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The crowd are on their feet! What a He gets the gold medal. Kelly | :00:35. | :00:43. | |
Holmes for Great Britain. What a performance! Absolutely brilliant. | :00:43. | :00:53. | |
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Hello and welcome to Manchester - Act defined by a sport red and blue. | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
A raid from football, a small rowing club is flourishing -- away | :01:01. | :01:07. | |
from football. They are working hard to mould international stars | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
of the future and is events in Belgrade are anything to go by, | :01:10. | :01:20. | |
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Here comes Great Britain! It's looking pretty impressive. | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
British are coming on the right. It will be desperately close. The | :01:33. | :01:43. | |
British boys have their heads up. Another gold medal. Great Britain | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
opened well the -- 2012 as they should. | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
That is just about as good as it gets. Things get tougher as the | :01:53. | :01:59. | |
rowing World Cup moves to Lucerne. Five-time Olympic gold medallist | :01:59. | :02:04. | |
says Steve Redgrave is he to provide his insight. Just reflect | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
on Belgrade and tell us how much tougher things will be in Lucerne. | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
Belgrade was our best-ever World Cup. Saying that, traditionally we | :02:14. | :02:22. | |
always do well. New Zealand is the second best rowing nation at the | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
moment and they have come over in force. The Australians, the | :02:26. | :02:32. | |
Canadians and the Americans were over earlier and they didn't do a | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
very good world champions last year but this is the test. Because of | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
the distance they have to travel, they will not be at their best now. | :02:40. | :02:47. | |
That will be in three weeks' time in Munich. But this is more of what | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
they crews will be like when they race in the Olympics. Plenty to | :02:52. | :03:01. | |
look forward to in the show then. The men's four prove they are the | :03:01. | :03:07. | |
ones to beat. They gave their all three weeks ago but lost again. Is | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
today the day they finally beat the Germans? Four years ago, she had | :03:11. | :03:21. | |
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never wrote but she is now one of the favourites for London -- rowed. | :03:22. | :03:28. | |
And there is also a quest for the women's double. So to the men's | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
four. They set a world best time in Lucerne in the heats. Three of the | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
crew are up Olympic champions. They won gold in Beijing. Alex Gregory | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
is the new phase and he is well aware of the spotlight he is now | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
under. There is the new line-up. Will it work? There was pressure in | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
the crew. It is the Olympic year and this is the boat they will have | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
heard about if they know anything about rowing. Undoubtedly, four of | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
the very best athletes in rowing today. We did not look straight | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
away but we progressed daily leading up to Belgrade. They have | :04:08. | :04:14. | |
to lay down a huge market as you would expect of a top vote -- | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
Caister Lifeboat we had a good heat and we stepped it up again in the | :04:19. | :04:25. | |
semi-finals. Over the line against clear water. They have made a big | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
statement. When you step in a crew for the first time, it doesn't | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
always work straightaway. Particularly for us, the | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
expectation was high eight and that we would be fast immediately. We | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
just have to keep improving and do what we can to get better and | :04:44. | :04:52. | |
faster. My role in the boat is really weird. My position has | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
changed massively to racing from watching. I feel really good. It is | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
what I have aimed for ever since I started rowing. I feel like I have | :05:02. | :05:08. | |
made the four might boat and if I can finish on a high like I did in | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
2009 and become world champion for the first time, and to finish | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
becoming Olympic champion, it will be amazing. I'm not a sporty person | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
in the sport. I am competitive when I need to be but not off the water. | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
My family is important to me. Since Jasper was born, it has changed my | :05:28. | :05:35. | |
focus on life and rowing. After Belgrade, he asked to see my medal | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
straightaway and he took it is school the next day. That really | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
brought home what rowing it means to be now of -- to me now. I want | :05:44. | :05:54. | |
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to go to London and make him proud. A way it nice and long from the | :06:00. | :06:06. | |
British crew in the lane number three. A push hard from Australia | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
in lane number four. The British crew are led by Andrew Hodge, just | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
