:00:02. > :00:11.on your flags now? I think John will not let this go. They are
:00:11. > :00:20.determined to win this one. Well I believe that to you. -- leave that
:00:20. > :00:26.to you. Here is what is coming up. We're heading back to Eton Dorney
:00:26. > :00:32.for three finals. First up is the men's doubles sculls with Bill
:00:33. > :00:42.Lucas and Sam Townsend. Their first season together.
:00:42. > :00:46.Then the Lightweight Men's Four. Expect a close race in this one.
:00:46. > :00:56.And the Women's Eight, we will hope that the cheers of the home crowd
:00:56. > :01:02.can't spread them on in their final. -- can spur them on.
:01:02. > :01:07.And a bit of tennis, it is quarter- final time today for Andy Murray as
:01:07. > :01:14.he takes on Nicolas Almagro at 12 o'clock. You can watch that on BBC
:01:14. > :01:22.Three. And the big guns are back, Victoria Pendleton and Chris Foy
:01:22. > :01:26.among us the names on the track for the first time tonight. A very busy
:01:26. > :01:30.day around the Olympic Park and at Eton Dorney. But yesterday around
:01:30. > :01:36.this time was when Helen Glover and Heather Stanning crossed the finish
:01:36. > :01:46.line to become Great Britain's first Olympic champions of 2012. It
:01:46. > :01:56.
:01:56. > :02:06.of your lives. It is not going to be any other time, you have to
:02:06. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:29.produce it now. Brilliant!
:02:29. > :02:35.I was sitting behind Heather and I said, I cannot believe it. We did
:02:35. > :02:38.it. It is a proud moment for the whole family. If you work hard and
:02:38. > :02:43.try your best, absolutely anyone try your best, absolutely anyone
:02:43. > :02:48.can do anything. Just incredible scenes from all
:02:48. > :02:52.over the world. Those pictures also from Camp Bastion cheering on their
:02:53. > :02:57.captain. But there is a lot of sacrifice that goes into these
:02:57. > :03:02.Olympic medals. Not just the training and the hours put in but
:03:02. > :03:07.also the family and friends and the support that goes along with that.
:03:07. > :03:16.And that is the beauty of the home games, having that support so close.
:03:16. > :03:20.And earlier John Inverdale was invited to a very special barbecue.
:03:20. > :03:24.Well they have spoken about their friends and families and here we
:03:24. > :03:29.have three parents who know all about the agonies and ecstasies of
:03:29. > :03:35.having an athlete in the family. Your son began running at Eton. But
:03:35. > :03:42.when they find themselves at a high level performance, you are suddenly
:03:42. > :03:46.so much more involved in their lives. That is true. It starts
:03:46. > :03:53.quite early and you realise the enormity of what they have stepped
:03:53. > :03:59.into. In his case he went from a poor week for started at school and
:03:59. > :04:06.within the year of him starting he was on the winning European
:04:06. > :04:10.Championship eight. The winning crew in Munich. And then at Lucerne.
:04:10. > :04:17.And you realise, this is enormous. And people start to expand it in
:04:17. > :04:21.front of your eyes, saying, he has potential, he could go far. It is a
:04:21. > :04:29.dream at that stage and you are shocked, at the enormity of what is
:04:29. > :04:35.about to develop becomes apparent. And it ends up in a way consuming
:04:35. > :04:43.Europe life. You are a privileged, underpaid taxi-driver most of the
:04:43. > :04:47.time! Their dedication is fantastic, they missed out on so much for us
:04:47. > :04:55.up and we suffer as well, getting up early in the morning, running
:04:55. > :05:03.them around places. We paid school fees, he slept through most of the
:05:03. > :05:07.lessons! But he is in the Olympics. Alan is a slightly more senior
:05:07. > :05:15.competitor compared to that elite youngsters. You have lived every
:05:15. > :05:21.race that he has rowed for more than a decade. Does it get easier?
:05:21. > :05:26.It does not get any easier. He just found success early on in this
:05:26. > :05:33.sport and just kept at it. His dream ultimately is to get the gold
:05:33. > :05:38.medal in London. He's just heading towards that. By 16 he had gone on
:05:38. > :05:43.to sixth-form college in England. So we had last of of responsibility.
:05:43. > :05:49.And then the British army took over. And now his wife is looking after
:05:49. > :05:55.him extremely well! I was going to say, you have done little washing
:05:55. > :06:02.for him! That is correct, except for when we do come over and there
:06:02. > :06:08.are these massive piles of clothes just soaking wet. But do you mind
:06:08. > :06:11.looking after him? Not at all. I like to see more of him. I was
:06:11. > :06:16.speaking to some of the parents from the women's gymnastics team
:06:16. > :06:21.and they said they were just so desperate to see them. But I think
:06:21. > :06:27.phone calls are a great as well but lovely just to have that comfort
:06:27. > :06:32.blanket of your parents around you. Well we can cross now down to Eton
:06:32. > :06:36.Dorney. What a morning it has been for the British rowers. The men
:06:36. > :06:41.made the headlines at the last Olympics, but it has come as quite
:06:41. > :06:47.a surprise that Helen Batt and Heather were the first British
:06:47. > :06:51.women ever to win an Olympic gold medal. Sophie Hosking did so well
:06:51. > :07:00.this morning with Katherine Copeland. What do you think it is
:07:00. > :07:03.that is making these girls get the When you are seeing a lot of other
:07:03. > :07:07.people in the team doing it, I think we have had good women's
:07:07. > :07:11.taxpayers coming in before and haven't produced the goods, as a
:07:11. > :07:16.collective group they are saying "Right, we won't have the men have
:07:16. > :07:20.it all their own way, we will do something about it." It could come
:07:20. > :07:25.out that the men's team might not win a gold medal and the medals
:07:25. > :07:30.come from the women and the lightweights. OK, well, Bill Lucas
:07:30. > :07:37.and Sam Townsend are coming up next in the double sculls and they seem
:07:37. > :07:40.perfectly matched. They are both 6'6 and 100 kilos. We will leave it
:07:41. > :07:45.with you to build up the tension, there is only, about three minutes
:07:45. > :07:49.to go. Yes, I was thinking you saying that, that is a tremendous
:07:49. > :07:54.second row pairing, I reckon, if they decide to leave here and go on
:07:54. > :07:59.to dry land. Just on that, we used to play rugby, touch rugby at
:07:59. > :08:07.Leander as a spare session, we organised one full contact game. I
:08:07. > :08:13.have only ever played second ro,, we have a whole team of them.
:08:13. > :08:18.could see you as Joanna lieu mu. Didn't Matthew Pinsent play a
:08:18. > :08:24.number of games? For Henley. Lucas and Townsend, our second row
:08:24. > :08:27.pairing here, who in a sense have come up on the rails a bit. We are
:08:27. > :08:30.not thinking about them as potential med liss, this is so
:08:30. > :08:35.wide-open, anything could happen. Our men's sculling team over the
:08:35. > :08:40.last six or seven years have showed promise, most of the time when they
:08:40. > :08:46.get to the major Championships that have fallen short. They have had a
:08:46. > :08:51.rejig round, the guys were in the Quad and now in the double. But, it
:08:51. > :08:55.all seems to be coming together here, and I think they can get a
:08:55. > :08:59.medal here, and it would be a great boos. They haven't shown any prom
:08:59. > :09:03.nis the World Cup races but they showed a lot of prom nis the
:09:03. > :09:09.semifinal. There is a cheer for the British crew at the start. Because
:09:09. > :09:12.they are relatively inexperienced, it maybe makes things easier, there
:09:12. > :09:16.has been no expectation, everybody has spoken about everyone else.
:09:16. > :09:20.They would be the wild card, if you like, to get a medal, were that to
:09:20. > :09:24.happen in the next seven or eight minutes. One of the problems the
:09:24. > :09:27.team has, they have such strong hopes in all the boats we can't
:09:27. > :09:30.concentrate on all of them. We go to the names of the people who have
:09:30. > :09:35.done it before and what they are trying to do is push their way in,
:09:35. > :09:39.they are going to try and make their name now so we can't overlook
:09:39. > :09:44.them. We expect this to be such a close race, if that is how things
:09:44. > :09:47.pan out, what tactics would you advice the guys to employ? They
:09:47. > :09:50.have got to be in there, I don't think they have to do anything
:09:50. > :09:54.outstanding in the first half, but you have to be part of the race.
