champions. They were first at the Lucerne, the last

:08:12.:08:17.

World Cup regatta of the 2011 series. Denmark will be pushing

:08:17.:08:24.

them hard. They made a change since last year in the order. When they

:08:24.:08:34.
:08:34.:08:34.

had any injury and trained as a minute to support them, they are

:08:34.:08:38.

won and it was outstanding, but it meant that Rob Williams went to

:08:38.:08:43.

stroke, and they decided to keep him and the have Paul Mattick down

:08:43.:08:48.

to number three. The arrangement makes it more muscular -- then have

:08:49.:08:53.

a. It makes it more dynamic and I think they may be a faster Crow

:08:53.:09:00.

than they were last year. I think it works very well -- a faster crew.

:09:00.:09:06.

Italy, 6-in the world championships last year, in name and number three.

:09:06.:09:13.

At the top, Denmark led by Ed Genson, two-time Olympic champion

:09:13.:09:23.

in this event -- Edmondson. Through the 500 metres. China, Italy,

:09:23.:09:28.

Denmark... Great Britain in last position. That shows you how tight

:09:28.:09:32.

the field is and secondly, how quick they are going. Having said

:09:32.:09:36.

what I just said, I would think they would be faster. It is

:09:36.:09:41.

surprising there have slipped down the back. They are looking relaxed,

:09:41.:09:46.

but they are a length down on the field. The maximum individual

:09:46.:09:52.

weight in this category, the individuals cannot exceed 72.5

:09:52.:09:58.

kilograms. The group average cannot exceed 70 kilograms. China have

:09:58.:10:03.

gone out fast. Denmark with all of that experience, three-time Olympic

:10:04.:10:09.

champion Edmundson, he has got a lot on his shoulders, he has come

:10:09.:10:13.

back to help Denmark and try and help himself to a 4th Olympic gold

:10:13.:10:18.

medal. That would be spectacular. Italy are looking very strong but,

:10:19.:10:28.
:10:29.:10:36.

sitting low and the driving hard of the men's lightweight coxless

:10:36.:10:40.

four. Three of this Italian boat came 6th in the world championships

:10:40.:10:45.

last year. They have taken it on and they are leading the field

:10:45.:10:50.

through the halfway mark. It is 1,000 down, 1,000 to go. Great

:10:50.:10:54.

Britain have moved back up into 5th place. They have got a lot to do,

:10:54.:11:02.

the defending champions, Rob Williams, Paul Mattick, Chris

:11:02.:11:08.

Bartley and Richard Chambers. One thing is for sure, the British do

:11:08.:11:11.

get stronger and stronger as the cause goes down. So they will

:11:12.:11:16.

relish the challenge here, but it is a big challenge. They didn't

:11:16.:11:21.

seem to be too slow off the start. They seemed to get off OK, so there

:11:21.:11:25.

was nothing wrong there. Just assuming that everybody has gone

:11:25.:11:30.

off too fast to try and take advantage, but I think that they

:11:30.:11:35.

have got a sense of rhythm in that boat that could carry them through,

:11:35.:11:42.

at least into the medals hopefully. Look at how tied it all is, six

:11:42.:11:52.
:11:52.:11:53.

feet from lane number two, the move away in other events, such is

:11:53.:11:59.

the nature of these crews being at the same average wait. The British

:11:59.:12:08.

are starting to move. They can wind it up and they will have their.

:12:09.:12:13.

They are now just edging into third place -- if they will have to.

:12:13.:12:18.

Denmark are fast finishers and they will be pressing. Into the last

:12:18.:12:21.

quarter of the men's lightweight coxless four and Great Britain have

:12:21.:12:31.
:12:31.:12:34.

come back in. Into third position. But that will not be enough for the

:12:34.:12:38.

British crew, because Great Britain are the defending world champions.

:12:38.:12:43.

They have got one medal on their mind. It is going to be a big push

:12:43.:12:49.

for all of the crews. 400 metres remaining. Australia are looking

:12:49.:12:53.

very sweet out there. Technically beautiful, very good connection,

:12:54.:12:59.

good link-up in the way they are rowing and they are moving away.

:13:00.:13:02.

Nearly 40 strokes per minute and they are moving away with 50 metres

:13:02.:13:09.

to go. Absolutely breathtaking from the Australians. It has been a very

:13:09.:13:13.

long time since we have seen a distance of one length in this

:13:13.:13:17.

event, but still, the defending champions, the world champions,

:13:17.:13:22.

Great Britain, know they have 15 strokes to go to recapture that

:13:22.:13:27.

medal, which is stepping away. China, closest to us had shortened

:13:27.:13:33.

it up. They are in maximums Brent. They are right on the edge. It is

:13:33.:13:38.

Australia, it is Italy, and Australia. Australia within five

:13:38.:13:44.

strokes. We will have a new world champion. Australia, Italy and

:13:45.:13:49.

Great Britain in the bronze-medal position. The Great Britain heads

:13:50.:13:55.

go down but the arms of punching the air for Australia, who are now

:13:55.:14:04.

crowned the new world champions of champions. Italy in second and

:14:04.:14:08.

Great Britain had a huge fight just have to get back into the third

:14:08.:14:14.

have to get back into the third It is the nature of a lightweight

:14:14.:14:18.

fours that they are always competitive and sometimes you win

:14:18.:14:23.

and some time she died. Is that how you view that? Yes, it is so

:14:23.:14:29.

competitive. -- sometimes you don't. We wanted to win but when they

:14:29.:14:33.

margins are so small, there is no room for error and the Australians

:14:33.:14:38.

had a blinder. We may be wound our best but that is what happens. --

:14:38.:14:44.

we may be weren't at our best. there an airy you can pinpoint?

:14:44.:14:48.

didn't get into the best rhythm in the middle of the race. We didn't

:14:48.:14:53.

do the job we had to do and it left us too much at the end. We fought

:14:53.:14:56.

hand -- hard and we are happy to be on the podium but we would prefer

:14:57.:15:00.

to win it. The British crew accepting the

:15:00.:15:07.

bronze medals. Only one year ago, they were top of the podium. They

:15:07.:15:11.

will go away and reform. They just got absolutely dropped in the first

:15:12.:15:16.

500 metres and from there on in, they were on the back foot. They

:15:16.:15:20.

were on the back foot in Lucerne but you can't afford it at World

:15:20.:15:23.

Championships. As ever, the lightweight four is

:15:23.:15:31.

unbelievably competitive. Would you Would you be downhearted by a

:15:31.:15:40.

bronze in the lightweight fours? Certainly disappointed. For... Did

:15:40.:15:45.

not really think that they would win gold at this time, the women,

:15:45.:15:49.

but we did think that the lightweight fours would. They

:15:49.:15:53.

drifted further back than they normally would. They are not

:15:53.:16:00.

normally very fast Stratas. -- starters. But we cannot be upset

:16:00.:16:04.

with a bronze medal. They are a very talented crew as they proved

:16:04.:16:09.

last year and through the season. There is no reason they cannot get

:16:09.:16:14.

back on to form for next year. are genuine gold medals contenders.

:16:15.:16:22.

The women's eight is actually nine people, eight people in the back

:16:22.:16:30.

and one -- in the boat and then gone out the back. Garry Herbert is

:16:30.:16:35.

our own Olympic medal winning cox. Here with Caroline cox and of the

:16:35.:16:42.

women's and we are in -- and the women's eight. We are in what I

:16:42.:16:47.

call the cockpit of the boat. The shoes for one thing, that is a new

:16:47.:16:53.

invention. Yes, this is one thing I came up with myself. I found I was

:16:53.:16:58.

moving about quite a bit. Your voice is transmitted to the

:16:58.:17:02.

athletes but because I was not using the old equipment there was

:17:02.:17:08.

more manoeuvrability. So I decided to buy these shoes and have then

:17:08.:17:13.

screwed in place. What else is going on here? This allows me to

:17:13.:17:18.

download a lot more data at the end. I can see if there is, perhaps, a

:17:18.:17:26.

drop in Greece or in speed -- increase in speed. It gives me a

:17:27.:17:31.

lot of good feedback which I can then link up. You have a head said

:17:31.:17:35.

here. This is what you are communicating through to the rest

:17:35.:17:42.

of the boat. And they are speakers under the seats? No, we only have

:17:42.:17:46.

three speakers in the boat and that enables me to talk to the Rovers

:17:46.:17:52.

rather than shout. One of the main jobs for a cox is to steer the boat.