pushing it out and blasting through the first 100 metres. The Aussies | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
are fast. They are. They moved fast in the first 1000 metres of their | :06:24. | :06:31. | |
first semi-final -- their opening heat, ride there. Great Britain | :06:31. | :06:37. | |
have developed some confidence -- rather. They had shaky confidence | :06:37. | :06:43. | |
in the first two rounds in Belgrade. Here, their heads are up. That | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
world-best time really suits them and they have flown along. | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
Australia really have gone out there in front and have about a | :06:51. | :07:01. | |
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third of a length coming up to the The British crew are expected to | :07:06. | :07:14. | |
stretch out as they are there more powerful of the two boats. Tom | :07:14. | :07:20. | |
James is behind him. Alex Gregory is in the bow seat. They are just | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
settling into their rhythm. About one-third of a length down. | :07:25. | :07:32. | |
Australia, Great Britain and then Germany. The question in the second | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
500 is can the British keep cool and calm as they know over 2000 | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
metres they are so much faster than the Aussies. They have to keep it | :07:41. | :07:51. | |
relaxed. Australia in a number four. They were quicker to the 1000 in | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
the two heats but in the second half, that is where the British | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
unleashed a phenomenal amount of power. A I like the way the | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
Australians are roaming though. They are very flowing. Germany is | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
not quite in the same class as the two leading boats. More muscular | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
work but not enough run and spread. Australia are looking very | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
confident. There boat is travelling along without any dip. Not bouncing | :08:20. | :08:28. | |
up and down. They are just sitting there with long arms and legs. They | :08:28. | :08:36. | |
have the Great Britain four in their sights at the moment. The two | :08:36. | :08:46. | |
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boats are starting to move away and the chasing field. There is a | :08:59. | :09:05. | |
real edge match between Australia in four and Great Britain in three. | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
Great Britain must feel they confidence rising because they are | :09:10. | :09:16. | |
surely coming back and through the Aussies. Don't be too short! Great | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
Britain at are still not completely comfortable yet, even when they | :09:19. | :09:24. | |
were breaking the world's best time on Friday, they still didn't feel | :09:24. | :09:30. | |
it was rowing completely as they wanted it to row. Tom James is | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
sitting at three and he is very good at bringing a bit of | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
relaxation and rhythm to the boat. Here, it will be very tough as they | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
have to keep their rhythm and shape and put the pressure on Australia. | :09:42. | :09:48. | |
Australia have only been over for five days so they are in a good | :09:48. | :09:58. | |
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position coming into the 1500 metre about rhythm. For Great Britain, it | :10:08. | :10:13. | |
is about keeping it long so they can apply a power. They are a | :10:13. | :10:19. | |
stronger boat and they need to be efficient with that power. Into the | :10:19. | :10:26. | |
last 500 and Great Britain are struggling in the third. Australia | :10:26. | :10:35. | |
are keeping its move. It is very tough. They have to do what they | :10:35. | :10:44. | |
did when they broke that well time on Friday. Australia is really | :10:44. | :10:54. | |
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tank to lead. A further down the course they go, they know the | :11:04. | :11:10. | |
British power will kick in. Australia, and the crowd on the far | :11:10. | :11:18. | |
side now. This is surely a fantastic competition. The first | :11:18. | :11:28. | |
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head-to-head in 2012. Hodge demands it. Pete Reed as well. The great | :11:34. | :11:44. | |
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is how to do it. Heads and shoulders above Australia. They | :11:48. | :11:57. | |
were down but a power saw them through. You cannot write off this | :11:57. | :12:05. | |
four and you cannot write off Jurgen Grobler. It probably wasn't | :12:05. | :12:10. | |
our best rowing. We committed to it and I don't think we doubt it | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
ourselves. Australia did a fantastic race by the sound of it | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
and put us under pressure but this is what the Olympics is going to be | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
like. We might have got the world record on Friday but it does not | :12:22. | :12:28. | |
mean there isn't another crew who are able to do it. It was a good | :12:28. | :12:36. | |
platform for moving towards the I-Spy is the Australians may cause | :12:36. | :12:42. | |
a worry? They heat two days ago of smashing the world best time is a | :12:42. | :12:50. | |
great start at the Lucerne Regatta. The Aussies have been talked up -- | :12:50. | :13:00. | |
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the British crew. They surprised me in some ways. As they got through | :13:03. | :13:05. | |
and one reason than that - might reasonably comfortably, they will | :13:05. | :13:10. | |
be pretty pleased with that. But the Aussies have just come over. | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
How much is the time difference affecting them at the moment? They | :13:14. | :13:19. | |
will get stronger. It will be a fantastic race. Maybe Beijing all | :13:19. | :13:25. | |
over again. Now to the women's doubles. There was a double | :13:25. | :13:29. | |