:09:54. > :09:59.When the field, any six could win, any six could come last, you don't
:09:59. > :10:03.want to throw your chances away by doing something stupid. Let
:10:03. > :10:08.somebody else do that. You have to be aware of what is happening. You
:10:08. > :10:14.have the Slovenian, they won this double one, the Olympic gold medal
:10:14. > :10:21.in 2000. One of them has been in the team, this is supposed to be
:10:21. > :10:26.his last race. He was in the pair, against me in Barcelona. Anyone,
:10:26. > :10:31.they went outstandingly fast in the first part. Anybody could do
:10:31. > :10:35.anything. I can't call it. They will watch with great passion there
:10:35. > :10:45.to see if Cop goes out on a high note. Let us hope our British pair
:10:45. > :10:46.
:10:46. > :10:52.can send him home with his tail The Olympic final of the men's
:10:52. > :11:00.heavyweight double sculls. Great Britain under way in lane one.
:11:00. > :11:04.Lithuania in two. Slovenia, will they do it again? Slovenia in three.
:11:04. > :11:10.Argentina in four. New Zealand, the World Champions in the all black
:11:10. > :11:18.strip, going through your picture there in five. Italy bring it up in
:11:18. > :11:23.the rear, in lane six. Great Britain have taken it on in the
:11:23. > :11:27.first 100, and they need to do that, Steve was talking about not too
:11:27. > :11:31.much in the first 500 allow for the second, but with the tail wind, we
:11:31. > :11:34.have a cross tail to cross head in the early stage, so that is not
:11:34. > :11:38.going to favour the far side. So the British in the first 250.
:11:38. > :11:43.Jumping out into this final, there is a good start. Now they have to
:11:43. > :11:47.the allow the confidence to flow. Very impressed with the way they
:11:47. > :11:51.went out. That was spectacular. If they can settle into something
:11:51. > :11:55.strong here, and somehow defy the conditions that are not really best
:11:55. > :12:00.in their favour, that would be great. But already, in lane three,
:12:00. > :12:05.you have Slovenia, who are real, real tough racer, moving out in
:12:05. > :12:09.front. -- racers. Slovenia will be bucked by the fact they did so well
:12:09. > :12:12.in the semifinal to make this final. They went out hard, they led, they
:12:12. > :12:16.were all the way through looking superb. Back on form. Remember,
:12:16. > :12:22.they retired. They weren't going to come here but they went out here
:12:23. > :12:27.and they are at the top of their game. We are already a quarter of
:12:27. > :12:31.the way through this Olympic final. Listen to the crowd. That is what
:12:31. > :12:38.they are seeing now on the big score boards, where Great Britain
:12:38. > :12:46.are, we are into the second 500. The early race leaders Slovenia,
:12:46. > :12:50.settling into a compelling rhythm but the British are on their tails.
:12:50. > :12:53.Bill Lucas and Sam Townsend. Sam Townsend from Reading University
:12:53. > :12:59.Boat Club. A great combination, remember, they have rowed together
:12:59. > :13:03.in the Quad last year, at the World Championship, finishing seventh.
:13:03. > :13:08.They have a good partnership going here. They need to step up and step
:13:08. > :13:15.on. They slipped back a little bit there when everybody pushed on, but
:13:15. > :13:20.they reacted well, and they have pushed back again into a position
:13:20. > :13:24.of contention. Very very good. In the semifinal, they, their time was
:13:24. > :13:30.faster than Argentina who won the other semifinal. Earlier on in the
:13:30. > :13:33.season. They beat, they beat them. So this, really, puts them in a
:13:33. > :13:39.great position. Argentina go into second place and the World
:13:39. > :13:45.Champions back there in fifth. Suarez, the Bowman of the
:13:45. > :13:53.Argentineian double, started rowing in 2000. Having watched the Sydney
:13:54. > :14:03.Olympic game, both guys, Suarez and Ross sew. They have really taken
:14:04. > :14:12.
:14:12. > :14:17.this regatta by storm. We are at the half way mark. They led the
:14:17. > :14:23.world, they have settled into a pretty easy rhythm here, but then
:14:23. > :14:27.from 250 on, the Olympic champions from 12 years ago, from Slovenia,
:14:27. > :14:32.said "Hang on a second, it is us who will take you up to the half
:14:32. > :14:36.way." That is what they are doing. Germany are not in this final.
:14:36. > :14:40.Australia are not in the final. So that does leave a bit of a chance.
:14:40. > :14:45.Look at Italy. Beginning to move. Great Britain now slipping back
:14:45. > :14:55.into fourth place. So impressed with Slovenia. Here they are, just
:14:55. > :15:08.
:15:08. > :15:12.we are through the 1250 metres. Great Britain by no means out of
:15:12. > :15:17.the final. New Zealand, they too starting to mount their challenge,
:15:17. > :15:20.we are now getting towards the business end of this Olympic final,
:15:20. > :15:24.of the men's heavyweight double scull, Great Britain have to lift
:15:24. > :15:29.it to another level, if they are going to contend for a medal.
:15:29. > :15:33.are up to 37 strokes a minute. They are matching the Slovenians, but
:15:33. > :15:37.Italy have moved very well indeed. Italy have been keeping themselves
:15:37. > :15:40.to themselves a bit. But they are shifting. Argentina showed their
:15:41. > :15:46.hand early but Great Britain have a battle to get a medal. Here comes
:15:46. > :15:49.New Zealand. For the very last time in this Olympic final. They go
:15:49. > :15:53.through the 1500 metre, Italy, Slovenia, Argentina, Great Britain,
:15:53. > :15:57.back to fifth place, we know the British can sprint. This is the
:15:57. > :16:02.time, this is your last chance Great Britain. Up in lane number
:16:02. > :16:07.one, use the third man in the crew, the third person, and that is the
:16:07. > :16:11.crowd on your right hand side. is New Zealand pushing up into
:16:11. > :16:18.third place, they are fantastic finisher, high number of stroke, I
:16:18. > :16:23.expect them to get past Slovenia but Italy are flying. They have
:16:23. > :16:26.been rong a long time. They are out in front. They have to watch New
:16:26. > :16:30.Zealand. New Zealand pushing through now. Pushing past Slovenia.
:16:30. > :16:34.Can Italy hold them off. Great Britain slipping back to fifth.
:16:34. > :16:39.middle thousand has been a blistering one from the Italians,
:16:39. > :16:43.in lane six. But watch out for the rocket, that is Cohen and Sullivan,
:16:43. > :16:48.the World Champion, they sprint as they have done last time, 200 out.
:16:48. > :16:54.It will be a mad dash for the line. Can't see that Italy is going to be
:16:54. > :16:58.able to hold on. They just keep going. Olympic champion, when Cohen
:16:58. > :17:01.was with another partner and they have just about drawn level. There
:17:02. > :17:05.they go. It is New Zealand. Time to perfection here, the early race
:17:05. > :17:09.leaders Spik and Cop are out in third. Great Britain in fifth
:17:09. > :17:15.position now, not challenging for the medals. The drive coming hard
:17:15. > :17:20.and fast from Cohen and Sullivan, they have got 75 to the line. The
:17:20. > :17:23.Italians have not given up for one last push. Spik and Cop from
:17:23. > :17:29.Slovenia. Great Britain out of the medals. The Olympic champions New
:17:29. > :17:32.Zealand first, Italy get the silver and Slovenia the bronze, and Great
:17:32. > :17:38.Britain over in fifth place, well that will be a disappointment for
:17:38. > :17:43.the British double, who came into this final with such high hopes,
:17:43. > :17:45.but we salute Cohen and Sullivan who add the Olympic gold medal to
:17:45. > :17:50.their World Championship gold medal of last year. And they sprint to
:17:50. > :17:55.the line, and that is what it means. That was a fantastic result. They
:17:55. > :17:59.were very ill in Lucerne, they came 12th, the New Zealanders and nobody
:17:59. > :18:05.knew what they caught on the plane coming over. They recovered, they
:18:05. > :18:10.finally got back to second, in Munich. World Champions Olympic
:18:10. > :18:16.champions. The fairytale was not going to be for Spik and Cop, 12
:18:16. > :18:20.years after they won out in Sydney. But Cohen and Sullivan, well, they
:18:20. > :18:27.have been fantastic in the last two years at the major Championships.