:17:52.:17:58.

You want to use the rider as little as possible. Off the start, are you

:17:58.:18:04.

calm and relaxed or do you scream and shout? At the moment we are

:18:04.:18:08.

really focusing on making sure we get out of the blocks hard but come

:18:08.:18:12.

on to a really good race with them. With that you need to make sure

:18:12.:18:15.

everything is quite clear and succinct so that everyone knows

:18:15.:18:22.

what is going on. The really important thing is that the eight

:18:22.:18:32.
:18:32.:18:35.

row has -- people -- rowers are in Great Britain in learn five. They

:18:35.:18:40.

were faults at the World Championships last year. -- they

:18:40.:18:49.

were fourth. We are a way in what will be, for Great Britain, one of

:18:49.:18:53.

the most important races of the year. This in the final of the

:18:53.:18:59.

women's eight. In lane one, China, Romania in lane two, cancer in lane

:18:59.:19:04.

three, the Olympic and defended were champions from the sense of

:19:04.:19:07.

America in at lane four. Great Britain are in lane five and the

:19:07.:19:16.

Netherlands in lane six. 6 boats. A repeat of last year's World

:19:16.:19:20.

Championship final. All boats racing for a medal but only five of

:19:20.:19:24.

these crews will automatically qualify for these Olympic Games in

:19:24.:19:31.

London next year. I desperately awful situation to be in if you are

:19:31.:19:38.

the sixth boat. We can see how it, compared to last year, everyone has

:19:38.:19:42.

really moved on, and Great Britain will have to be careful in this

:19:42.:19:46.

final to make sure they understand that and that they push on and do

:19:46.:19:56.

something supreme. Canada are the world silver medallist. Lesley

:19:56.:20:01.

Thompson-Willie Olympic champion back in 1992 in Barcelona with the

:20:01.:20:07.

Canadians. Years and years of experience here. One of the most

:20:07.:20:11.

important seats here. Driving the women on in the final of the

:20:11.:20:20.

women's eight. Not much in it through the first 500m. China have

:20:20.:20:22.

dropped by three-quarters of a length. Netherlands and Canada

:20:23.:20:28.

leading the way. The Netherlands are a bit of a dark horse. They are

:20:28.:20:37.

languishing out in a lane six. They were fifth last year. But their

:20:37.:20:42.

World Championship bronze medallists from 2009. A lot of

:20:42.:20:47.

experience in this boat. They always come on well. They always

:20:47.:20:50.

come on world was the Olympics. A lot of countries really bide their

:20:50.:20:56.

time as they head towards the Olympics. Now Britain is well in

:20:56.:21:03.

place there and they should be clear of that as danger zone --

:21:03.:21:07.

that the danger zone of sixth place. The United States are languishing a

:21:07.:21:12.

little bit as cows that have gone out front. The Canadians are so

:21:12.:21:19.

powerful. Really long, sweeping strokes. Very efficient around the

:21:19.:21:24.

front and the USA of the world champions, really just handing off

:21:24.:21:30.

the handle. They use brute power and forced to move it along. To the

:21:30.:21:34.

left of your picture did concede the British crew. Great Britain

:21:34.:21:39.

went through the 500m mark in fourth position. Currently sitting

:21:39.:21:48.

in the same place now. She has now moved down to the stroke seat and

:21:48.:21:54.

it is working. At the halfway already and Canada, the world

:21:54.:21:58.

silver medallists, are leading. The world and Olympic champions from

:21:58.:22:03.

the United States of America are at Next and Great Britain have just

:22:03.:22:09.

moved into fifth position. 6 boats Racing, only five will get

:22:09.:22:14.

automatic qualification for the Olympic Games next year before

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Canada and the United States, it is only one thing on their minds.

:22:18.:22:22.

Winning this gold medals. United States have moved back from

:22:22.:22:27.

quite a long way back for about 800m before. They have now proved

:22:27.:22:32.

up on the shoulder of Canada and they have the experience and power

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to push on back and push right through. 750m now remain. China in

:22:41.:22:47.

lane one, who have rightly dropped out to the top left of your picture.

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So the race is now on for the medals here. Everyone here has

:22:52.:22:57.

qualified. So now we are bracing for the gold medal through to the

:22:58.:23:02.

bronze medal. The British team is starting to move again. There is

:23:02.:23:06.

absolutely no doubt they can get on to the medal podium. They were

:23:06.:23:11.

fourth last year. They are looking long and strong here compared to

:23:11.:23:16.

their competitors. The Dutch have shortened up and are hacking away

:23:16.:23:23.

at it. Romania are very experienced. It is rare you go into the last

:23:23.:23:30.

500m of a final in eight and cannot call what is going on here. As they

:23:30.:23:37.

went through, Canada where leading and then the silver medallists. A

:23:37.:23:41.

couple of feet between them and the USA. The race is on for the bronze

:23:41.:23:47.

medal. Here come Romania, also on the far side, in lane two. The

:23:47.:23:51.

British now in their own fight with the Netherlands in lane six. So

:23:51.:23:56.

much going on, so little water left. Great Britain are moving past the

:23:56.:24:01.

Netherlands but they know they are not going to catch Romania for the

:24:01.:24:05.

bronze. The United States have really forced their way back

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through and past Canada and now in this last the run-in, 250m, they

:24:11.:24:16.

look like they are flying. Canada is just back down, the United

:24:16.:24:20.

States just up and taking the lead, the Olympic and world champions,

:24:20.:24:25.

but with them here come Great Britain. 20 straits remaining, a

:24:25.:24:31.

little under. Now gripped Britain fighting for this bronze medals. --

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Great Britain. It is imperative that all power is used. The last

:24:37.:24:47.

100m. Still on USA for gold medal, Canada for the silver medal. The

:24:47.:24:51.

USA are first. Canada is second and the British crew will get the

:24:51.:24:57.

bronze medal. We watched the arms go up here. They do not know they

:24:57.:25:03.

have won yet but the British have got bronze here today. So the

:25:03.:25:05.

United States successfully defend their Bob Champion should medal for

:25:05.:25:10.

last year, Canada silver and Great Britain, and the last time Great

:25:10.:25:19.

Britain got a bronze medal was back Brilliant. So happy. We knew we had

:25:19.:25:23.

a good line and we had to just believe in that. We went nuts and

:25:23.:25:27.

it was brilliant. At the halfway point to do things you were out of

:25:27.:25:34.

it? No I knew we had a strong finish so we just kept on and kept

:25:34.:25:38.

plugging away at it. Caroline was really good at telling us where we

:25:38.:25:45.

work. I bet you were shouting and the last 300m? Yes. At halfway I

:25:45.:25:51.

think we were in fifth but it was really close, there was two-thirds

:25:51.:25:56.

of a length maximum between the Holtsfield. We could see China were

:25:56.:25:59.

not in it so we knew that was qualification done and we just had

:25:59.:26:06.

to push on for a medal. We built early because I knew we had to go

:26:06.:26:10.

all we were going to leave it too late. It was just fantastic and so

:26:10.:26:16.

committed. We had a really good last 500. This will be a well

:26:16.:26:20.

received bronze medal from the supporters in the crowd. They

:26:20.:26:30.
:26:30.:26:34.

John Inverdale a great finish. have to be pleased with a bronze

:26:34.:26:39.

medal. Disappointed that if they could put in a finish like that,

:26:39.:26:44.

they should have put in something like that earlier in the race. You

:26:44.:26:48.

cannot fault them for a bronze medal. They would have taken that

:26:49.:26:53.

at the beginning of the week all season. It is expected, if we are

:26:53.:27:01.

honest? Yes and No. I suppose if you are going to market up

:27:01.:27:04.

beforehand you would have said fourth or fifth, and that gets

:27:04.:27:09.

close to the qualifying slot. Fourth I would have put my money on

:27:09.:27:13.

but very pleased with a bronze medal. But the way they raced, they

:27:13.:27:17.

know that they can do better by racing in a search -- slightly

:27:17.:27:22.

different way. To another element of the world regattas and these are

:27:22.:27:29.

the Atlantic -- adopted events, the Paralympic events. We will focus on

:27:29.:27:33.

the men's single scull, Tom a car competing this, a former rugby

:27:33.:27:38.

player who was involved in a very serious car crash. -- Tom Aggar.