performance to win in Belgrade but for Catherine the pressure is | :13:29. | :13:33. | |
mounting. She continues her quest for the elusive goal after three | :13:33. | :13:43. | |
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seat. Anna Watkins also. What a partnership and friendship they | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
have developed over the last few years of rowing together. Germany | :14:09. | :14:19. | |
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won in lane number five and China, scullers. They have succeeded very | :14:26. | :14:31. | |
well. Here, is a slow-motion shot where the action is about to happen. | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
There is a distraction but this is great Britain taking off from the | :14:35. | :14:41. | |
beginning of the race. They are just beginning to move out wearing | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
the yellow jersey is. The winners ill Belgrade. They are looking long | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
and strong. I wonder whether they have more under their belt. They | :14:50. | :14:54. | |
were hard pressed in the semi-final, by Germany. I wonder if they are | :14:54. | :14:59. | |
keeping their powder dry a bit. If they beat Germany by too much, the | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
Germans will go back into the court and strengthened the court. There | :15:04. | :15:14. | |
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is a sense they want to keep mark in rhythm. The boats are | :15:24. | :15:34. | |
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running along quite nicely. Into the second 500 metres of this final. | :15:35. | :15:43. | |
They will start to stretch out again. Such determination. Look at | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
the swing! You can see what rowing is about when you look at the | :15:48. | :15:54. | |
rhythm. Through the stroke and recovering of the finish. It is a | :15:54. | :16:04. | |
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nice display of a terrific Reed them. -- rhythm. The sisters in | :16:04. | :16:11. | |
lane one were 6th in the World Championship last year. They are a | :16:11. | :16:18. | |
bit unstable in the balance. We have glorious conditions in Lucerne. | :16:18. | :16:24. | |
For the last couple of days, we have had a tail wind. They have | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
been setting world-best times left, right and centre. It is settling | :16:30. | :16:39. | |
down a bit. 500 metres remaining. The Great Britain crew of Katherine | :16:39. | :16:46. | |
Grainger and Anna Watkins have it under control. It is all about | :16:46. | :16:51. | |
perfection - the hunt seeking perfection for this crew. They have | :16:51. | :16:58. | |
just moved the strokes up a bit. From 34 strokes a minute to 37 | :16:58. | :17:04. | |
strokes a minute. They are pushing up hard to try to justify the very | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
far semi-final performance they did yesterday. Poland are beginning to | :17:08. | :17:16. | |
attack as they come up almost level with Germany. Germany up slipping | :17:16. | :17:22. | |
back. Comparing the Stroke rates, the number of strokes they take per | :17:22. | :17:29. | |
minute, Great Britain is 35. Poland, in lane number three, 5th in the | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
world championships, are throwing everything and the kitchen sink and | :17:34. | :17:39. | |
more at Great Britain, through the last 50 metres. Great Britain have | :17:39. | :17:43. | |
sat there, contain them and the Polish have been pushing back and | :17:43. | :17:49. | |
pushing back. 200 metres and we would expect the British to take on | :17:49. | :17:55. | |
the power. There goes Katherine Grainger, backed up by Anna Watkins. | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
It was almost crawl for the Polish. The class that is the British | :18:00. | :18:04. | |
double scull of Grainger and Watkins, all they needed to do was | :18:04. | :18:12. | |
keep the length in the water. They are coming up to the line. Another | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
gold medal and a huge step towards the Olympics in London. It is Great | :18:18. | :18:25. | |
Britain over in first place. Poland in seconds. Germany heads down in | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
bronze medal position. We were tested quite hard in Belgrade. We | :18:30. | :18:34. | |
wanted to move on a lot from there. It is fantastic to have different | :18:34. | :18:39. | |
countries trying different things to race Against Us. It makes us | :18:39. | :18:44. | |
better. The Poles did a cheeky push at the end. It shows the Germans | :18:44. | :18:49. | |
are not the only challenge. Congratulations to them. How did | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
they look in comparison with Belgrade? In Belgrade they | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
dominated the field. Competition has stepped up here. It was a bit | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
of a scramble a few weeks ago. In control here. They looked confident | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
and comfortable. A really good rhythm. We will move on to the | :19:07. | :19:14. | |
men's lightweight double with Zac Purchase and Hunter. They won gold | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
in Belgrade three weeks ago. They only made it into the final by | :19:18. | :19:28. | |
scrambling third place in the semis. The Canadians taking the final of | :19:28. | :19:34. | |
the men's lightweight double sculls through the 500 metre mark. Great | :19:34. | :19:37. | |
Britain is currently sitting in fifth-place. Unbelievable for the | :19:37. | :19:42. | |
world and Olympic champions to be right down there. Nice view it as | :19:42. | :19:50. | |
they come side on. The water is perfect. There is talk the British | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
crews have not tapered for this regatta. They have been training | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
all the way through. If that is true, we are seeing some of the | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
results now. Purchase and Hunter are normally out front. They are | :20:05. | :20:11. | |