:18:27. > :18:31.It is all come down tho one race, this one moment in time which will
:18:31. > :18:36.live with them for the rest of their lives. They can call
:18:36. > :18:40.themselves Olympic champions. Hopefully the British double can
:18:40. > :18:46.have another season or two together, just to develop them. The Italians
:18:46. > :18:49.were in that sort of, into 1500 the Italians really launched everything,
:18:49. > :18:53.they gave it their all. There was a moment there where we thought
:18:53. > :18:56.perhaps, a bit of magic from lane six. It was their best boat, I
:18:56. > :19:03.think. It is their best boat and maybe the pair as well. But this
:19:03. > :19:09.was a top, top boat, look... It is brute force isn't it. Look at the
:19:09. > :19:17.work they are doing. Well, they are over in first place. Sullivan, yes,
:19:17. > :19:23.they have it. Where's the line. There it is, we are Olympic chap,
:19:23. > :19:29.the realisation dawns and with it, a job well done. A great journey
:19:29. > :19:32.for Cohen, he was with the great single sculler four years ago and
:19:32. > :19:38.it all went wrong for them. He has come back and he has won this
:19:38. > :19:43.Olympic Gold. Great Britain top left of your picture coming in, in
:19:43. > :19:49.fifth. There is gold for New Zealand, silver for Italy. Slovenia
:19:49. > :19:55.getting the bronze. I am waiting for the caption to confirm as the
:19:55. > :20:02.crews come in. There it is. New Zealand gold. Italy in silver,
:20:02. > :20:07.Slovenia in third. Great Britain in Slovenia in third. Great Britain in
:20:07. > :20:12.fifth. Well it wasn't to be. Maybe perhaps we had built them up too
:20:12. > :20:16.much in hindsight. It is easy in hindsight. Any of those six boats
:20:16. > :20:21.could have won. I think that they were isolated out on the other side
:20:21. > :20:24.once they got into the race, of Lithuania, slid back quickly and
:20:24. > :20:27.they didn't have that direct contact with one of the fast boats
:20:27. > :20:31.and they saw the action on this side, which, don't want to say
:20:31. > :20:35.about the wind, but the wind is going straight across at the moment,
:20:35. > :20:39.if that turns a slight head, that will be an issue for there, but I
:20:39. > :20:43.love what I love about double. It is about smooth, being no
:20:43. > :20:47.aggression, of being in harmony with your boat, and the New
:20:47. > :20:50.Zealanders there, it was just sheer brute force, and the heads down and
:20:50. > :20:53.just everything they could present, the way they were bouncing the boat
:20:53. > :20:58.and forcing the power through, they had no idea of where they were and
:20:58. > :21:01.suddenly looked up, and looked round and saw they have a gold
:21:01. > :21:07.medal. The Italians knew where they were, the poor Italians, stroke, I
:21:07. > :21:11.have been looking at him. If we have a 100% of energy to give at
:21:11. > :21:15.any one time he gave one 100% and he has nothing left. He was gone,
:21:15. > :21:23.absolutely gone, and you know, but was elated to have won a silver.
:21:23. > :21:27.You go flat out, for about 45 seconds, and then you get into
:21:27. > :21:30.oxygen dep. So people putting efforts in at different stages, the
:21:30. > :21:39.Italianed hat an amazing move. Took on the Slovenians, took the lead
:21:40. > :21:44.and you thought that is it. They The Kiwis found some energy from
:21:44. > :21:48.somewhere and blasted it out. look ahead to the next race, the
:21:48. > :21:54.men's lightweight four. We have genuine medal prospects, gold medal
:21:54. > :21:59.prospects. It is eight minutes from race time. What's happening at the
:21:59. > :22:02.moment with them? They almost finished their warm-up, they'd be
:22:02. > :22:06.out on the water for 20 minutes. They've been going through their
:22:06. > :22:10.routines, what they've practised four, staying calm and concentrated
:22:10. > :22:15.on what they are doing. They know that lightweight rowing is always
:22:15. > :22:19.very tight in coxless fours, especially Olympic finals. They
:22:20. > :22:27.know they are favourites, they just have to stay with it, make sure
:22:27. > :22:31.nobody takes them by surprise. They show such confidence in what they
:22:31. > :22:35.are doing. You are talking about such small margins in a race. In
:22:35. > :22:38.their semi-final, they looked so relaxed when they were in third
:22:38. > :22:42.position. They knew they were going to squeeze a bit more power on and
:22:42. > :22:47.move back through everybody. You got this sense of confidence about
:22:47. > :22:51.it. It's that confidence which is going to float them through and
:22:51. > :22:55.bring them through to crossing that line first today. We've had an up-
:22:55. > :22:58.and-down day as far as British rowing is concerned, Sophie Hosking
:22:58. > :23:03.and Kat Copeland were a hugely impressive in their race. We hope
:23:03. > :23:08.we can play the interview with the girls and a few minutes. Sophie was
:23:08. > :23:13.talking about an inner calm, and a calm assurance. If you have that,
:23:13. > :23:18.it means that the enormity of the situation doesn't take over you.
:23:18. > :23:21.their semi-final, grease seemed to jump out and take the lead. What
:23:21. > :23:29.they normally do, I'm a bit concerned about this, I'm not quite
:23:29. > :23:32.sure, are they going to get into the semi-final? -- the final? It is
:23:32. > :23:41.that their calmness and sticking to their routines, they are coming
:23:41. > :23:44.through this. It shows you the strength and depth. One boat starts
:23:45. > :23:50.doing well because they all work on percentage times of their boat
:23:50. > :23:55.speeds compared to the others. One vote as well, then you start to
:23:55. > :24:02.think, we should do well against them as well. Matthew Pinsent was
:24:02. > :24:06.watching the guys as they took to the water. This is our men's
:24:06. > :24:12.lightweight four, of Chambers, Chambers, Williams and Bartley.
:24:12. > :24:17.Let's walk down with them and their coach, who is carrying their blades.
:24:17. > :24:21.A lot of people have been asking about steering in a coxless boat.
:24:21. > :24:25.This is the coxless four. The steering is operated by one of the
:24:25. > :24:30.guys. I don't know who is Deering in this coxless four, it's one of
:24:30. > :24:39.them with their feet. There is a little rudder attached to the stern
:24:39. > :24:43.of the boat by the Finn. It is the surface area of a matchbox. There
:24:43. > :24:48.are two rather wires, they run up into the boat and operated as
:24:48. > :24:51.someone's feet. I have the job of steering in Athens. It is a
:24:51. > :24:54.nightmare because you are facing backwards and have got to Steer
:24:55. > :24:59.this boat perfectly straight from start to finish. You know,
:24:59. > :25:04.especially in an event like this with these guys, tiny margins are
:25:04. > :25:08.going to come into play. In Athens, we run - but we won our race by
:25:08. > :25:13.this much. Thankfully, I steered a decent race. Hopefully these guys
:25:14. > :25:18.can steer well, row well and have more than a decent race. It's going
:25:18. > :25:24.to be very tight. How important is the draw in this
:25:24. > :25:28.race? I think all of them are going to be in with a shout. It doesn't
:25:28. > :25:32.make much difference from that point of view. In theory, the
:25:32. > :25:39.fastest Crusat in the middle, but all of them that are going, we've
:25:39. > :25:44.seen lightweight coxless fours many times, you can throw the blanket
:25:44. > :25:51.over them. I think people would prefer to be on this side with the
:25:51. > :25:57.crosswind. But if it changes a few degrees then it favours the other
:25:57. > :26:00.side. Probably in the middle is the best place to be. We mentioned this
:26:00. > :26:05.earlier but it's worth repeating again, about the dynamic in a boat.