:27:38.:27:43.

He's looking for his fourth world title. The final of the arms only

:27:43.:27:49.

men's single scull adaptive eventer raised over 1,000 metres, Tom Aggar

:27:49.:27:59.
:27:59.:28:16.

in at lane three will be up against the Russians. -- Tom a car. Looking

:28:17.:28:21.

there at Tom in lane three. USA in lane one, Australia lane two, Great

:28:21.:28:26.

Britain lane three, Russia lane four, Spain lane five and Korea

:28:26.:28:34.

lane six. He has been the Paralympic champion and world

:28:34.:28:37.

champion since he started doing this and immediately he was a big

:28:37.:28:41.

player on the scene. They can only use their arms and shoulders and

:28:41.:28:45.

they cannot swing and the swing of the body, the drunk, is really

:28:45.:28:50.

important in rowing, so this is a very strong restriction. -- the

:28:50.:28:57.

drunk. They are in harnesses so they cannot actually swing at all.

:28:57.:29:02.

The Russian bass drum's strongest of rival and he has been going very

:29:03.:29:12.
:29:13.:29:17.

well. But Tom is quite experienced. He is a very powerful man.

:29:17.:29:21.

rower from the United States of America is in lane number one. This

:29:21.:29:26.

is starting to develop into a fascinating race in the first half

:29:26.:29:31.

as the scullers make their way to the 500m mark. Australia and the

:29:31.:29:35.

United States of America are definitely picking up the pace from

:29:35.:29:42.

their semi-finals. Interesting that it is all arms for Tom. He is not

:29:42.:29:47.

sitting back at all, finishing off his stroke at all, like the Russian.

:29:47.:29:55.

The Russian has a longer stroke and is rather slow. You can see how it

:29:55.:30:00.

Tom has built up his upper-body strength a lot in the gym. He is

:30:00.:30:10.
:30:10.:30:11.

doing very well. The Great Britain rower was named adaptive group of

:30:11.:30:18.

the year bike are rowing federation in 2010. He was Olympic champion

:30:18.:30:22.

from 2008 and rightly so. But he has been put under pressure through

:30:22.:30:28.

the halfway mark on this final here at players. The 2011 World Rally

:30:28.:30:32.

Championship final is Great Britain being put under pressure from

:30:32.:30:42.
:30:42.:30:47.

starting to use a bit more swing. Just sitting back and little bit

:30:47.:30:52.

more and it is giving him more of a sense. One would hope he will open

:30:52.:30:59.

it up over the second part of the race. It is a close race. Tom, from

:30:59.:31:04.

the Royal Docks Rowing Club, a real stalwart of that club. And

:31:04.:31:13.

testament to the focus of adapted Rohlin at the club. -- rowing. They

:31:13.:31:19.

played rugby for the first 15 at University prior to an accident in

:31:19.:31:26.

2006, unrelated to the sport. He took up rowing in 2006 and as they

:31:26.:31:30.

say, the rest is history. He has gone from strength to strength in

:31:30.:31:37.

this event. Coached by Tom Dyson. Just putting on more pressure. 250

:31:37.:31:44.

metres remaining. Still the Russian, in lane number four, hasn't given

:31:44.:31:53.

up the battle yet. It has just stayed at about three quarters of a

:31:53.:31:59.

length all the way. A very close tussle between these two. A all of

:31:59.:32:08.

these scholars have qualified for the Paralympic Games next year --

:32:08.:32:17.

scullers. Now it really is all about racing for medals. Tom Aggar

:32:17.:32:22.

from Great Britain. Just starting again to put the pressure on, just

:32:22.:32:29.

increasing the boat speed. He is away by one length. They are inside

:32:29.:32:34.

the closing stages of this 1,000 metre race. And the Russian is

:32:34.:32:42.

putting in the final sprint towards the line. But Tom Aggar, two-time

:32:42.:32:46.

world champion, will look to make it three in a row after the World

:32:46.:32:53.

Championships. Not a bad effort at all. Defends successfully, Tom

:32:53.:33:00.

Aggar, again, 2011 world champion. The Russian in second place.

:33:00.:33:10.
:33:10.:33:12.

by Russia in the Medway Mark, but Tom Aggar is now the three-times

:33:12.:33:18.

world champion -- midway. He must now be the favourites for the

:33:18.:33:26.

Paralympic Games in London next Well earned and well deserved from

:33:26.:33:32.

Tom Aggar. Next year, at that if rowing will celebrate a decade of

:33:32.:33:37.

introduction -- adaptive rowing will celebrate a decade are sport

:33:37.:33:41.

since its introduction, and Tom Aggar will certainly go in as the

:33:41.:33:46.

favourite. Another title. Yes, I am obviously

:33:46.:33:51.

really pleased. It was a tough race but I have come out on top again.

:33:51.:33:54.

Are you getting better? I am getting stronger and fitter but the

:33:54.:33:57.

rest of the field is getting better so it is a matter of working hard

:33:57.:34:03.

and staying go-ahead for next year. In a race like that, do you get a

:34:03.:34:07.

chance to sample the scenery and think, my God, I have won a world

:34:07.:34:11.

title in one of the most beautiful places on earth? It is one of the

:34:11.:34:16.

most beautiful places to train. I had a few days to enjoy it and take

:34:16.:34:20.

it all in but it was a fantastic atmosphere on the start-line.

:34:20.:34:25.

have three or four weeks of and then it is starting a game. Yes,

:34:25.:34:29.

back to the grind and back into it for next year. It is the big one

:34:29.:34:32.

where it counts, in front of the home crowd so it will be health --

:34:32.:34:36.

all guns blazing. The British pair in be adapted

:34:37.:34:39.

The British pair in be adapted mixed doubles, Sam Scown and Nick

:34:39.:34:49.
:34:49.:34:53.

Beighton, faced a tougher above are all strapped in so there

:34:53.:34:58.

is no movement -- the. It is all about getting a great read them, as

:34:58.:35:07.

we come to the last 200 metres. -- getting a great rhythm. The Ukraine

:35:07.:35:09.

struggling to hang on with Australia putting them under

:35:09.:35:14.

pressure. It is between France, Ukraine and Australia for the

:35:14.:35:17.

silver medal, but China look like they are well out in front and

:35:17.:35:26.

pretty secured. They are fabulous demonstration of team work by China.

:35:27.:35:34.

-- Athar Abbas. They can smell the line, they can sense it -- that is

:35:34.:35:40.

a fabulous demonstration. China absolutely moving to the line.

:35:40.:35:46.

Great Britain in a number six cannot compete. They have qualified

:35:46.:35:49.

for the Paralympic Games but out front, and up to the line, it is

:35:49.:35:54.

going to be a gold medal for China. That is what it means, well

:35:54.:36:00.

demonstrated by China. In second place, France. And the Ukraine

:36:00.:36:10.
:36:10.:36:12.

drift over as Australia move time. Great Britain, although they

:36:12.:36:15.

are last in this final, they can take a lot of credit, because they

:36:15.:36:23.

have qualified for the 2012 Katherine Grainger is a multiple

:36:23.:36:26.

world champion but she and Anna Watkins though another try and

:36:26.:36:30.

there would be the precursor to being Britain's first ever Olympic

:36:30.:36:34.

women's rowing champions next year. The big showdown Nears. If you have

:36:34.:36:38.

lost 13 times on the trot to the same opposition, you would surely

:36:39.:36:45.

throw the towel then? Not if you are Andy Hodge and Peter Reed. Andy

:36:45.:36:49.

has won a world bronze and a world silver. And Alan Campbell complete

:36:49.:36:57.

the set before he gets married? We seem to have spent a lot of time

:36:57.:37:01.

over the last few years discussing it Andy Hodge and Peter Reed and

:37:01.:37:08.

whether they can beat Bond and partner. What is your view of this?