languishing down at the back. is a choice. Do you wind down for a | :20:11. | :20:16. | |
big event like this all, do you say, most important for us is London? We | :20:16. | :20:21. | |
will keep the pressure on now because we cannot build it up | :20:21. | :20:28. | |
closer to the Olympic Games. Canada continue to lead but only just over | :20:28. | :20:33. | |
France and New Zealand. Great Britain continue to be back in 6th | :20:33. | :20:38. | |
position. If anything they have dropped slightly back in the first | :20:39. | :20:44. | |
500. The fight is on. All these crews will be stepping up into | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
maximum race pace, less than 50 strokes. You will count 10 and go, | :20:50. | :20:55. | |
10 and go, 10 and go. That is what France are doing in lane number | :20:55. | :21:01. | |
three as they come up level with Canada. The Canadians have so | :21:01. | :21:06. | |
valiantly lead this final all the way. How cruel at is it now with | :21:06. | :21:12. | |
the French easing away? They are moving out now up to two seat was | :21:13. | :21:21. | |
Doug New Zealand, the world silver medallists, are coming up. -- two | :21:21. | :21:27. | |
seat. The New Zealanders are up to 38 strokes a minute. They are | :21:27. | :21:32. | |
eating into the position of Canada as silver medallists. France are | :21:32. | :21:40. | |
looking very nice. 38 strokes a minute and they are looking supreme. | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
This is a new combination in the French lightweight double sculls. | :21:44. | :21:52. | |
They are finding such speed. Inside 75 metres. Less than five strokes. | :21:52. | :22:00. | |
The British are out the back. Today it is a day for of France. Over New | :22:00. | :22:08. | |
Zealand. It will be tight and on the line, Denmark from Canada. | :22:08. | :22:14. | |
Great Britain now over the line. Heads down, slumped in the boat. | :22:14. | :22:19. | |
one likes to lose. We love winning. You have to take knocks on the chin | :22:19. | :22:23. | |
and go home, back to the drawing board and moved on from there. In | :22:23. | :22:28. | |
the past we have shown we had come back from adversity quite well. I | :22:28. | :22:33. | |
spent a few days out of the boat with illness beforehand. It has | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
hampered our performances. Nine weeks to the Olympics and we have | :22:37. | :22:43. | |
plenty of time to put it right. We have a lot of potential to increase | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
speed and increase places. concerned were you with that | :22:47. | :22:53. | |
result? You need to be a little concerned if you know you are not | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
at full strength in one race. Particularly if you are experienced | :22:57. | :23:01. | |
like them. They have not been performing over the whole regatta. | :23:01. | :23:06. | |
It was not the real surprise. In the bigger picture, they have had | :23:06. | :23:12. | |
upsets in the past and they have had to come through them. As that | :23:12. | :23:19. | |
group, long-term, I do not have a problem. Now we moved on to the | :23:19. | :23:23. | |
Women's Pair which was expected to be a battle between Great Britain | :23:23. | :23:30. | |
and New Zealand. It was extremely tight last year. Our girls are | :23:30. | :23:34. | |
getting better all the time. Helen Glover had not started rowing until | :23:34. | :23:41. | |
after the Beijing Games in 2008. The men to meet at home in Cornwall. | :23:41. | :23:51. | |
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Some days it is hard to get my head around the fact that I was not a | :23:54. | :23:59. | |
role. I was not going to be Olympics and competing. Here I am. | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
It has happened through hard work with the help of brilliant coaches. | :24:04. | :24:10. | |
It is exciting. I have had this dream since I was tiny will start a | :24:10. | :24:16. | |
wanted to compete in the greatest sporting arena. -- I it was tiny. I | :24:16. | :24:21. | |
wanted to compete in the greatest sporting arena. By mum saw an | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
advert in the newspaper and they were looking for people over five | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
foot nine for girls to try different sports that to you need | :24:31. | :24:37. | |
long levers for. Rowing is one of them. I was training to be a PE | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
teacher. I carried on my training and got a teaching job. Looking | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
back, I do not know how I did it. I was teaching all day and getting up | :24:46. | :24:52. | |
at about 5 o'clock in the morning to do my first session training. | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
After school I would do my second session late into the night. It was | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
really tough. I have a really supportive family. They are | :25:01. | :25:07. | |
brilliant. I have my mum and my dad and two brothers and sisters. My | :25:07. | :25:12. | |
gran lives at home with us. She is the most excited out of everyone | :25:12. | :25:18. | |
about the Olympics. My boyfriend is a canoeist and he trains in | :25:18. | :25:27. | |
Nottingham. He trains really hard. I have always been really | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
competitive. Everything was made into a competition when I was | :25:31. | :25:35. | |
little. I ran international cross country and played hockey for my | :25:36. | :25:45. | |
county. Every sport I did, I do it to be the best I could be. -- I did. | :25:45. | :25:50. | |
Heather is a commonly strong and fit. We have to live in each | :25:50. | :25:57. | |
other's pockets. I am the messy one and she is in the Army. She is very | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
tidy. Everyone is going to be going for the same thing - the dream - | :26:01. | :26:06. | |
Olympic gold. If we keep progressing, we are going to be in | :26:06. | :26:10. | |
a brilliant place on the start-line. If we put together a good race, | :26:11. | :26:20. | |
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Weem must be pleased with that. -- Britain pair are doing everything | :26:27. | :26:34. | |
their coach has asked them. They are holding a. Clear water over the | :26:34. | :26:39. | |