:26:05. > :26:08.You have a pair of brothers in their, and sibling rivalry and
:26:08. > :26:13.bonding is always an interesting thing, whether it's the rugby field,
:26:13. > :26:17.tennis court, whatever it might be. They are together with two other
:26:17. > :26:21.very determined and positive individuals. How important is it
:26:21. > :26:26.that the four people are mentally totally in tune? Mentally and
:26:26. > :26:30.physically. You've got to be in tune completely. You can put the
:26:30. > :26:33.four best lightweight rowers in the world in and it doesn't make it the
:26:33. > :26:36.best lightweight four in the world. If you go back to our lightweight
:26:36. > :26:42.four in Sydney, the combination we had and seats that we sat in, we
:26:42. > :26:46.tried other seats and it didn't work. It didn't have the magic
:26:46. > :26:51.ingredients. If I knew what that was then I would bottle it and sell
:26:51. > :26:55.it. The fact is it comes down to trial and error. We did swap around
:26:55. > :26:59.quite a lot. Normally you put your biggest, strongest guys in the
:26:59. > :27:04.middle, the heavyweight rowers, and the little ones at either rent. We
:27:04. > :27:09.had a very big dynamic going that pushed us along all the time.
:27:09. > :27:12.you have to like each other or is it about respect? I think there's
:27:12. > :27:17.got to be respect there. If you don't respect the people that you
:27:17. > :27:21.are with, but also Trust, you've got to trust them when you are
:27:21. > :27:24.under pressure. You have to know that what you are going to put in,
:27:24. > :27:28.everybody else is going to be putting that same commitment in.
:27:28. > :27:31.They don't have to be your best mates, it doesn't have to be as
:27:31. > :27:34.important as that, but you have to have that trust and relationship.
:27:35. > :27:36.When you're putting your life on the line, that everyone else is
:27:36. > :27:41.putting their life on the line as putting their life on the line as
:27:41. > :27:45.well. There's the big shot of the big lake, the big clouds and the
:27:45. > :27:49.big stands and the big occasion for the men's lightweight four. That is
:27:49. > :27:52.the picture that seven or eight years ago everyone envisaged in the
:27:52. > :27:57.shadow of Windsor Castle, they envisaged this being one of the
:27:57. > :28:05.great symbols of London 2012. As we pan out across Windsor Great Park
:28:05. > :28:09.and find ourselves at Dorney Lake, I think when the story of London
:28:09. > :28:13.2012 is rate in 12 days' time and obviously post Paralympics as well,
:28:13. > :28:16.the pictures of Eton Dorney will be some of the most dramatic, not
:28:16. > :28:21.least because the grandstands have been absolutely packed to the
:28:21. > :28:24.rafters every single day, and also, without tempting too much fate,
:28:24. > :28:28.Great Britain will have enjoyed a huge amount of success. Let us hope
:28:29. > :28:34.that in the course of the next seven or eight minutes, our gold
:28:34. > :28:38.medal tally will rise from one to two. Are you confident? I am
:28:38. > :28:44.confident. I'm not Supreme the confident because you can never be
:28:44. > :28:47.with lightweight fours. We've got over two minutes to go because the
:28:47. > :28:52.clocks that hold the bow Strait haven't come up yet. But they are
:28:52. > :28:58.certainly getting ready. Adrenalin will be pumping. Hopefully a very
:28:58. > :29:02.good race. That sky looks like a painting, but this is very much for
:29:02. > :29:08.real. The final of the men's lightweight four. Great Britain
:29:08. > :29:18.favourites to win. But there are no certainties in sport. Let's join
:29:18. > :29:23.
:29:23. > :29:27.the water. There's a definite cross wind coming in, slightly ahead on
:29:27. > :29:31.the start here. Your thoughts on how that is going to affect the
:29:31. > :29:37.crews in the opening stages. It's difficult for the cruise up in the
:29:37. > :29:41.top lanes, won an two. And against the very fastest crews of Denmark
:29:41. > :29:51.and South Africa. Great Britain is in the middle, they are pretty
:29:51. > :29:53.
:29:53. > :30:01.Just a moment there as they come up on the big screens that adorn the
:30:01. > :30:11.finishing area. Great Britain will be in lane three. Their arch-rivals,
:30:11. > :30:42.
:30:42. > :30:52.and unleash them. This will be right on the edge of our seats stop.
:30:52. > :31:26.
:31:26. > :31:31.the Olympic Games 2012 men's absolutely flown like a rocket in
:31:31. > :31:36.the first 150. That is the way they row. High numbers of strokes,
:31:36. > :31:41.that's how they train. They will keep on like that. They have
:31:41. > :31:44.Everson, three-times Olympic champion. Great Britain settling
:31:45. > :31:54.into their rhythm. Probably able to handle the water well because they
:31:55. > :32:31.
:32:31. > :32:35.neatly and pretty quickly. South screw early. They jumped out, Great
:32:35. > :32:39.Britain, in Munich, meaning all of these crews and Great Britain did
:32:39. > :32:43.that by taking the first 500 out ahead of everybody else. That gave
:32:43. > :32:47.the enough distance to come into a solid rhythm in the second 500. We
:32:47. > :32:52.are now seeing that happen again, but this time it is Denmark doing
:32:52. > :32:57.that. Great Britain are beginning to try and stretch out their
:32:57. > :33:01.fantastic rhythm that they have developed. The two chambers
:33:01. > :33:05.brothers, from Northern Ireland, sitting there. Peter Chambers was
:33:05. > :33:08.ill in the CERN when they came sixth. When he came back in Munich,
:33:08. > :33:12.they won there. They've been looking Supreme ever since. They've
:33:12. > :33:16.got length, power and tremendous finishing speed. Now they've got to
:33:16. > :33:20.work their way back from quite a long way back in the field to get
:33:20. > :33:25.back on terms with Denmark. Denmark will be hard to turnover, Australia
:33:25. > :33:30.as well. Australia haven't had a great season, but they are just
:33:30. > :33:35.stretching out. The Netherlands look like the early victims here at
:33:35. > :33:41.a speed out to the halfway line. Not living with it in lane two
:33:41. > :33:51.mackerel. Great Britain is tucked in amongst it. They've still got an
:33:51. > :34:02.
:34:02. > :34:07.the bronze medal position. Not a bad start at all. We've got two
:34:07. > :34:11.brothers, Pete Chambers and Richard Chambers, Racing for Great Britain.
:34:11. > :34:16.The last time we had two brothers Racing for Great Britain in an
:34:16. > :34:22.Olympic final was back in 1992 in Barcelona. We all know what
:34:22. > :34:27.happened there. It took a big finish. This crew here are capable
:34:27. > :34:30.of a big finish. They will be requiring a big finish. You were
:34:30. > :34:35.there in that boat with the brothers. What have they got to do,
:34:35. > :34:41.because they are quite a long way back? The Danes are really
:34:41. > :34:51.responding well. They made a push their. Now they are coming again.
:34:51. > :34:57.
:34:57. > :35:02.My goodness, you don't turn those you do in the British boat? You
:35:02. > :35:07.churn them out. Keeping it long, keeping it relaxed. The British are
:35:07. > :35:13.looking very well here. They are ready to jump when we get to the
:35:13. > :35:17.last time in Mark, the 1500. They are looking calm and relaxed. The
:35:17. > :35:27.others did get out faster and they are relying on that, they are
:35:27. > :35:31.
:35:31. > :35:37.relying on the fact they've got the Australia and Great Britain. The
:35:37. > :35:43.Danes have led this right from the first stroke. We can get into the
:35:43. > :35:47.danger zone. Great Britain, led by Chris Bartley, brings his men right
:35:47. > :35:52.up on to the boil. Here come the British lightweight four. They are
:35:52. > :35:59.going to be met by a wall of noise from the British crowd. You have a
:35:59. > :36:06.South Africa there as well. This is a tough event. They have now got to
:36:06. > :36:10.turn it up. They've got a big ask here. Can they make it? The British
:36:10. > :36:16.crew with 25 strokes remaining. Surely they are now looking the
:36:16. > :36:21.stronger. One big push and the crowd are on their feet. 20 strokes
:36:21. > :36:31.to Olympic history. Look at them move into second place. They have a
:36:31. > :36:51.
:36:51. > :36:54.quarter of a length to go on the line. They are not going to do it,
:36:54. > :37:00.South Africa are Olympic champions, and we will have to wait for the
:37:00. > :37:06.confirmation. Great Britain get the silver, Denmark get bronze. It was
:37:06. > :37:12.a valiant effort from the British four. Well, it is jubilation in the
:37:12. > :37:16.South African boat, and it will be a little bit of disappointment, the
:37:16. > :37:21.worthy silver medal for Great Britain there. They were called to
:37:21. > :37:26.the line, they gave absolutely everything, for themselves, for the
:37:26. > :37:34.team and for Great Britain. What a superb performance from South
:37:34. > :37:38.Africa. That was absolutely stunning! The Danes did everything
:37:38. > :37:45.they possibly could to get out there, their lead from the start,
:37:45. > :37:48.that is the way they race. But what a performance from South Africa air.