:37:08.:37:14.

13 Thames and they have lost every time -- 13 attempts. The last World

:37:14.:37:17.

Championships, they got the closest they have ever done and that has

:37:17.:37:22.

given them confidence that their season, they can overturn them. --

:37:22.:37:26.

this season. The reality is they haven't embraced them once this

:37:26.:37:32.

year, at Lucerne, -- they have only raced them once this year, at

:37:32.:37:35.

Lucerne, and they got beaten by the biggest margin out of the 14 times

:37:36.:37:43.

they have raised. -- raced. What can they do differently? Is this a

:37:43.:37:50.

physical battle? Or is it a mental battle now? It is half-and-half.

:37:50.:37:53.

Obviously, rowing is very physical but it is a mental sport as well.

:37:53.:37:59.

When you need to go that few tenths of a second quicker, how do you do

:37:59.:38:04.

that? You need more effort, more bigger, more determination, which

:38:04.:38:09.

then causes more attention and that actually make you go slower --

:38:09.:38:13.

pension. You have to go faster without trying harder. How do you

:38:13.:38:18.

do that? Let's hear from the guys on the eve of arguably the biggest

:38:18.:38:26.

. Andy Hodge and Peter Reed are two of the best runners in the world.

:38:26.:38:32.

They are the two best in the British team. -- rollers. Belief in

:38:32.:38:35.

their own ability and the knowledge of the facilities they enjoy and

:38:35.:38:40.

their coaching support is as good as it gets. They live in a no

:38:40.:38:45.

excuse environment. Nationally, they are our best athletes.

:38:45.:38:49.

only trouble is that out there on the water from the other side of

:38:49.:38:58.

the world, to others are a fraction better. -- two. New Zealand looking

:38:58.:39:07.

absolutely spectacular. My Zealand looking very confident.

:39:07.:39:11.

Peter Reed and Andy Hodge won gold in Beijing in the coxless four.

:39:11.:39:16.

British are coming! Gold Medal! Absolutely amazing. Then they set

:39:16.:39:22.

off on their own to attend gold at 2012 in the pair. -- attempt. In

:39:22.:39:26.

the past couple of years, they have raised Bond and Murray 13 times and

:39:26.:39:32.

have lost the lot. -- raced. courageous push by Great Britain

:39:32.:39:36.

but New Zealand when and look at that distance. Limping over the

:39:36.:39:41.

line into second place. A lot of coaches will be thinking that is

:39:41.:39:46.

not the boat to go for. Silva 2 Great Britain. Such a grudge match

:39:46.:39:52.

between these crews -- silver medal for Great Britain. 10 in a road for

:39:52.:39:56.

New Zealand. They are a great crew, a lot of respect for them. It has

:39:56.:40:01.

been a big debate, should they move back into another boat and pursue

:40:01.:40:06.

Olympic glory elsewhere, leaving the pair to the Kiwis? Throwing in

:40:06.:40:11.

the towel is not in their DNA. did go home and cry about not

:40:11.:40:15.

beating them. We have a lot of fortitude and the boat. We are

:40:15.:40:21.

close. At the World Championships last year, it was almost the last

:40:21.:40:27.

throw of the dice. After such a run of defeats, a drubbing here would

:40:27.:40:30.

surely force the British team's handed to making a change. It was

:40:30.:40:34.

handed to making a change. It was so nearly a watershed moment.

:40:34.:40:39.

Zealand on home water. But Great Britain are holding on. We haven't

:40:39.:40:42.

seen Great Britain at perform like this in the two years they have

:40:42.:40:50.

been together. Inside 500 metres. The British Crow are ahead. Now New

:40:50.:40:55.

Zealand move. Great Britain have to hand in. New Zealand from Great

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Britain. It is so close. What a performance from Peter Reed and

:41:00.:41:04.

Andy Hodge. It is a silver medal today but it is as close as they

:41:04.:41:09.

have got. That was the first time have got. That was the first time

:41:09.:41:10.

they have had us through the middle and coming into the finish. We

:41:10.:41:15.

usually think we can walk away with will -- at well but we had to dig

:41:15.:41:20.

deep. That is as good a fight as we can put a bad they have been worthy

:41:20.:41:23.

competition for 18 months. There has been a lot of speculation but

:41:23.:41:28.

we don't know if this is the end of the pair internationally. If it is,

:41:28.:41:33.

we got a lot of silver medals but a lot more fun than that suggests.

:41:33.:41:37.

that in defeat but defeat nonetheless. The winter to consider

:41:37.:41:41.

the options and decide. This is a battle they still believe can be

:41:41.:41:49.

won. This is not a kid club. -- Kids Club. They like to be

:41:49.:41:54.

competitive. Of course, an Olympic champion and silver medallist, it

:41:54.:42:01.

is a bit of a drop. This pair's project really isn't about doing

:42:01.:42:05.

something different of getting our own back. I just feel like this is

:42:05.:42:10.

the fastest boat that Great Britain Canfield and it is still improving.

:42:10.:42:14.

Until we get it absolutely right I am willing to give it ago -- can

:42:14.:42:24.
:42:24.:42:28.

eagerly awaited final at this World Rowing Championships. It is the

:42:29.:42:35.

men's coxless pair. The world champions from New Zealand, 13

:42:35.:42:42.

consecutive wins over Great Britain, looking to make it 14 in a row. The

:42:42.:42:47.

world silver medallists and Olympic champions from the men's coxless

:42:47.:42:55.

four, Peter Reed and Andy Hodge. Will they turn it around today? So

:42:55.:43:01.

much riding on the outcome of this race. Not just for Peter Reed and

:43:01.:43:04.

Andy Hodge from Great Britain in lamed number four, but for the

:43:04.:43:08.

whole of the men's team. Is this the last time we see the men's pair

:43:08.:43:14.

blasting off the start end the first 100? Alongside them, 13

:43:14.:43:20.

consecutive wins, New Zealand, Eric Murray and Hamish Bond, the world

:43:20.:43:26.

champions, in the black strip. Just a fabulous race away its four-star

:43:26.:43:29.

up here it comes under great Britain have been trying out a new

:43:29.:43:35.

strategy. -- here it comes. They have been trying to keep their

:43:35.:43:42.

rates of strokes higher to try and match the New Zealand team. Peter

:43:42.:43:46.

Reed who says it is his job to set the Botha before Andy Hart, his

:43:46.:43:52.

stroke man, not to muscle it along -- set the boat up for Andy Hodge.

:43:52.:44:02.
:44:02.:44:07.

But it looks as though it Germany as they come towards the first

:44:07.:44:11.

timing mark, it will be 500 metres, New Zealand in lane three starting

:44:11.:44:15.

to ease out. They are taking more strokes per minute, so they are

:44:15.:44:19.

getting faster boat speed but they are not continuous with bat boat

:44:19.:44:29.

speed. -- that. They have taken quite a lead. 500 metres down and

:44:29.:44:34.

New Zealand are out to three- quarters of a length. Over Great

:44:34.:44:38.

Britain in a number four. Peter Reed and Andy Hodge really have to

:44:38.:44:45.

just step into, jump into the second 500 metres, otherwise the

:44:45.:44:51.

key ways of Eric Murray and Hamish Bond, two-time world champions, the

:44:51.:44:56.

king to make it 14 in a row -- Kiwis. The that is disappointing,

:44:56.:44:59.

because great Britain have been practising this fast-moving stroke.

:44:59.:45:05.

They looked a little bit laboured them. We got a shot of them. The

:45:05.:45:09.

New Zealanders have already got a length. They are notoriously slow

:45:09.:45:13.

starters but they really move in the second and third 500. Now they

:45:13.:45:18.

are over one day in the head and visions of Lucerne six weeks ago, -

:45:18.:45:24.

- one leg the head, they begin to loom again. This is not good for

:45:24.:45:34.
:45:34.:45:34.

demonstration of racing in the men's heavyweight coxless pair. The

:45:34.:45:38.