United States of America, who have come through New Zealand - the | :26:39. | :26:46. | |
world champions - in the second 500. The third 500 metres is crucial. | :26:46. | :26:52. | |
New Zealand up on their back foot. They will be under pressure. Great | :26:52. | :26:57. | |
Britain will have to grow in confidence. If ever a crew enjoys | :26:57. | :27:04. | |
racing, it is Great Britain. They must be the most experienced of all | :27:04. | :27:11. | |
of the athletes in this field. If we go right back to 2008 in Beijing, | :27:11. | :27:15. | |
looking at the United States, they are Olympic champions in the | :27:15. | :27:22. | |
Women's Eight. They are very strong - big athletes. The British pair, | :27:22. | :27:27. | |
you saw Helen Glover looked across to check the United States. She | :27:27. | :27:31. | |
knows that crew will give them the most pressure. They have raised | :27:31. | :27:40. | |
them twice was dug -- raced them twice. They have the measure of | :27:40. | :27:45. | |
them. This is where the big test will be. How flexible bar of the | :27:45. | :27:49. | |
British pair to change their rate and change their rhythm to lift the | :27:49. | :27:56. | |
pace in the last 500 metres? That will be the key. I think the New | :27:56. | :28:01. | |
Zealanders are suffering a bit from jet-lag. They only arrived about | :28:01. | :28:11. | |
:28:11. | :28:15. | ||
five days ago and are still recovering. Four years ago, Helen | :28:15. | :28:20. | |
Glover could not Rome and Helen's damning was about to start life as | :28:20. | :28:30. | |
:28:30. | :28:32. | ||
a soldier. -- Helen standing. This is absolutely critical. Time and | :28:32. | :28:38. | |
again we have seen Great Britain in this position. They have been | :28:38. | :28:45. | |
exceptional out to be 1500 metre mark. USA in lane five. The New | :28:45. | :28:51. | |
Zealand crew, on the left of your picture, they are scampering along. | :28:51. | :28:56. | |
It is hard to see whether they will come back on terms. The big | :28:56. | :29:02. | |
powerful crew of the United States - the Olympic champions in the | :29:02. | :29:06. | |
Women's Eight - they have the experience to overhaul Great | :29:06. | :29:12. | |
Britain. We're into the last 250 metres. Britain are still at 33 | :29:12. | :29:18. | |
strokes a minute and then they moved up to vertical 0.5. The other | :29:18. | :29:28. | |
:29:28. | :29:29. | ||
pair up at 38. -- to 34.5. metres now remaining. The crowd is | :29:29. | :29:34. | |
on its feet. Surely the British pair have done enough to hold of | :29:34. | :29:42. | |
the United States of America? New Zealand are upping the rate. Great | :29:42. | :29:48. | |
Britain have replied. The British crew have found the pace surely to | :29:48. | :29:54. | |
take them to the line. They up inside 10 strokes and it will be | :29:54. | :30:01. | |
agog Murdoch full Great Britain over an exceptional field. -- a | :30:01. | :30:11. | |
:30:11. | :30:23. | ||
perfect. An exceptional confidence boost. They now know they really | :30:23. | :30:29. | |
have the ability to move on to the Olympic Games coming up in little | :30:29. | :30:36. | |
over 60 days. You just can't predict, especially in our event, | :30:36. | :30:41. | |
who can predict what will happen. Every nation will have a different | :30:41. | :30:45. | |
approach to the regatta and will learn different things. We are | :30:45. | :30:50. | |
letting everyone else decide what they want to decide and keeps our | :30:50. | :30:54. | |
heads and training good. There's Americans have been breathing down | :30:54. | :31:01. | |
your neck? In Belgrade, they showed they are quick. They sorted them | :31:01. | :31:06. | |
supped with their start so were quick again. It is fun to have | :31:06. | :31:16. | |
:31:16. | :31:19. | ||
It seems as though they are on track. Is that fair? Lastly, they | :31:19. | :31:23. | |
dominated the circuit but got picked at the post by the Kiwis. | :31:23. | :31:30. | |
The Kiwis looked a bit uncomfortable. Rating Harley. Dan | :31:30. | :31:36. | |
was saying they couldn't go faster by rating higher. Sometimes by | :31:36. | :31:40. | |
having less strokes per minute you can go faster but they will improve. | :31:40. | :31:47. | |
Gold-medal? I hope so. I tipped them from the middle of last season. | :31:47. | :31:51. | |
When they crossed that -- cross that line that will make is certain | :31:51. | :31:56. | |
but I think it will be. The First World Cup regatta for the sculling | :31:56. | :32:06. | |
:32:06. | :32:09. | ||
side of the male - man -- men's squad. As in Belgrade, they | :32:09. | :32:16. | |
finished 7th overall. We start with the new look double who impressed | :32:16. | :32:21. | |
with a double in Belgrade. We were pleased with the whole regatta and | :32:21. | :32:27. | |
not just the final. We delivered well right from the heat and semi- | :32:27. | :32:32. | |
final. For those who watched it, it was a tight race. To come out on | :32:32. | :32:37. | |
the right side in get a medal was really good. It is great to know | :32:37. | :32:45. | |
wait you fitting to what is a high standard feel. -- field. It is not | :32:45. | :32:54. | |
a big margin. You can fit in very close to the top of that event and | :32:54. | :33:04. | |
:33:04. | :33:10. | ||
it is tight enough to push on and British suffering in lane number | :33:10. | :33:17. | |
one. Lucas and Townshend. The French were valiant in the third | :33:17. | :33:22. | |
500 and into the third 500 they have done enough to hold on. The | :33:22. | :33:28. | |
Germans are right back in it. Australia, the Olympic champions, | :33:28. | :33:34. | |
yellow in the middle of the picture, are pushing on hard. A good push | :33:34. | :33:39. | |
back for Australia. They started steady. Slovenia are doing very | :33:39. | :33:47. | |
well on the road from retirement. Germany in the Yellow at the top. | :33:47. | :33:52. | |
They are coming back hard on the early leaders, France. This is | :33:52. | :33:58. | |
where they will push hard won last time. The Germans have gone through | :33:58. | :34:08. | |
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still in this. France does look like they are holding on for dear | :34:23. | :34:33. | |
:34:33. | :34:50. | ||
wait for a cut -- full confirmation of silver. But the Germans, well! | :34:50. | :34:57. | |