:37:48. > :37:53.Great Britain went out to slow, they were a little bit slow, they
:37:53. > :38:03.left themselves with too much to do early in the race, and I had to
:38:03. > :38:04.
:38:04. > :38:09.come through very, very hard and in the water and getting it pushed
:38:09. > :38:15.through the line. With 100 out, we thought it was Great Britain's, but
:38:15. > :38:25.it is not over until you get well and truly over that line. Fantastic
:38:25. > :38:25.
:38:25. > :38:29.there, but it was controlling that middle 1,000, and they had enough
:38:29. > :38:35.to go with it. Great Britain went, and then South Africa went with
:38:35. > :38:38.them. It was almost like a relay, the baton was passed to South
:38:38. > :38:43.Africa, and they had enough legs to come through Denmark and Great
:38:43. > :38:48.Britain. Well, South Africa have always been heir, knocking on the
:38:48. > :38:52.door, but that was an outstanding, perfectly timed race for them.
:38:53. > :38:57.did not even know they had it over the line, they looked over to the
:38:57. > :39:07.big screen, saw that it was South Africa at the top, and then it's
:39:07. > :39:08.
:39:08. > :39:12.lightweight men's coxless four, Great Britain in silver behind
:39:12. > :39:20.South Africa. We applaud South Africa, but Great Britain should be
:39:20. > :39:25.It is all that the tiniest of margins in lightweight rowing,
:39:25. > :39:30.especially in the fours. The Australian boat have not got a
:39:30. > :39:34.medal at all, and yet they must have been eyeing gold for most of
:39:34. > :39:40.the race. The British guys are silver-medallists, but they would
:39:40. > :39:44.have wanted so much more. absolutely fantastic row, I must
:39:44. > :39:49.say, I am sure the point will be made, there is quite a strong
:39:49. > :39:59.crosswind, and all the crews in the finals that we saw, on his side,
:39:59. > :40:01.
:40:01. > :40:05.lanes 6, 5, four, what they have though we are talking about in
:40:05. > :40:10.shoes, you still felt they could do it, with the Danes leading at this
:40:10. > :40:14.point. Dan was saying our guys did not go off fast enough, but the
:40:14. > :40:20.South Africans were behind Allardyce. It is all about pacing
:40:20. > :40:25.it, getting it right. It is still up for grabs at his point, any
:40:25. > :40:31.three, with the Australians a quarter of a length out. They were
:40:31. > :40:36.not going to be in it at all, so that is how close it can be a. We
:40:36. > :40:42.thought they were going to win gold, so, so close, but fantastic row
:40:42. > :40:50.from the Danes as well. They must have thought they were going to win
:40:50. > :40:55.gold for 1850 metres, and suddenly They were celebrating that, the
:40:55. > :40:58.stroke guy has won Olympic medals before, and when they found out
:40:58. > :41:02.they had got a medal, I thought they would have been disappointed
:41:03. > :41:06.with bronze, but they were celebrating. I'm not sure if our
:41:06. > :41:10.guys are celebrating as much. are out pre-empting what they say
:41:10. > :41:14.as they come in to talk to us very shortly, I suspect their response
:41:14. > :41:19.will be similar to the one from the men's eight yesterday. When you set
:41:19. > :41:25.a target there and end up there, you are inevitably disappointed. In
:41:25. > :41:31.a sense, the Canadian 80 yesterday were jubilant because they wanted
:41:32. > :41:37.the silver medal and got it. Yes, their target was to get a medal,
:41:37. > :41:42.they did not think that they could win gold, let's try to get silver,
:41:42. > :41:45.and the way it turned out they were celebrating for a long time, I am
:41:45. > :41:49.sure they had a very good night, for then it was their gold medal.
:41:49. > :41:55.Steve made the interesting point that it may well be the women who
:41:55. > :41:59.have never won a gold medal before, have one on the board through Helen
:41:59. > :42:05.and Heather yesterday, it may well be the women who are the standard-
:42:05. > :42:09.bearers for the rowing team this year. Let's go straight to Matt
:42:09. > :42:17.Pinsent in the grandstand. I am here with the Chambers family,
:42:17. > :42:22.let me start with mum, I think the word was chuffed. I am well chuffed
:42:22. > :42:25.at that, that was just brilliant, absolutely brilliant. That was a
:42:26. > :42:31.hard-won silver, I am so delighted for those four lights, it is
:42:31. > :42:38.brilliant. Richard's wife, you might have thought they were going
:42:38. > :42:44.to win. It was such an agonising race to watch. Silver is absolutely
:42:44. > :42:49.brilliant. I am so glad they are taking that home. A bit T-Ray, yeah,
:42:49. > :42:52.it has been an emotional morning. One more question over here, sister
:42:52. > :42:57.Becky and father Eric, what was going through your mind halfway?
:42:57. > :43:03.They were a bit out of it. I was just beginning to wonder if they
:43:03. > :43:08.had got it together, but they have a strong finish, so really chuffed
:43:08. > :43:12.that they have done exceptionally well to come through and get silver.
:43:12. > :43:17.Agonising, as is said, I could only keeps screaming, we are all
:43:17. > :43:23.shaking! They're going to come in front of you to get their medals.
:43:23. > :43:28.Thank you so much. Path cheers and tears in the grandstand from the
:43:29. > :43:35.Chambers family, and down on the water's edge, what are we thinking?
:43:35. > :43:38.That was brutal! Really, really recall. We were just fighting,
:43:38. > :43:44.fighting through the whole lot, just to get ourselves back in
:43:44. > :43:50.contention. We did a cracking yarn, just not great enough to get the
:43:50. > :43:56.gold. To even get the cell was impressive where we came from,
:43:56. > :44:01.struggling to keep with the pace. - - the silver. The first quarter of
:44:01. > :44:09.the race, we just dug our heels in and fought really hard. Tell us
:44:09. > :44:14.about the first 500m or so. I think we did... I think we did a
:44:15. > :44:23.reasonable job, we were bouncing around quite a lot, into the buoys
:44:23. > :44:27.and stuff like that, but it is a tough event, like... We wanted to
:44:27. > :44:34.win eight gold, silver is not fantastic, but it is the Olympics,
:44:34. > :44:38.you cannot expect anything. Oh, well. In terms of a dramatic
:44:38. > :44:42.spectacle, it is the best race we have seen so far, which is no
:44:42. > :44:48.consolation whatsoever, but were you thinking in the last 250, if we
:44:48. > :44:57.can get past the Danes, we have done it? Not really, there were
:44:57. > :45:01.three crews that were going for it. It was terrible in the last 250
:45:01. > :45:11.metres, we were all blown out. It was just trying to get the blade in
:45:11. > :45:14.and get on with it, the last 20 strokes. We got the silver. It is a
:45:14. > :45:24.silver medal. Your family are exultant, so proud of you, a few
:45:24. > :45:25.
:45:25. > :45:34.words for them. Thank you so much. Mixed emotions. Thank you to
:45:34. > :45:40.everyone who came and support us. With the lane draw, I think we had
:45:40. > :45:43.done ourselves to get a silver medal with a difficult lane draw.
:45:43. > :45:50.am sure everybody in Northern Ireland is unbelievably proud of
:45:50. > :45:57.you. Rob Kama last word, we spoke so much about this being the moment.
:45:57. > :46:05.You have had two or three minutes, how do you feel about silver?
:46:05. > :46:09.we wanted to win, but I mean, there is not just two cruise, we cannot
:46:09. > :46:12.have been three lengths back and got silver. We have to be happy, it
:46:12. > :46:17.is a home Olympic Games, and we are silver-medallists, it is not
:46:17. > :46:23.terrible. It is a shame we did not win, but what can you do? We did
:46:23. > :46:25.everything we could, and this has happened. Thank you very much, many
:46:25. > :46:31.congratulations, and in thick silver-medallists in the men's
:46:31. > :46:36.lightweight fours. -- Alan Beck. These are the winners, South Africa,
:46:36. > :46:43.what an absolutely immense row they produced, and I think Matt is with
:46:43. > :46:48.a proud parent from one of the members of that boat.