New Zealanders have not only taken this race by the scruff of its neck

:45:38.:45:42.

but they are laying down a youth market. But there is one thing they

:45:42.:45:47.

can be sure of, Peter Reed and Andy Hodge from Great Britain will not

:45:47.:45:52.

give up. Not one single stroke. They will be right on it and they

:45:52.:45:58.

will believe in the second 1,000 as they must do that they have enough

:45:58.:46:05.

in the tank to overhaul the world champions. Through the halfway mark.

:46:05.:46:10.

This is an incredible display now. The New Zealand rowing champions,

:46:10.:46:15.

two in a row. Looking as if it is going to be three. They have opened

:46:15.:46:21.

up a length of clear water. Their confidence will be get -- getting

:46:21.:46:30.

better and better. There are really only two boats in this, the world

:46:30.:46:34.

champions New Zealand, the world silver medallists, Great Britain.

:46:35.:46:39.

New Zealand are up at 38 strokes a minute. That is what they like.

:46:39.:46:44.

They are moving along very fast. Now an enormous job there for Great

:46:44.:46:50.

Britain. They have moved up again from 34, 35, which is rather sedate

:46:50.:46:55.

at this level. They have moved it up now and they are beginning to

:46:55.:47:00.

close it up again. Maybe they have a plan. They have been very fast in

:47:00.:47:04.

the middle of this race. Great Britain have to keep it long and

:47:04.:47:13.

relaxed. Andy Hodge is in the stroke seat. These guys are Olympic

:47:13.:47:19.

champions in the men's coxless four so they have all the experience in

:47:19.:47:23.

the bank to overhaul the skies. The main thing is that New Zealand have

:47:23.:47:28.

not gone away any further and Great Britain have to take a huge

:47:28.:47:34.

confidence in that, but time is starting to run out. We are in it

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towards the last 500m. It is going according to script. The New

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Zealanders at 1,500m now lead out by half a length. Undoubtedly,

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Great Britain are starting to move back. They are four at other boats

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but the world is only too far coast -- only focused on the two that

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matter. Britain are coming up towards an overlap with New Zealand.

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We will see fireworks coming. have 400m to go. It is not a long

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way but, my goodness, they are shifting. New Zealand have this be

:48:16.:48:20.

a change that they can do. They have seen the danger and they have

:48:20.:48:25.

changed gear and moved away again. They are right on the edge now,

:48:25.:48:33.

Peter Reed and Andy Hodge. You can count the strokes from here, 200m.

:48:34.:48:39.

They are giving it absolutely everything. We are now 175 metres

:48:39.:48:45.

from the line. Still the world champions from New Zealand hand on.

:48:45.:48:50.

A fantastic comeback from Great Britain. 200m to go and they are

:48:50.:48:57.

moving very well. Here comes Great Britain. 100m remaining. This is

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the desperate, dying part of the race but surely the New Zealanders

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are going to make it three in a row. It is New Zealand three in a row,

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gold medal for New Zealand! 14 consecutive second places for Team

:49:14.:49:19.

GB, but a fantastic race from start to finish. That surely has to be

:49:20.:49:25.

the last time we see Peter Reed and Andy Hodge of Great Britain in the

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men's coxless pair. That was half a length, a great fightback from

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Great Britain but in the middle of the race they gave that too much.

:49:38.:49:42.

At 34 strokes a minute they could not sustain that and had to move.

:49:42.:49:46.

The Italians moved up from fourth into third this year but really it

:49:46.:49:54.

was all about tot -- two boats. The Kiwis now it must go into 20 prom

:49:54.:49:57.

on the Olympic Games as the odds on favourite because they are getting

:49:57.:50:02.

better and better, faster and faster. Great Britain into second

:50:02.:50:08.

position. They believe, deep down in their heart of hearts that they

:50:08.:50:18.
:50:18.:50:19.

would get it today. New Zealand Very difficult. We had this

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interview last year and I know how this feels from them. I did not

:50:23.:50:29.

want to feel it again. We have enjoyed the build-up. It has been a

:50:29.:50:34.

fantastic regatta and Just So tough to be beaten again. We trained so

:50:34.:50:42.

hard every day and we have everything we need. A faster group

:50:42.:50:48.

and -- the fastest crew and in these conditions, you are more like

:50:49.:50:54.

the third quickest group ever. had to do a double-take when I saw

:50:54.:50:58.

the time coming out. I would like to see any other crew get so close

:50:58.:51:04.

to the world record. But we know we are racing one of the best Chris.

:51:04.:51:09.

We are proud to be part of that, and pushing them as well. What

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happens for the next year, only Jurgen knows that and I am going to

:51:17.:51:23.

fight to make sure I am in the gold medal race. At 500 metres, when

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they were a length and a bit ahead, how did you keep your will and

:51:27.:51:30.

concentration at that point? Part of you must have thought, oh no, we

:51:30.:51:36.

let them go? Any crew can do something special and do -- spend

:51:36.:51:42.

too much money in the first part of the race. I can see what we are

:51:42.:51:45.

doing and the conditions. I knew that we were where we should be on

:51:45.:51:50.

the pace, maybe they had gone off too fast. It is hard when they are

:51:50.:51:54.

in front but that was always a possibility. We pushed on in the

:51:54.:52:00.

middle and at the end. It is a great rivalry. A we saw that when

:52:00.:52:04.

you pushed each other into the water. Would you like it to

:52:04.:52:10.

continue? I want to win. Next year, being in the middle of the podium

:52:11.:52:20.

is the most important thing. Steve won 5 gold medals. Many people note

:52:20.:52:23.

he has five but not everyone knows what events they were in. So the

:52:23.:52:30.

colour of the medal is the only factor here? Absolutely. There are

:52:30.:52:40.
:52:40.:52:41.

very significant differences between rowing in Paris. -- rowing

:52:41.:52:47.

in a pairs of two and four. Come what may, we want to be in the top

:52:47.:52:52.

boat and I want to be leading the GB team to a gold medal. It may be

:52:52.:52:55.

second place but it was a great race and you are an integral part

:52:55.:52:59.

of it. Thank you for your help and support throughout these World

:52:59.:53:03.

Championships. Steve, just to bring you in on this. You taught

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throughout the race might pan out. You almost predicted it to a tee.

:53:08.:53:11.

said they would come second by three-quarters of a length and

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unfortunately they did. It seemed like they try to do make a

:53:15.:53:19.

difference. I do not think they planned to hold back on purpose.

:53:19.:53:23.

Surprised the other boats were leading them in the first half. It

:53:23.:53:29.

did stay a little closer in that 750m. The burst at the end may have

:53:29.:53:34.

caught them. The Kiwis are very fast. The second fastest time in

:53:34.:53:42.

history. Andy and Peter are probably the fourth fastest time in

:53:42.:53:51.

history. You can hear their hearts. It is all about a gold medal. It is

:53:51.:53:55.

easy to say it is going to be Jurgen's decision but if their

:53:55.:53:59.

hearts are saying, we are going to do the pair, there is nothing that

:53:59.:54:07.

is going to stop them from doing that. You might say that it is a

:54:08.:54:13.

combat, saying it is Jurgen's toys. Last year theirs came so close to

:54:13.:54:21.

winning. -- they came so close. It is extremely tough to go into the

:54:21.:54:27.

Olympics to win. I think that the Kiwis could fall to doing that. We

:54:27.:54:32.

have seen it so many times, people being world champion every year, it

:54:32.:54:36.

comes to the Olympics and they fail to do it. If they walk away from

:54:36.:54:41.

this they could be walking away from an Olympic gold medal.

:54:41.:54:47.

that great rivalry ends 14-0 to New Zealand. Great. I think it is safe

:54:47.:54:52.

to say that a lot of debate will happen about their futures. Also

:54:52.:54:56.

the Great Britain at sculling teams, particularly after the men's quad

:54:56.:54:59.

narrowly failed in the most traumatic of circumstances to

:54:59.:55:09.
:55:09.:55:13.

measure through to the final. -- a remaining. The British crew had

:55:13.:55:16.

started to come back in the first semi-final of the men's quadruple

:55:17.:55:22.

scull. There are now four boats hunting three places into the final.

:55:22.:55:26.

The British crew have to step it up. There have been fourth all the way

:55:26.:55:34.

along. It is a big task to ask of the British group. Holland are in

:55:34.:55:43.

lane two, currently leading. Holland Park the Olympic champions.