They put themselves into it. They were fils at the first 500. They | :34:57. | :35:02. | |
were second at 1500 and they timed it to perfection. First over the | :35:02. | :35:12. | |
:35:12. | :35:28. | ||
Alan Campbell has been overhauled in third for Great Britain. Closest | :35:28. | :35:37. | |
to us, he was ache at the World Championships in Bled last year and | :35:37. | :35:44. | |
he is having a flyer. Four scullers going for the gold medal. Alan | :35:44. | :35:54. | |
:35:54. | :36:08. | ||
Campbell will drive on, believing He correctly looks the grass and | :36:08. | :36:18. | |
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sees what he's got to do. It is a very close finish. Q But is not out | :36:19. | :36:25. | |
of it. You have to go a long way before you see a hard sculler like | :36:26. | :36:30. | |
this. He has battled this but he is under an enormous amount of | :36:30. | :36:40. | |
:36:40. | :36:55. | ||
pressure. The Sprint is coming from the line. A massive, massive | :36:55. | :37:00. | |
disappointment for Alan Campbell who talk that the race last night | :37:00. | :37:04. | |
but he sits and will have to reflect that the second half did | :37:04. | :37:14. | |
:37:14. | :37:18. | ||
Alan Campbell finishes for. Heidi you assess that? Very disappointing. | :37:18. | :37:23. | |
With Alan, he never gives up. He did blow. He paddled across the | :37:23. | :37:28. | |
finishing line which is not him. I don't know what the issue is. I | :37:28. | :37:37. | |
will agree -- disagree with Dan a bit. He said he is looking snooze. | :37:37. | :37:45. | |
His legs were nothing -- moving before the connection of the plate | :37:45. | :37:49. | |
which is not getting the most out of the leg drive. Speeding rowing | :37:49. | :37:53. | |
is all about that. He has to work on that but rumours are coming out | :37:53. | :37:58. | |
of the camp that he was working well and technically well but he | :37:58. | :38:05. | |
did not show it there. Lucas and Townshend finished in sixth. | :38:05. | :38:12. | |
Between the performances, would you say it is unsatisfying? Big what | :38:12. | :38:17. | |
has been our weakest point in recent years so it is not too | :38:17. | :38:27. | |
:38:27. | :38:28. | ||
unusual. Obviously, the new double... Nothing is firing. It may | :38:28. | :38:33. | |
be that Alan might go in the double early through the winter and | :38:33. | :38:37. | |
working from that. Perhaps they have lost a bit of focus in their | :38:37. | :38:42. | |
individual boats. For the doubles, they have been up with the French | :38:42. | :38:48. | |
in recent years. Whatever double we put out, the French are well up | :38:48. | :38:53. | |
there and our guys are not. men's eight is still to come but | :38:53. | :38:57. | |
letters round at some of the others off - other finals. We start with | :38:57. | :39:04. | |
the men's pair. They got pushed by the Canadians this time. Knowing | :39:04. | :39:09. | |
the Brits are out, they may have got an easy run but it does not | :39:09. | :39:12. | |
always work that way as the Canadians pushed them hard. They | :39:12. | :39:17. | |
were comfortable winners so it will be interesting to see what happens | :39:17. | :39:21. | |
in three weeks' time in the next World Cup. They are looking good at | :39:21. | :39:27. | |
the moment. George Nash and wheel macro finished 5th. Is that a true | :39:27. | :39:37. | |
:39:37. | :39:38. | ||
reflection of their abilities? Unfortunately yes. Andy and peaked | :39:38. | :39:47. | |
where the strongest pair. The four would be the first boat and the | :39:47. | :39:51. | |
eight would be the second. Making a final is good if they can do that | :39:51. | :39:56. | |
at the Olympics but I don't see a medal coming from them. What about | :39:56. | :40:01. | |
the women's squad who finished in 5th? A little bit of an issue there. | :40:01. | :40:05. | |
They weren't that impresses three weeks ago and they have not moved | :40:05. | :40:08. | |
on from that. You would have thought they would be more | :40:08. | :40:12. | |
competent than that with a little more time in the boat but they are | :40:12. | :40:16. | |
struggling at the back end of the final, which is not a good thing to | :40:16. | :40:26. | |
:40:26. | :40:29. | ||
sea in women's quad. The women's this have had a lot of illness. -- | :40:29. | :40:36. | |
the eight. They are all struggling at the back end of the final rather | :40:36. | :40:42. | |
than the front. Everyone was on a bit of a high before but this is a | :40:42. | :40:46. | |
reality check and it is a good time to have it. In the women's | :40:46. | :40:53. | |
lightweight double, China established an early lead. Greece | :40:53. | :40:57. | |
where in third and Great Britain finished in 5th. What about their | :40:57. | :41:02. | |
performance? Stepped down a bit from three weeks ago when they beat | :41:02. | :41:05. | |
the Chinese. The Chinese have moved on because they were third three | :41:05. | :41:12. | |
weeks ago and are now winning. It is early days for that partnership. | :41:12. | :41:16. | |
They haven't been together for long and I am sure they will improve | :41:16. | :41:21. | |
from that and move up a few places by the time the Games come along. | :41:21. | :41:26. | |
Now the men's lightweight. The most exciting race of any regatta. A | :41:26. | :41:32. | |
desperate battle for the finish line. Peter Chambers is out injured | :41:32. | :41:42. | |
:41:42. | :41:47. | ||
by a matter of a few feet, great Britain continue to lead. China and | :41:48. | :41:54. | |
Denmark as it was at the 500. The crews have to find something to | :41:54. | :41:59. | |
push on. It is about a psychological battle in the third | :41:59. | :42:04. | |
500. Great Britain are skirting to drive it on. Keeping the length and | :42:04. | :42:10. | |
a little bit more power in the finish. The crowd will now scream | :42:10. | :42:20. | |
:42:20. | :42:28. | ||
through. Great Britain have to keep their heads that because coming | :42:28. | :42:37. | |
hard-up is Denmark. China are at 38 strokes a minute, three strokes | :42:37. | :42:43. | |
higher than Britain. Denmark are also coming up all the time. This | :42:43. | :42:53. | |
is fantastic stuff. Each boat will have one Carl on their mind. It is | :42:53. | :42:58. | |
all about gold here, setting a market too late on to the next | :42:58. | :43:04. | |
regatta. Three weeks from Munich but it is one step at a time from | :43:04. | :43:14. | |