:46:48. > :46:54.This is David and Daniel Brittain, tell us feel you are mother and
:46:54. > :46:58.father to. Matthew Brittan, who rows in the number two position in
:46:58. > :47:02.the lightweight coxless four, and we are so happy and so proud of
:47:02. > :47:08.that whole team. He is going to have to add something after his
:47:08. > :47:13.name now, two words, Olympic champion. Yes, gold-medallists, and
:47:13. > :47:19.they have worked so hard for this. I am having to scratch my head, I
:47:19. > :47:23.do not think South Africa have ever won Olympic gold. The tis the first
:47:23. > :47:27.Olympic gold in rowing, so thank you to the whole support team,
:47:27. > :47:31.because they have put in hours of work as a crew, but they could not
:47:31. > :47:36.have done it without the team. South Africans bought at the
:47:36. > :47:41.Olympics, everyone thinks about Oscar Pistorius, but this is huge.
:47:41. > :47:46.This is massive, it is fantastic for rowing in South Africa, which
:47:46. > :47:52.is a small sport. We are very proud of him. How was it? When they came
:47:52. > :47:56.past you, it looked like a bun fight for every medal. We saw them
:47:56. > :48:00.race in Lucerne, and they did something similar, they came from
:48:00. > :48:05.5th at the second, and I knew that they could do something special, I
:48:05. > :48:11.knew they had it in them. Enjoy the anthem, we will look for tears.
:48:11. > :48:15.There will be plenty, thank you. Thank you very much. In the wider
:48:15. > :48:19.context, I suppose it is good for the sport is South Africa break
:48:19. > :48:23.their Olympic duck, because it will act as a spur for rowing in South
:48:23. > :48:27.Africa. Definitely, very impressive, the way that they rode the last
:48:27. > :48:34.1,000m to get back in there and then step up again in the last 500m
:48:34. > :48:38.to pull away, very classy. When we were talking to our own crew, we
:48:38. > :48:44.heard the New Zealand and then in the background after the repair
:48:44. > :48:49.earlier. The lightweight double. have got the women's eight to
:48:49. > :48:54.finish things with now, and this is not a true that we have had huge
:48:54. > :48:58.hopes for. But given what we have just seen, I suppose they have a
:48:58. > :49:03.chance, but actually the draw may mitigate against them totally,
:49:03. > :49:13.given what we have just seen. was certainly favour this side of
:49:13. > :49:15.
:49:15. > :49:18.the course, lane six. -- you would sport, we are open to the elements,
:49:18. > :49:24.and sometimes it does come down to the luck of the draw. But the
:49:24. > :49:28.Americans are firm favourites in this. They have been dominant at
:49:28. > :49:32.most of the regattas. They were pushed hard by Canada earlier in
:49:32. > :49:36.the season. Here and now, I cannot see anyone other than America
:49:36. > :49:41.winning this. Everything else is up for grabs, hopefully our girls can
:49:41. > :49:45.pull something together. Is it a case of going for broke and then
:49:46. > :49:50.seeing where you are? They are such outsiders. That is what you have
:49:50. > :49:54.got to do, you will do whatever. You cannot afford to hold back,
:49:54. > :50:00.because there is no coming back from that. You have to be in the
:50:00. > :50:05.race the whole time. The last final of this day's action here at Eton
:50:05. > :50:15.Dorney, a silver medal already from the men's lightweight four, Calle
:50:15. > :50:31.
:50:31. > :50:35.add to that over the course of the It's been an up-and-down season for
:50:35. > :50:45.them. They finished well with a bronze medal in Munich six weeks
:50:45. > :50:56.
:50:56. > :51:01.first in 1976 at the Olympic Games, of Great Britain have never won an
:51:01. > :51:03.Olympic medal in the women's eight. Will it change today? This is
:51:03. > :51:11.perhaps the strongest line-up that Great Britain have ever put out in
:51:11. > :51:15.this event. Australia in one, Netherlands in two, USA, and
:51:15. > :51:21.defeated in this Olympiad, the defending Olympic champions, the
:51:21. > :51:31.current world champions, they are in lane three. Canada in four.
:51:31. > :51:35.
:51:35. > :51:43.Romania in Fife. Great Britain in faster than they have been. That is
:51:43. > :51:47.encouraging. But they are still lying back of the field. They have
:51:47. > :51:57.the multi- talented Romanian squad alongside them, who have dominated
:51:57. > :51:59.
:51:59. > :52:03.the United States, who have been unbeaten. They've got Erin Cafaro
:52:03. > :52:09.and Logan, back from the pair. They were given a bit of a scare by
:52:09. > :52:19.Canada in Lucerne, where Canada pushed them via a quarter of a
:52:19. > :52:29.
:52:29. > :52:37.horses on the Olympic side of things. They came second four years
:52:37. > :52:40.ago in Beijing. It's a different line up this time around, apart
:52:40. > :52:46.from the row in the stroke seat. But they always raise their game
:52:46. > :52:51.coming into an Olympic season. Canada in amongst it all in lane
:52:51. > :52:56.four. These three crews led by the United States of America, just
:52:57. > :53:01.starting to ease out now. The British moving not as well as we
:53:01. > :53:07.would expect. They should have the benefit of the better of the lanes
:53:07. > :53:11.here with a slight cross breeze. Mary Whipple driving the women's
:53:11. > :53:17.eight. She's already a recipient of won Olympic gold medal and one
:53:17. > :53:27.silver medal in her career. Four times world champion. Phenomenally
:53:27. > :53:29.
:53:29. > :53:32.Now they've got their strongest people back in the boat, they've
:53:32. > :53:42.got the measure of Canada and I would not expect Canada to be able
:53:42. > :53:58.
:53:58. > :54:03.to do what they did in Lucerne and position. The real disappointment
:54:03. > :54:07.here is that the Netherlands are third. Great Britain had the better
:54:07. > :54:12.of The Netherlands six weeks ago when I last came together. The
:54:12. > :54:22.British crew finished third, one place ahead of Netherlands.
:54:22. > :54:26.
:54:26. > :54:36.the second half here, they could be ahead of Australia and hot on the
:54:36. > :54:53.
:54:53. > :55:03.holding this altogether. It is going to need fireworks and they
:55:03. > :55:21.
:55:21. > :55:24.will have to happen soon because stages of this Women's Olympic
:55:24. > :55:30.final in the women's eight. The USA have looked so impressive ride from
:55:30. > :55:34.the very first stroke. They lead Canada by three-quarters of a
:55:34. > :55:38.length. Great Britain are coming through in sixth position. The
:55:38. > :55:44.fight at the moment for Great Britain is for fourth. If they can
:55:44. > :55:54.spend the next two 50m getting into fourth, they can then perhaps start
:55:54. > :55:57.
:55:57. > :56:07.the line. Romania are surely too canny to be caught here. But maybe
:56:07. > :56:17.
:56:17. > :56:23.not canny enough to get back into a of the race here. The USA continued
:56:23. > :56:33.to lead by three quarters of a length. It is Canada, a little bit
:56:33. > :56:39.
:56:39. > :56:43.more of The Netherlands. Those Canada are really fighting back.
:56:43. > :56:52.They've got too much to do. Not that they could have done much
:56:52. > :56:59.anyway, but they've got too much to do. BUSA making it an undefeated
:56:59. > :57:09.row for the last four years. -- the USA. Now the Olympic champions
:57:09. > :57:24.
:57:24. > :57:30.the way through this season. Since we last saw this boat performing at
:57:30. > :57:37.its very highest level in Beijing in 2008. Twice now Olympic
:57:37. > :57:43.champions in the women's eight. The United States of America. A good
:57:43. > :57:53.move to put their pair of Erin Cafaro and Logan back into the
:57:53. > :58:04.
:58:04. > :58:09.eighth. Took them out of the pair with their results. The Dutch
:58:09. > :58:12.always come right. The timing is so good at the Olympic Games. They
:58:12. > :58:17.really do know how to come on to the boil here. They were silver-
:58:17. > :58:27.medallists last time around, they are bronze medalists today. You saw
:58:27. > :58:43.