:55:43.:55:49.

-- Poland in lane two, the Olympic champions. Croatia are the

:55:49.:55:58.

defending world champions. They are in lane four. Croatia moved up a

:55:58.:56:03.

very well. They moved up well in that 500. Great Britain will move

:56:04.:56:11.

up now. Russia are starting to slide back. But they have only got

:56:11.:56:19.

250m to go. Now down to the last 200m in this race. Great Britain

:56:19.:56:23.

have to throw absolutely everything at this. They are fourth. Only

:56:23.:56:28.

three will go through. Still the British crew come. This is a

:56:28.:56:33.

desperate part of the race. They are on the tail of the Russian crew,

:56:33.:56:38.

on the tale of Poland but they will not do it today. They have been

:56:38.:56:44.

edged out. The confirmation then, agonisingly close for the British

:56:44.:56:50.

crew. They were fourth all the way down the track but that is how it

:56:50.:57:00.
:57:00.:57:03.

came in the final sprint to the So, five European cruise lined up

:57:03.:57:13.
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Germany lead through over the Australians and in third place,

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Croatia finally moving up on the world champions.

:57:23.:57:28.

Starting then move towards the line. Look how relaxed the Germans are.

:57:28.:57:34.

38 strokes a minute but they look very loose. It does not feel that

:57:34.:57:42.

tents. That urgent. And yet there they are, spinning along. Australia

:57:42.:57:46.

are throwing up a lot of water at the finish of the stroke, so they

:57:46.:57:51.

are losing pace just at the end of the street where, if they kept them

:57:51.:57:58.

buried, they would get more pace. They find that Croatia is really

:57:58.:58:02.

trying to row them down. Croatia look like they may have too much to

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do. 200m just inside 20 straits remaining. All of these crews are

:58:11.:58:19.

on maximum speed now. One last time, the Australians in lane to throw

:58:19.:58:24.

everything at them. It will be close to the line. 75 metres.

:58:24.:58:34.
:58:34.:58:45.

caught a blade and that allowed Australia to rob them of a gold

:58:45.:58:53.

medal. If ever there is a bad time to do that, two strokes out from

:58:53.:59:00.

the line is it. An absolutely incredible event from the Germans.

:59:00.:59:05.

The others in his boat stopped rowing. They all just stopped. If

:59:05.:59:11.

they had actually carried on, they would have scrambled across, but

:59:11.:59:18.

they stopped. It does in a flat on the catch. He has scored his left

:59:18.:59:28.
:59:28.:59:31.

blade, he goes out again. He stops. Wait do the strokes stop? -- why.

:59:31.:59:36.

result, then, that will be talked about for years to come. Australia

:59:36.:59:41.

get the gold by default from Germany, in silver. And by such

:59:41.:59:49.

tiny margins are gold medals are If you are going to put your bird

:59:49.:59:53.

house on one British crew returning to the UK with a gold medal it

:59:53.:00:03.
:00:03.:00:04.

would undeniably have been the The unforgettable images of the

:00:04.:00:09.

Sydney Olympics. Great Britain get the gold medal! Steve Redgrave,

:00:09.:00:13.

five in a row. What a great Olympian.

:00:14.:00:19.

But on the undercard was a rowing silver for a Women's quad,

:00:19.:00:22.

including somebody who has gone on to be Britain's greatest-ever

:00:22.:00:32.
:00:32.:00:35.

female runner. It is still on the line. -- rower. N Coldplay is,

:00:35.:00:43.

Germany. In Silver Place, Brighton! -- in a cold place., in summer

:00:43.:00:51.

place, Britain. -- silver. Romania get gold again as Britain put

:00:51.:00:55.

everything into the melting pot. to Beijing and a dominant British

:00:55.:00:59.

crew would surely make it third time lucky for the indomitable

:00:59.:01:04.

Scot? It is China for the gold medal. It will be another silver

:01:04.:01:09.

for Great Britain. When you have won three silver medals at great --

:01:09.:01:12.

consecutive Olympics, the choices are give it everything or give it

:01:12.:01:17.

up and Helen Grainger chose to go for it, a 4th crack at the most

:01:17.:01:22.

cherished prize in sport. She had a brief hiatus on heroin, winning

:01:22.:01:29.

silver at the single sculls -- on her own. But she has always really

:01:29.:01:36.

wanted to be a part of a team. me, rowing has been being part of a

:01:36.:01:41.

crew, I love Rowing with other people. With very obvious goals and

:01:42.:01:45.

exciting things that will stretchers and putting all of the

:01:45.:01:50.

building blocks into place to get that result. -- stretchers. Like

:01:50.:01:54.

any sport, it is being it is the right thing to do and this was

:01:54.:01:58.

right from the off. It was early 2010 and we went out training in

:01:58.:02:01.

Portugal to the training camp and we were swapping around with the

:02:01.:02:04.

different combinations in double sculls and we sort of paddled off,

:02:04.:02:10.

and thought, I'm just doing my thing, and Katherine is doing her

:02:10.:02:15.

thing but we are exactly together. I made a few calls and she changed

:02:16.:02:20.

in exactly the way that I meant without me having to explain in

:02:20.:02:24.

detail, and knowing how strong we both are physically, I knew that if

:02:24.:02:28.

we had this kind of technical synergy, then it could be really

:02:28.:02:32.

special. It felt good and it was good. In

:02:32.:02:36.

long distance pursuit of that elusive Olympic gold, the 2010

:02:36.:02:40.

campaign ended in world championship glory.

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COMMENTATOR: Luck that this year determination from Katherine

:02:44.:02:53.

Grainger in the stroke -- a look at They have stretched out, having

:02:53.:02:58.

annihilated the field. Impressive from the first to the last and well

:02:58.:03:01.

and truly and. Great Britain are the new world champions in the

:03:01.:03:06.

Women's double scull. JOHN INVERDALE: 2011 hasn't gone

:03:06.:03:10.

exactly to plan. Anna was ruled out of Munich with a back injury so

:03:10.:03:16.

Grainger trained up -- teamed up with Melanie Wilson. But normal

:03:16.:03:19.

service was resumed last month, and are back in the boat and back on

:03:19.:03:25.

the podium. -- and that. But Olympic gold are still elusive.

:03:25.:03:28.

London will be Grainger's last chance to stand on top of the

:03:28.:03:33.

podium and she wants it badly, but so does her crew made, which is why

:03:33.:03:37.

they have the air of a winning combination. I would like to

:03:37.:03:41.

succeed. We all know what Katherine is capable of, but I also wanted

:03:41.:03:45.

for myself. Nobody in the women's team has ever won an Olympic gold

:03:46.:03:51.

medal. This crew is special and deserves to get special results.

:03:51.:03:55.

think 20 top has never felt closer. We are very much in the countdown

:03:55.:04:01.

that -- 2012. But we can't fast- forward to that. So it is all about

:04:01.:04:06.

focusing on the steps on the way there. In some ways, it feels right

:04:06.:04:10.

around the corner, in others it feels like there is a lot to be

:04:10.:04:20.
:04:20.:04:37.

Grainger on the left of your picture. Great Britain away cleanly

:04:37.:04:41.

in lane number four, at the final of the women's double sculls. The

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Czech Republic in one, New Zealand in two, Australia three, Great

:04:47.:04:50.

Britain in four, the Ukraine in five and Poland in the name and

:04:50.:04:54.

number six. Great Britain are the defending world champions in this

:04:54.:05:04.
:05:04.:05:12.

event. Australia are the silver back into the field later on. The

:05:12.:05:16.

long, rangy athletes to spin along pretty well. But Great Britain have

:05:16.:05:20.

got off to a good start and have to demonstrate that power in the first

:05:20.:05:30.
:05:30.:05:38.

they came 6th in Lucerne this year, well beaten by Great Britain --

:05:38.:05:43.

lane at number two. The British crew now start to ease out to the

:05:43.:05:47.

front. They are half a length up, it is a good side and it is an

:05:47.:05:53.

excellent start. The danger area was the start, where Anna Watkins's

:05:53.:05:59.

a worrying injury might have been damaged by that sparked -- start.

:05:59.:06:04.