:43:14. | :43:25. | ||
Britain. Paul Mattick is in the bow Denmark, defending Olympic | :43:25. | :43:35. | |
:43:35. | :43:38. | ||
champions in lane one. A little look right from Chris Bartley. | :43:38. | :43:45. | |
China looks strong. They are out by almost half the length now. Look at | :43:45. | :43:50. | |
the length of Denmark in lane one. They are right up there. South | :43:50. | :43:55. | |
Africa are coming through. They are pushing right on through. Great | :43:55. | :44:01. | |
Britain have to do an awful lot. China stretching out at 42 strokes | :44:01. | :44:09. | |
per minute. They are flying. Chinese look so powerful. The race | :44:09. | :44:15. | |
is tightening up. At go Great Britain on 40 strokes per minute. | :44:15. | :44:22. | |
They have 175 metres remaining and South Africa, from No where, have | :44:22. | :44:32. | |
:44:32. | :44:42. | ||
Britain getting the bronze. A fabulous result for the Chinese. | :44:42. | :44:48. | |
Well deserved. They punched the air and right that they should. A | :44:48. | :44:55. | |
phenomenal sprint from South Africa. Great Britain... Well, it wasn't as | :44:55. | :45:05. | |
:45:05. | :45:06. | ||
good as three weeks ago but it was To achieve the brunt medal, that's | :45:06. | :45:11. | |
the way it is. It is Olympic year so what do you expect? It is what | :45:11. | :45:19. | |
we had to do to get from A to B as quickly as possible. Steve, was | :45:19. | :45:29. | |
:45:29. | :45:33. | ||
I think it was a good performance. Peter Chambers is out, injured at | :45:33. | :45:40. | |
the moment. With him in the four it should be faster. They have been | :45:40. | :45:47. | |
raising for the last few seasons so it is established. They would not | :45:47. | :45:50. | |
make the change if they did not think it would be passed to repeat | :45:50. | :45:57. | |
in it. It is always very close. It could be a bronze, it could be 6th | :45:57. | :46:03. | |
place, it could be a god medal. am going to speak to the chairman | :46:03. | :46:09. | |
of the rowing club here. -- gold medal. Rowing and Manchester does | :46:09. | :46:17. | |
not trip off the tongue. We moved here to a purpose built facility. | :46:17. | :46:25. | |
We have grown from about 12 people to 120. Thereat in the two rowing | :46:25. | :46:32. | |
clubs in Greater Manchester. -- there are only two rowing clubs. | :46:32. | :46:37. | |
Thank you very much for having us today. We are going to press on | :46:37. | :46:41. | |
with the action and to the men's fate which proved to be the most | :46:41. | :46:47. | |
exciting race in Belgrade. The Men's Eight. It would become a | :46:47. | :46:54. | |
little bit tougher in Lucerne with Australia and Canada entering the | :46:55. | :46:59. | |
frame. Alex Partridge is a sportsman who has enjoyed the | :46:59. | :47:05. | |
sports highs and lows over the last decade. This is the one that is | :47:05. | :47:09. | |
going to the Olympics. Alex Partridge unfortunately suffered a | :47:10. | :47:16. | |
collapsed lung. The British crew grit their teeth. Great Britain get | :47:16. | :47:24. | |
the silver medal. The dream for me is to win the Olympic gold medal. I | :47:24. | :47:29. | |
chose to be in the eight because I believe that is the best boat for | :47:29. | :47:35. | |
me. There is not a lot to dwell on. It is getting this going. Every | :47:35. | :47:40. | |
time I do something, it is probably going to be the last time I do it. | :47:40. | :47:45. | |
The only race that matters is the Olympic final. London is probably | :47:45. | :47:52. | |
the last time I will have a shot at being able to fulfil the Olympic | :47:52. | :47:57. | |
dream. The British have got their bows just ahead. It looks like | :47:57. | :48:02. | |
Germany have got their bows back but there is nothing in it. Great | :48:02. | :48:07. | |
Britain will get second. Do not want to come second, we want to | :48:07. | :48:14. | |
come first. -- we do not want. You either come first or you come last. | :48:14. | :48:19. | |
That is how we want to race. We changed the order of the crew and | :48:19. | :48:25. | |
shuffled everyone around. We took it by the horns. It was an | :48:25. | :48:34. | |
efficient effort but we were too slow. It is not surprising. We had | :48:34. | :48:39. | |
not rowed that combination enough. We thought we would come back from | :48:39. | :48:43. | |
Belgrade and we would have had Constantine back in the boat. We're | :48:43. | :48:48. | |
going to give him some more time and we're going to rise without him | :48:48. | :48:52. | |
in his Lucerne. We're going to lead the race from the front and go toe- | :48:52. | :48:56. | |
to-toe with the Germans. We're going to be more efficient and | :48:56. | :49:06. | |
:49:06. | :49:10. | ||
practise doing what will win the quickly. Netherlands have the | :49:10. | :49:16. | |
better of the first five strokes. Netherlands are in lane one was a | :49:16. | :49:23. | |
great Britain are in two. Canada, the Olympic champions, are in lane | :49:23. | :49:28. | |
number four. Poland up in lane number six. The big race for the | :49:28. | :49:37. | |
British crew. That is Greg Searle it in the bow seat of the British | :49:37. | :49:44. | |
crew. If this is the battle between Canada, he went fastest in the | :49:44. | :49:49. | |
heats, and have come back with a complete the new crew. The coach | :49:49. | :49:54. | |
has a magical hand in turning raw- material into fantastically fast | :49:54. | :50:01. | |
eight crews will start it will be interesting to see how they can | :50:01. | :50:05. | |
come back and to challenge Germany. They have been dominant on the | :50:05. | :50:11. | |
world seen since 2009. Germany just going through the picture. They are | :50:11. | :50:16. | |
world champions. Canada are the Olympic champions. There are three | :50:16. | :50:22. | |
from the Olympic eight on board in the Canadian crew. Brian Price is | :50:22. | :50:29. | |
in the driver's seat as they come through the 500 metre mark. It is | :50:29. | :50:34. | |
Germany from Great Britain. Now they have to consolidate that. It | :50:34. | :50:41. | |
is about finding rhythm and finding the length. Germany from Great | :50:41. | :50:48. | |
Britain. Canada in third position. Poland in force. Australia in five | :50:48. | :50:56. | |
and Netherlands in 6th. -- 4th. Canada are usually far stabbed in | :50:56. | :51:03. | |