:58:43. > :58:47.that their fifth place, but perhaps live. Everybody gave all they had
:58:48. > :58:51.to give but in the end it wasn't good enough. It's certainly what we
:58:51. > :58:55.thought coming into it on performance they've shown. It will
:58:55. > :58:59.be very tough to get back to being up with the Canadians and the
:58:59. > :59:03.Americans. I thought the Americans for three-quarters of the race were
:59:03. > :59:07.fantastic. I think they knew they'd probably won it but they still had
:59:07. > :59:12.to travel that last 500m to cross the line to take the gold. They've
:59:12. > :59:15.been the outstanding crew over the last four years. The girls will be
:59:15. > :59:19.disappointed. Bronze-medallists last year. They would have liked to
:59:19. > :59:22.have been in that position or better at this time. If you are
:59:22. > :59:26.wondering why we only spoke to three of the four and the
:59:26. > :59:29.lightweight four, Chris Bartley was in a bad way at the end of that
:59:29. > :59:34.race and was helped off the pontoon with medical assistance. I'm sure
:59:34. > :59:39.he is fine now for the medal ceremony. But rowing does provide
:59:39. > :59:44.perhaps almost more than any other sport, people who have given
:59:44. > :59:48.everything and have nothing left to give. It does drain you, that's
:59:48. > :59:51.what I've been saying in the semi- finals. You don't want to go that
:59:51. > :59:55.deep because that takes a long time to recover from. But when it's in
:59:55. > :00:01.the final you don't hold it back. You just give it and give it and
:00:01. > :00:05.give it. We saw how close it was. Any slight mistake for any sort of
:00:05. > :00:09.tiredness of some sort, of not being able to dig deep, you are not
:00:09. > :00:14.going to be able to cross the line in the position you wanted to. They
:00:14. > :00:19.gave it everything. It will take them a long time to be revived from
:00:19. > :00:22.that. In Sydney, we had a little time to paddle around before we
:00:22. > :00:25.came to do the media interviews. Just to be able to get a bit of
:00:25. > :00:34.movement into your legs helps. Coming straight round into the
:00:34. > :00:44.media pontoon, just utter exhaustion. IStop 12 years ago and
:00:44. > :00:49.I can still remember what it is like. Is it your lungs bursting,
:00:49. > :00:56.your head pounding, your thighs burning - what is it? The simple
:00:56. > :00:59.answer is yes. Your lungs and legs. You're better off standing up. Even
:00:59. > :01:04.if you are leaning on somebody pretty hard, just keeping those
:01:04. > :01:07.legs moving, getting the movement back into the muscles, getting the
:01:07. > :01:12.blood flow going and getting rid of the lactic acid. A lot of people
:01:12. > :01:16.talk about lactic acid, but that is what it does. It sees as you are
:01:16. > :01:21.completely. Chris Bartley is back on his feet now. They are waiting
:01:21. > :01:25.for the victory ceremony of the men's lightweight four. Sadly, it's
:01:25. > :01:28.not the victory that they will be celebrating. As we heard earlier
:01:28. > :01:33.from Matthew Pinsent and some delighted South African parents,
:01:33. > :01:39.for the first time ever a South African gold medal in an Olympic
:01:39. > :01:44.rowing. Maybe in four, eight, 12 years' time, we will look back on
:01:44. > :01:49.this day as being the catalyst for South Africa being an important
:01:49. > :01:59.part of the Olympic rowing stage. Gary can take us through the
:01:59. > :02:00.
:02:00. > :02:08.getting help out of the boat there. These guys gave it everything today.
:02:08. > :02:14.They really should be proud of everything. We take our hats off to
:02:14. > :02:17.South Africa. Stand by the way they rowed. They were so mature. We saw
:02:17. > :02:22.them going fast earlier in the year but we didn't really expect them to
:02:22. > :02:30.be challenging for the gold. Maybe possibly looking to see if they
:02:30. > :02:40.could make a medal. Great Britain have been looking so strong. They
:02:40. > :02:46.
:02:46. > :02:56.will be very disappointed because Highness Crown Prince Frederik of
:02:56. > :03:19.
:03:19. > :03:25.Denmark lining up to give the it, but totally delighted with
:03:25. > :03:30.their position. The stroke man is 40 years old, three-times Olympic
:03:30. > :03:40.champion, this time a bronze- medallist. Time to retire, but what
:03:40. > :03:40.
:03:40. > :04:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:04:27. > :04:32.customary turn, they salute the crowd. It is an emotional moment.
:04:32. > :04:42.The family in the crowd. What support they have had. Delighted by
:04:42. > :04:43.
:04:43. > :04:53.them. Peter Chambers getting his silver medal. Listen to all of this.
:04:53. > :04:56.
:04:56. > :05:01.Rob Williams. Richard Chambers. A great day for the Chambers family.
:05:01. > :05:11.And the heroic Chris Bartley. What a brave man, he led his guys write
:05:11. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:27.in Northern Ireland, a spectacular result for them. First medal for
:05:27. > :05:33.
:05:33. > :05:38.Northern Ireland in role in. -- rowing. Wonderful moments there. To
:05:38. > :05:48.bring you up to date, they are not happy with the lane order given the
:05:48. > :05:54.
:05:54. > :06:00.conditions here and there crosswind rowing medal, it might as well be
:06:00. > :06:10.at the Olympic Games and it might as well be gold. They were no way
:06:10. > :06:20.
:06:20. > :06:25.in the first 1,500m. They were and there is his family. Alongside
:06:25. > :06:35.Matt Tee in Britain, John Smith. A wonderful day for South African
:06:35. > :06:35.
:06:35. > :06:45.rowing, a truly proud moment. A brave stroke there, when it got so
:06:45. > :06:49.
:06:49. > :06:54.close, just one more stroke was Some great stories unfolding here
:06:54. > :07:04.at the Olympic Games at Eton Dorney. And this is perhaps one of the
:07:04. > :07:10.
:07:10. > :07:20.South African growing. Fantastic, this is a spectacular day for them.
:07:20. > :07:20.
:07:20. > :08:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:08:45. > :08:55.Please stand for the national A moment to savour for the rest of
:08:55. > :08:56.
:08:56. > :08:59.their lives, the day they became Well, up from one group of Olympic
:09:00. > :09:06.champions do another, from Beijing, because Zac Purchase and Mark
:09:06. > :09:08.Hunter were victorious in China four years ago, and they won their
:09:08. > :09:12.semi-final of the lightweight double an hour or so ago, and
:09:12. > :09:17.during the course of the race you have just seen, they popped along
:09:17. > :09:26.to have a word with us. How much did you have left in the tank at
:09:26. > :09:30.everyone is trying to make the next step, we will raise our game for
:09:30. > :09:36.the final, but today was quite challenging, although we did enough
:09:36. > :09:40.to get a good lane for the final. How much did it matter to you,
:09:40. > :09:44.psychologically, to win at race? Well, we have had a pretty dodgy
:09:44. > :09:50.season so far, and we were out to improve every race and step on, so
:09:50. > :09:53.that was another good win after our good heat, but we have got to say
:09:53. > :09:58.something for the final. We are looking forward to having something
:09:58. > :10:01.fair in the final. We were talking out at the camp in Italy a couple
:10:01. > :10:05.of weeks ago, saying that one or two of the crews had written me off
:10:05. > :10:09.because of the performances in the World Cup. After what has happened
:10:09. > :10:15.here, no way, they are looking at you again, which is obviously the
:10:15. > :10:22.objective. Yes, definitely, we had a tough heat, the Kiwis, we wanted
:10:22. > :10:26.the French in SMEs, we got that, so we have raised two of the biggest
:10:26. > :10:32.cruise in the events. -- raced. The Danes look quite strong, so sad
:10:32. > :10:38.they should be an awesome final. Highly superstitious? Did you have
:10:38. > :10:42.a routine before Beijing? Or are you blase about it? The only thing
:10:42. > :10:46.we want to make sure we do is cross the finishing line first. Every
:10:46. > :10:50.single race is that little bit different, everyone has its nuances,
:10:50. > :10:57.and we are out here for another gold medal, and we will do our best
:10:57. > :11:04.to do that. Confident? Yes. We have but two good races together, put
:11:04. > :11:08.ourselves in a strong position 4th Given the fact that it was such a
:11:08. > :11:14.tight race, the semi-final, how do you assess their prospects? Again,
:11:14. > :11:20.you cannot pick out and it standing winner in that boat at the moment,
:11:20. > :11:26.or that race, but they are in with a shout. They had to dig deeper in
:11:26. > :11:29.the heat to get through to the semi-final, raising the world
:11:29. > :11:33.champions, against the silver- medallists, the New Zealanders.