Now they have got back rhythm. They won in Lucerne when they felt they

:06:04.:06:08.

were rusty and they have had six weeks to make it work, and they are

:06:08.:06:14.

stretching out, it is wonderful. Encouragingly, three-quarters of a

:06:14.:06:19.

length almost, going through the 500 metre mark. Australia's second

:06:19.:06:24.

and New Zealand currently in third position.

:06:24.:06:29.

Now in the second 500. All of the crews will stretch out into their

:06:29.:06:34.

rhythm. It is imperative for Katherine Grainger just to keep it

:06:34.:06:37.

longer and relaxed, so they can be efficient. They want their

:06:37.:06:42.

efficiency. They have done a good first 500, nothing else is needed

:06:42.:06:46.

right now, but it is just containing their position and you

:06:46.:06:50.

would expect at the halfway mark, to step up and attack that middle

:06:51.:06:59.

market. They are moving very well. I noticed that one of the earlier

:06:59.:07:02.

races that Anna Watkins is just beating on the stroke side, at the

:07:02.:07:07.

side nearest to us, she is beating Katherine into the water. That is

:07:07.:07:11.

quite tough on her back, because she is taking the weight of the

:07:11.:07:18.

boat ahead of her partner. Australia were the fastest crew to

:07:18.:07:22.

the halfway mark in the comparisons of semi-final times. We are now

:07:22.:07:28.

seeing the Australians moving back. It has gone from three quarter of a

:07:28.:07:33.

length to half-a-length. -- three- quarters. New Zealand are in the

:07:33.:07:37.

lane for number two and also making an effort. The crews realised the

:07:37.:07:42.

importance of this final and some of them are beginning to move. New

:07:42.:07:52.
:07:52.:07:56.

Zealand looked to be picking up the move that the halfway mark in this

:07:56.:08:01.

final of the women's double scull, led by Great Britain's Anna Watkins

:08:01.:08:05.

and Katherine Grainger, defending champions. It has been a bit of an

:08:05.:08:08.

unsettled season for this combination. Anna Watkins was out

:08:09.:08:14.

of the early part of the season with a back injury. They came back

:08:14.:08:18.

to Les CERN. It was shaky but they won. They are looking good now --

:08:18.:08:25.

Lucerne. The Czech Republic RNA in one, New Zealand at two, Australia,

:08:25.:08:30.

will sell medalists are in lane three. Great Britain 4, Ukraine

:08:30.:08:36.

five and Poland six. You can see a stroke is more punchy and upright

:08:36.:08:40.

but the rich and the connection of the British double, as they reach

:08:40.:08:44.

out and put their schools into the water at four reach, they have

:08:44.:08:53.

moved out into the length ahead -- scull. Great Britain haven't needed

:08:53.:08:57.

to increase the rating but they are keeping it long and have increased

:08:57.:09:01.

the speed. That is putting Australia and New Zealand under a

:09:01.:09:06.

tremendous amount of pressure. A wise head on the strolled as a

:09:06.:09:12.

Katherine Grainger, she has done it all before. -- shoulders of. Three-

:09:12.:09:16.

times Olympic silver medallist. She has five world championship gold

:09:16.:09:21.

medals. So all of that experience is being drawn into this crew and

:09:21.:09:25.

Anna Watkins, what a find, she has got better and better over the

:09:25.:09:32.

years. Great Britain for defending, a one-length lead, into the 1,500

:09:32.:09:42.
:09:42.:09:42.

the women's double scull and Great Britain's Anna Watkins and

:09:43.:09:45.

Katherine Grainger have done absolutely everything that has been

:09:45.:09:50.

asked of them. It has been cool and calm in the first 500. They got out

:09:50.:09:57.

quickly. In the middle 1,000, they have established that fantastic

:09:57.:10:00.

ribbon -- rhythm that has allowed them to float across the water

:10:00.:10:06.

while all the time, Australia, the world silver medallist, have

:10:06.:10:10.

attacked and fought just to stay on their tail. Likewise, New Zealand,

:10:10.:10:14.

who are starting to struggle. They were right up against the

:10:14.:10:17.

Australians but they are starting to find it harder to live with this

:10:18.:10:22.

pace. We have 300 metres remaining. Australia are moving. They have

:10:23.:10:27.

been very tenacious. They haven't let Great Britain get away. Last

:10:27.:10:32.

year, it was six seconds that Great Britain was leading. Now there is

:10:32.:10:39.

an overlap. Catherine has seen the danger. They are moving on again --

:10:39.:10:43.

Katherine Grainger. It is a very closely fought battle between these

:10:43.:10:53.

two and every bit as intriguing as the men's coxless pair. Great

:10:53.:10:57.

Britain's scull with such panache. Surely they have done enough as

:10:57.:11:03.

they come to the last 100m? But New Zealand are coming on for one last

:11:03.:11:07.

attack against Australia, and that has forced the Australians to

:11:07.:11:12.

respond. We have sigh of -- five or six strokes remaining. Here come

:11:12.:11:17.

Australia on the heels of Great Britain, but it is going to be a

:11:17.:11:20.

gold medal, to be a row for Great Britain in the women's double

:11:20.:11:28.

sculls. -- 2 in a row. Executed with such class and one with such

:11:28.:11:33.

style. Great Britain are again the world champions in the women's

:11:33.:11:37.

world champions in the women's double scull -- won.

:11:37.:11:42.

That was closer than last year, it reflects a difficult season, with

:11:42.:11:45.

Anna Watkins being injured for much of the season. But I would think

:11:45.:11:50.

that probably any thought of doing any other boat, I think that will

:11:50.:11:55.

be thrown out. They needed to focus absolutely on this double scull.

:11:55.:12:05.
:12:05.:12:10.

They need to make sure they nurture Britain but they won't have it all

:12:10.:12:12.

their own way come the Olympic their own way come the Olympic

:12:12.:12:13.

their own way come the Olympic their own way come the Olympic

:12:13.:12:18.

Games next year. JOHN INVERDALE: UN controllable.

:12:18.:12:22.

absolutely delighted. It was a stressful build up this year, and

:12:22.:12:27.

the elation of getting over that line first today, it is better than

:12:27.:12:34.

last year, it is the sweetest thing. Even though it was tougher? Yes,

:12:34.:12:38.

and when you look after overcome more obstacles, the successes

:12:38.:12:44.

although sweeter -- when you have to overcome. We knew we could come

:12:44.:12:48.

out to this on top -- out of this on top band it will put us in good

:12:48.:12:53.

stead. But the race go to plan? There was a bit of window and it

:12:53.:12:58.

was probably quite splashy, we will look at the video that bit of wind.

:12:58.:13:04.

But it was absolutely committed, we were enjoying being in it and we

:13:04.:13:07.

could feel the excitement and that is what you need to lift you that

:13:07.:13:11.

bit faster than the boats around you. How do you feel about the

:13:11.:13:16.

synchronised diving of the pontoon? A bit of practice needed? It wasn't

:13:16.:13:20.

something we plan that everything else we do is planned to the minute

:13:20.:13:28.

detail. It was like a spontaneous moment. If we had planned it, it

:13:28.:13:36.

wouldn't have been synchronised! Steve, how good was that? Fantastic.

:13:36.:13:39.

As we said, they have had a difficult season. What I would like

:13:39.:13:44.

to ask is, how much speed did you lose through the injuries in the

:13:44.:13:50.

summer? I Anna numbers person, we are four or five seconds slower

:13:50.:13:55.

this year -- I am a. Compared to the rest of the squad. I think that

:13:55.:14:02.

showed in the race. We know that we are capable of more speed, so we

:14:02.:14:08.

have defined it again. That is what I like to here. -- we have to to

:14:08.:14:12.

find it. The whole of the summer has been in turmoil with the back

:14:12.:14:16.

injury. But to come out with a performance like that is

:14:16.:14:20.

outstanding. Another good win, because they had a good winter last

:14:20.:14:22.

year and a good summer next year, finishing off with what we know

:14:22.:14:28.

they can do. Do you almost not want to talk about next year? What is

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happening next year? What about next year? The local regatta?

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is what it is. It is around the corner. This regatta was about

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qualifying for London 2012. So in some ways, until we got this done

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and our position secured, there was no point thinking about next year.