the first 500 metres. They are being led by Great Britain. -- | :51:03. | :51:13. | |
:51:13. | :51:18. | ||
usually fast out. Germany are still the fast boat pulls up -- for | :51:18. | :51:24. | |
Germany are still the faster boat. The British are looking all right | :51:25. | :51:30. | |
was that they are in the race and in their rhythm. They can keep | :51:30. | :51:36. | |
their heads up. We are looking at the Netherlands. The British art in | :51:36. | :51:42. | |
this race will start they were leading Germany in Belgrade. | :51:42. | :51:48. | |
this race. They need to hold it together. At the halfway mark by | :51:48. | :51:55. | |
just a quarter of a length, it is Germany over Great Britain. Now the | :51:55. | :52:01. | |
race will start to wind up. This is the final of the Men's Eight. | :52:01. | :52:11. | |
:52:11. | :52:11. | ||
Bigger pictures are a match -- around -- big pushes up around this | :52:11. | :52:18. | |
mark. The world champions retain the power. Great Britain is a third | :52:18. | :52:24. | |
of a length down. Great Britain is just edging Canada at the moment. | :52:24. | :52:30. | |
They are in a very good position. Poland is closest to us in third | :52:31. | :52:36. | |
place. They are trying to get alongside Canada and Great Britain. | :52:36. | :52:41. | |
Germany are doing what they do best and dominating the scene. It is a | :52:41. | :52:46. | |
fantastic turnaround for the British crew. They are in second | :52:46. | :52:51. | |
position. They are putting pressure on the world champions. They are | :52:51. | :52:58. | |
half a length up on Canada, the Olympic champions. They could close | :52:58. | :53:06. | |
the door on Canada and focus on Germany. The Germans are relentless. | :53:06. | :53:10. | |
In the bow seat, looking a lot better than he has in the early | :53:10. | :53:17. | |
part of this race. Great Britain are coming back. They have closed | :53:17. | :53:26. | |
down the gap on Germany. The race is on. It is Great Britain's for | :53:26. | :53:30. | |
the taking. The boat is travelling between the strokes Gustav they | :53:30. | :53:40. | |
have really learnt from the last regatta. Bob -- the strokes. Can | :53:40. | :53:46. | |
Germany do it? Canada are in third place and cannot catch Britain from | :53:46. | :53:53. | |
this point. Germany are responding. They have moved at to six feet from | :53:53. | :53:59. | |
three feet. Great Britain need to remember they are racers and | :53:59. | :54:03. | |
fighters. They will be so confident in his position. They have the | :54:03. | :54:10. | |
better of Canada inside 200 metres. Germany has turned it on. They have | :54:10. | :54:17. | |
an extra gear. Up Great Britain have to move. They have to bring it | :54:17. | :54:23. | |
right back on to Germany Again. Inside the last 100 was up gold | :54:23. | :54:31. | |
again undefeated Germany. -- the last 100. The Great Britain crew | :54:31. | :54:37. | |
have turned it around. Silver again for Great Britain. Canada, the | :54:37. | :54:42. | |
Olympic champions, take the bronze medal today. One thing is sure, | :54:42. | :54:47. | |
Great Britain are back in the hunt. This crew is coming together. We | :54:47. | :54:55. | |
are still learning. In this regatta we have really progressed. You have | :54:55. | :55:01. | |
the old man back in the bow seat. How does that feel? I love it there. | :55:01. | :55:08. | |
I need to keep my blinkers on. Looking at them only distracts me. | :55:08. | :55:14. | |
I can get a real feel for what is going on in the boat and move with | :55:14. | :55:21. | |
it. I am enjoying the challenge. The British team were on track in | :55:21. | :55:27. | |
Belgrade. How tough where the opposition here? Really tough. We | :55:27. | :55:34. | |
do all three World Cups. Not everyone does. We were not quite | :55:34. | :55:37. | |
recovered from the first one and did not need to be. We have got a | :55:37. | :55:44. | |
lot of people coming in. It has been outstanding. The Olympic field | :55:44. | :55:50. | |
is here. You have seen it taught in Lucerne. We need to build on the | :55:50. | :55:58. | |
last 500. -- all in Lucerne. We are learning and getting better. The | :55:58. | :56:03. | |
last race counts and it will be in London on 1st August. Germany | :56:03. | :56:08. | |
continue their unbeaten run since Beijing. I'll be getting any closer | :56:08. | :56:15. | |
to toppling the Germans? -- are we getting? It was a great performance | :56:15. | :56:25. | |
:56:25. | :56:25. | ||
by the guys. Will he be back for the next one or in for the Games? | :56:25. | :56:29. | |
Heat is the young star that everyone wants to see. He has been | :56:29. | :56:33. | |
stroking the boat when he has been in the boat. It makes the | :56:33. | :56:38. | |
difference when he is fit and healthy. We will have to watch this | :56:38. | :56:43. | |
space. I am disappointed with the Canadians. World-best time two days | :56:43. | :56:48. | |
ago and not in the race now. Is that inexperience from their point | :56:48. | :56:54. | |
of view? You would think the coach would have been more sharp in | :56:54. | :56:58. | |
making sure they did their best performance in the final and not | :56:58. | :57:03. | |
the first race. I think the Canadians can push the Germans as | :57:03. | :57:09. | |
well as us. You got 12 medals in Belgrade. What to make of the | :57:09. | :57:16. | |
overall performance? There will be four boats who will be very happy | :57:16. | :57:21. | |
and the other 13 will be disappointed. On the Olympic | :57:21. | :57:26. | |
statistics, the won less medals than we did four years ago. This | :57:26. | :57:30. | |
time there were three goals. 10 medals at the world championships | :57:30. | :57:35. | |
last year and only five this time. A bit of his trouble from that | :57:35. | :57:42. | |
point of view. A little bit disappointed over all. -- a bit of | :57:42. | :57:48. | |
a struggle from that point of view. We will be back in three weeks' | :57:48. | :57:52. | |
time when the British Olympic team will have been selected and I have | :57:52. | :57:56. | |
the last competitive outing before decamping to Eton Dorney for the | :57:56. | :58:02. | |
summer. The World Cup is in Munich on 11th June and we will be life. | :58:02. | :58:10. | |
We will be presenting from Henley. They will be celebrating their 25th | :58:10. | :58:14. | |
anniversary of the Women's Regatta. We said at the start of the show | :58:14. | :58:19. |