:11:33. > :11:37.They have had to dig deep again, so I'm hoping that will not take it
:11:37. > :11:42.out of them, but I think their confidence is growing each time,
:11:42. > :11:52.because they have had such a poor season, and the more you cross that
:11:52. > :11:56.line first, whether in the heats or the Senate -- for the semi-finals,
:11:56. > :12:01.everybody knows the Brits are the ones they need to beat. Does the
:12:02. > :12:08.fact that a won four years ago have any bearing on the final? Guinea on
:12:08. > :12:16.mind, it will be, you have done it before, why can't I do it again? --
:12:16. > :12:20.In your own mind. They can say, we have got the Olympic champions, can
:12:20. > :12:24.we beat them? We have beaten them in international races, but this is
:12:24. > :12:27.the one that counts, and they will be asking themselves questions.
:12:27. > :12:33.Mentally, they will not even think about it, they will think about
:12:33. > :12:37.their own race and not think about the other boats. Each boat will
:12:37. > :12:42.have their own tactics of how they are going to get the best
:12:42. > :12:48.performance out of them, hopefully crossed the line first. In terms of
:12:48. > :12:51.experience, of course, Zac Purchase and Mark and I experienced in that,
:12:51. > :13:01.whereas these two are not, and these are the closing stages of
:13:01. > :13:01.
:13:01. > :13:06.manner which we could say was unexpected, which may be unfair,
:13:06. > :13:14.but the emphatic manner of it, they were very confident, very composed
:13:14. > :13:19.when they spoke to us later. That was hugely impressive! Here,
:13:19. > :13:24.it was just a big relief. I think that is probably going to be the
:13:24. > :13:30.most pressure, getting into the final, and now we can just enjoy it
:13:30. > :13:36.and take it all as it comes. seem very relaxed. I was trying to
:13:36. > :13:39.be! I said before, just think of it as a time trial. I was trying to be,
:13:39. > :13:44.because I did not want to get too worked up, and I know that when we
:13:44. > :13:48.are relaxed, we are at our best. We were talking yesterday, and we said,
:13:49. > :13:54.if it was windy, there is a lot of pressure to get into the A final,
:13:54. > :13:59.we will take any advantage we can get and be the most relaxed boat at
:13:59. > :14:04.there. You have got your game based on the whole time, it is a serious
:14:05. > :14:09.matter, there is a job to be done. I think so, I think we talk a lot
:14:09. > :14:14.about calm intensity in what we do and when we race, we have got to
:14:14. > :14:18.have the utmost desire to move our boat, but we have got to be calm
:14:18. > :14:21.within that and stay in our bubble. Things will be going on around us,
:14:21. > :14:26.but we have to be fully committed to what we are doing, and we showed
:14:26. > :14:31.that today, so really pleased with it. Real inner confidence, I guess.
:14:31. > :14:35.I think so, and that is growing by the day, you know, like she was
:14:35. > :14:40.saying, that was a very pressurised race, the semi-finals is always the
:14:40. > :14:44.most pressure, because everyone wants to make the final. At the
:14:44. > :14:46.lanes, it is 10 times more, but we are through that hurdle, but we
:14:46. > :14:52.have got a date to compose ourselves before the final on
:14:52. > :14:56.Saturday. Gary was talking in the commentary about coming from the
:14:56. > :15:01.north-east, how proud you are to be flying the flag for Teesside, a
:15:01. > :15:06.message for people at home? Thanks for all the messages. I have had so
:15:06. > :15:10.many messages on Twitter, texts and stuff. It is amazing, I love it. It
:15:10. > :15:19.is just really nice, really touching, I just want to say thanks
:15:19. > :15:24.So how to reassess their prospects? As that race started, I was really
:15:24. > :15:28.concerned about how far they slipped back. Just sheer confidence
:15:28. > :15:31.and composure. The Greeks have been the outstanding boat in the
:15:31. > :15:37.category, and they just took them apart. I thought they might be able
:15:37. > :15:41.to get a medal, but can we dream bigger? A final General point, I
:15:41. > :15:45.know much he wants to talk about tomorrow, but we saw the South
:15:45. > :15:52.Africans in the lightweight four, miles out, like watching Lester
:15:52. > :15:57.Piggott 30 years ago, when you know you are five lengths adrift but you
:15:57. > :16:03.have that innate confidence, earth How do not suddenly start pushing
:16:03. > :16:07.and losing that written in the inner desperation? If you happened
:16:07. > :16:12.to glance around, you think, I had better get a shift on, but you lose
:16:12. > :16:16.the rhythm. It is all about the unity of the crew. Whatever you do,
:16:16. > :16:20.you have got to do it together. If somebody thinks, we have got to
:16:20. > :16:24.push harder, if they push, it breaks the unit, so it is about
:16:24. > :16:27.having confidence, and that is where the discipline and training
:16:27. > :16:32.comes in. The more races you have, the more situations you have been
:16:32. > :16:36.in, the better you can react. They have not had that many races, but
:16:36. > :16:41.to come back as strongly as that in the second half to take the gold
:16:41. > :16:49.medal for the first time also Africa, it is absolutely incredible.
:16:49. > :16:53.Sadly, no gold medal for us at Eton Dorney today, but we have high
:16:53. > :16:57.hopes for tomorrow, when I think it is going to be a pretty highly
:16:57. > :17:00.charged emotional scene. Indeed, and to pick on that point
:17:00. > :17:04.you are making, the kind of desperation that you have got to
:17:04. > :17:10.keep the rhythm, of course Kath Grainger is going tomorrow, three
:17:10. > :17:13.times she has tried for Olympic gold, silver every single time, so
:17:14. > :17:17.she is obviously going to go or gold. There is a lot of positive
:17:18. > :17:24.feeling within the women's camp at the moment, everybody wants her to
:17:24. > :17:29.get this. Can she deliver, do you think, under this extreme pressure?
:17:29. > :17:34.Yes, she can keep calm. Both of them together, Anna and Katherine,
:17:34. > :17:40.a great double together. It is a slightly different situation to
:17:40. > :17:43.four years ago. There was a little bit of stress, not the air of
:17:43. > :17:48.confidence about what they were doing within Nic Watt. The Chinese
:17:48. > :17:52.had come out and surprise then, at one of the International that is,
:17:52. > :17:57.and then they got them back. The Chinese went in as joint favourites,
:17:57. > :18:02.and the Chinese on home water got stronger and stronger and stronger,
:18:02. > :18:07.and our girls struggled. Still grates to have a silver, but they
:18:07. > :18:10.could have taken gold. It is the Australians who could potentially
:18:10. > :18:16.take their glory this time, but I do not think anything is going to
:18:16. > :18:19.take the glory away from them this time. They are single-minded in
:18:19. > :18:23.attitude, they are unbeaten, they have never been beaten in his
:18:23. > :18:27.double scull, in this combination, and all of those things added
:18:27. > :18:31.together mean it is going to be a great day tomorrow. How will she
:18:31. > :18:35.sleep tonight with all of that on her mind? Me talking it up like
:18:35. > :18:41.that, I do not know how I am going to sleep! They are more relaxed,
:18:41. > :18:45.very much in control, absolutely supremely confident and disciplined.
:18:45. > :18:50.They know what they have got to do, and it is us that have got to panic
:18:50. > :18:56.about it! We saw your emotion yesterday, it is going to be a big
:18:56. > :19:00.moment for you if she can grab gold. The camera is not going to be on me
:19:00. > :19:06.at all, I'm going to be hiding. John has got that little camera, he
:19:06. > :19:10.always turns it on you. There is no getting away from that,
:19:10. > :19:14.it is in the contract! Thank you to both of you for all of
:19:14. > :19:19.the action that we have seen this morning. If you would like, you can
:19:19. > :19:24.watch Andy Murray over one BBC Three. But that is about it for as
:19:24. > :19:28.on BBC One, a hard one silver in the men's lightweight four, adding