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Having achieved that, it opens up the season for 2012. The first

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thing is to go and have a bit of break, some downtime and get

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mentally relaxed before we come back. The start of next year will

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be full tilt from the beginning. COMMENTATOR: They are back and they

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have found form and what is ominous for the rest of the world is that

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they are going to get quicker and quicker. What a journey for

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Katherine Grainger following Beijing, contemplating retirement.

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Some strong words from her coach and friends and family. And here

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she is on the eve of the Olympic year, top of the world in this

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event. Is this the events that will get Katherine Grainger that elusive

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gold medal that she so desperately Is that the one boat that you would

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say, yes, all things being equal, fitness, is that the one boat where

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we can rely on a gold medal? have to be on top of your game.

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They have not been on top of their game during the summer season, and

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have won a gold medal. So the signs are very positive. They are

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certainly favourites as it stands. A lot of things can happen in that

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time. But I cannot see any body around the world coming out with

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anybody quicker. They have to make sure they are on good form, or half

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good form. Let's move on to the men who do it on their own, the single

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scullers. Solitary, introverted because? Not in the case of Alan

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COMMENTATOR: Alan Campbell rips it up again... It is Alan Campbell

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taking the gold medal. I am happy. We are here at the gold -- at the

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World Championships. It has been a long season and we have trained

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hard. You have been second and third, so you would quite like to

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the first? I would. It would be really nice going into the Olympics

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as a favourite, as the gold medallist. I am here and I am here

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to do that job and to see what we can do. I am bored of asking you

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this question, about the endless rounds, it seems, of illness and

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injury that you seem to battle with. Is you? You know what, the single

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is a very hard event. The guys I am running against on the supermen of

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their countries in the sport and everything else. Been ordered to be

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able to compete at that level, sometimes we have to take

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extraordinary physical risks. Sometimes the jump is maybe too big

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and we get knocked on by a bitter pill has. Unfortunately this year,

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my body was not able to cope with all of it. We have dealt Blewitt,

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we have worked closely with the Medical team, -- We have dealt with

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it, I have got myself here and I am healthy and ready to race. And very

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cool shoes! They were a Christmas present from my beautiful wife to

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be. Friday next week I am getting married. Are you? Yes, I will be a

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married man this time next week. She knows me very well and she

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thought these suit my colourful personality. But I like to think of

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myself as an ordinary guy. They would go well with a gold medal.

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think it would set them off nicely. But more than that, an Olympic gold

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medal, and I would give it the gold medal this year if I could

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guarantee that gold medal next year but I am here to race and anything

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can happen. I feel very good this week and we will just have to see,

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rugby little magic charms and seek. -- Rob the little magic charms and

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mark. He has to nail this second 500. He has to find a rhythm that

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allows him to be so efficient because one thing is for sure, the

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world champion will find such speed in this second 500 he will be hot

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on his heels. The people who sit back and tracker and then turn on

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the panel from 1,000 metres on our New Zealand, Norway and

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Czechoslovakia. Those are the people alongside Alan Campbell. He

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is moving well. He is well connected. He is sitting low in the

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boat and that is driving his streak through in a horizontal way and he

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is moving well. He has good pace. - - driving his streak through.

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a very tall athlete who keeps an eye on what is going on. Alan

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Campbell is sticking in there, staying in their very effectively

:20:29.:20:39.
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at the moment. Alan Campbell is pushing out big

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finishes. He was old friend and just managed a bronze medal. Rooms

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are different these days. So at the halfway mark, Alan Campbell for

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Great Britain only just handing aunt. The lead in front East bake

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for it now. It is now looking as though... The New Zealander, Alan

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Campbell from Great Britain and the rower from the Czech Republic are

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breaking free of a chasing group. It includes the Olympic champion.

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Sitting in third at the moment is Mahe Drysdale. Two strokes lower.

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Biding his time. He can really move fantastically well in the last 500m.

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He is just creeping up now. Look now, three scullers in line but

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Alan Campbell really struggling now. He took it on early on. He will

:21:51.:21:57.

have a big job to strike -- to try to hold on to these two extremely

:21:57.:22:02.

talented scullers. Alan Campbell is a man looking for markers down the

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line. He has just pushed the 1002 engine 50m remark. -- the 1250m

:22:13.:22:23.
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mark. On his right, Mahe Drysdale is starting to move away. New

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Zealand's Mahe Drysdale, and taking on the world champion, Ondrej Synek,

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from the Czech Republic. An incredible last 500m. Alan Campbell

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had a blistering first 500m. He managed to hang on into the first

:22:47.:22:53.

wave mark but he is starting to pay for that now because starting to

:22:53.:22:57.

come in from the position behind into strength, we see Mahe Drysdale,

:22:57.:23:01.

the one-time world champion, just blasting his way ahead of Alan

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Campbell but taking with him Ondrej Synek from the Czech Republic. Now

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these three scullers are starting to stretch out. About 350m remain.

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Alan Campbell trying to crack it now. He could have a very fast

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finish if he had not paid so much earlier on in the race. He is

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handing on to the coat-tails of these two. Ondrej Synek, a very big,

:23:33.:23:38.

strongman. Another year from the New Zealander, another year and now

:23:38.:23:48.
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he can move away from a sign it. -- from Ondrej Synek. And Mahe

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Drysdale is looking as though he may retain his title but here comes

:23:54.:24:04.
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Andrei Tremlett -- Ondrej Synek From the Czech Republic. Inside 50m

:24:08.:24:18.
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two ft over Ondrej Synek from the Czech Republic and then Alan

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Campbell from Great Britain. Mark - - Mahe Drysdale From New Zealand

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regains the gold medal that he gave up two years ago. Ondrej Synek from

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the Czech Republic and Alan Campbell. In the end, it was a well

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You seemed in agony towards the end. I was tired and my legs were sought.

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I did not have enough distance. I am a bit disappointed. I had a good

:25:01.:25:05.

semi-final and I really felt I pushed on this one, so the time is

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quicker, but they showed real class again today. I have had a bit of

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illness. I had glandular fever in March. I was not diagnosed until

:25:19.:25:24.

after an event and so I trained too hard. This time next year or a

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month earlier, August 3rd, I am planning to go two better. This

:25:29.:25:34.

time next week you will be married. Yes, I am really looking forward to

:25:34.:25:44.
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getting married. My fiance has been really been good to me. By may have

:25:47.:25:51.

come third today but I had the five times Olympic gold ahead of me.

:25:51.:25:57.

Bass was a tough race. He never disappoints. -- that was a tough

:25:57.:26:03.

race. He gives it everything. The season he has had has been really

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bad and to come out with a result like that. I thought three years

:26:08.:26:14.

ago with the injuries he had and then he came out fifth... This has

:26:14.:26:19.

got to give his confidence so much of a boost. With one day to day in

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these championships, how do you assess where the British team are?

:26:23.:26:27.

Really good. We have more medal chances tomorrow. More gold medal

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So to one of the Phnom Olympic classes that are part of these

:26:35.:26:40.

World Championships, the women's lightweight quad Steph Cullen,

:26:40.:26:50.
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to come from China. Try not are the world bronze medallist. They beat

:26:57.:27:05.

Great Britain last year. Great Britain have to hold on. 150m

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remain. China with that very young crew. A 15-year-old, a 16-year-old

:27:12.:27:17.

in the boat. They are pushing back on a brave Britain but great

:27:17.:27:23.

Britain have enough in hand. Inside the last ten strokes, Great Britain

:27:23.:27:30.

are holding their lead. It is going to be gold medal for Great Britain

:27:30.:27:39.

in the women's lightweight and China's second. And we wait for

:27:39.:27:45.

the confirmation of the bronze medal. Great Britain from the

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halfway mark stepped up and moved out from the Italians. They were

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impressive in the third 500. Outstanding in the last. Just to

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alert you to the bat that our coverage of the final day of this

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World Championships starts on the red button at 11:00am tomorrow and

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are a round-up of the day is on 3:45pm on BBC Two. Also tomorrow,

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the final day of beef three-day horse trials. That is on BBC Two at

:28:19.:28:29.
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2pm. And then the programme about our Olympic hopes, on Saturday by

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