BBC One: Day 7: 11.20-13.00

:00:05. > :00:14.She has had a fantastic time. You will be busy with rowing. It will

:00:14. > :00:21.be a very busy man -- busy morning, so get your tissues ready. We will

:00:21. > :00:31.be focusing on events at Eton Dorney, and here is what coming up.

:00:31. > :00:39.

:00:39. > :00:49.The men's pair has brought six This is the first British man squad

:00:49. > :00:53.

:00:53. > :00:57.to reach the final. -- men's quad. Send your positive vibes down the

:00:57. > :01:07.television at 12:10pm, and we will do our best to help Katherine

:01:07. > :01:09.

:01:09. > :01:16.Grainger and Alan -- and a Watkins. Alan Campbell faces a tough

:01:16. > :01:21.challenge. What a morning it is going to be down there. It is set

:01:21. > :01:25.to be a very emotional morning with Rowe was planning to retire and

:01:25. > :01:30.realise lifetime ambitions. They will be hoping to hear the national

:01:30. > :01:35.anthem played at Eton Dorney, and the theme has been inspiring a

:01:35. > :01:40.generation throughout the whole of Britain. If you are at home,

:01:40. > :01:50.plotting to become Britain's next greatest Olympian, who is the story

:01:50. > :01:52.

:01:52. > :01:56.of the man who currently holds that I always enjoyed athletics, 100m,

:01:56. > :02:03.relays, then the head of the English department asked me if I

:02:03. > :02:07.would like to try rowing. I went out once a week, and I would have

:02:07. > :02:12.done anything to get out of scull in those days so I fell in love

:02:12. > :02:19.with it. After a few weeks I started going down every day after

:02:19. > :02:25.scull. It doesn't seem so long since I was doing it. You pull into

:02:25. > :02:31.the car-park, and I feel I should be walking into the changing room.

:02:31. > :02:37.After a few weeks he asked me if I would like to do a race. Never even

:02:37. > :02:44.dreaming of thinking we could win, but we did go on and win that race,

:02:44. > :02:48.and from that race on there was no looking back. That first season, we

:02:48. > :02:54.entered seven events and we won all of them. The next season was not

:02:54. > :03:01.quite as successful and I suppose when you start losing races, that

:03:01. > :03:06.is when the competitive edge comes in. This is all the athletes that

:03:06. > :03:13.have competed and won gold medals at the Olympic Games. I went to the

:03:13. > :03:18.world championships in 1983 in Germany, and I wasn't ready for it.

:03:18. > :03:23.I didn't get good results and that was a blessing in disguise in many

:03:23. > :03:28.ways because this was a shot in the arm, you are not as good as you

:03:28. > :03:38.think you are. I changed the way I trained to do more endurance work

:03:38. > :03:40.

:03:40. > :03:47.and within nine months I became Olympic champion. The four men who

:03:47. > :03:55.might be recognised in the folklore of this place. I can't say I am

:03:55. > :03:59.very enamoured by the drawings but it is nice to half. I came down

:03:59. > :04:05.with diabetes three years before Sydney and I was expected to be

:04:05. > :04:11.told that was my rowing career over. I went and saw the specialist. He

:04:11. > :04:15.turned round to me and said I don't see why you can't achieve your

:04:15. > :04:21.dreams and compete in Sydney. Most people think it must be terrible

:04:21. > :04:29.being diabetic - what happens when you come to race? Actually the

:04:29. > :04:33.racing was the easy part of it. Gray Britain get the gold medal!

:04:33. > :04:40.orderly you feel the pain. You don't really feel it with in the

:04:40. > :04:45.race but you are gasping for breath. I remember thinking this really

:04:45. > :04:55.hurts, and that will last about 10 minutes but you will be five times

:04:55. > :04:56.

:04:56. > :05:00.Olympic champion for the rest of your life. If you would like to get

:05:00. > :05:08.involved in Olympic sports, go to the BBC website for more

:05:08. > :05:13.information. Here at is Steve and myself, nestling underneath the

:05:13. > :05:23.umbrella as the rain comes down. The main talking point has been the

:05:23. > :05:27.

:05:27. > :05:37.wind, which has meant the lanes have been redrawn. It is a few

:05:37. > :05:42.

:05:42. > :05:47.minutes before the men's race. haven't had a very good season.

:05:47. > :05:50.There are some talented men in that boat. They have had some results

:05:50. > :05:53.which have given them the opportunity of thinking they could

:05:53. > :05:58.opportunity of thinking they could do quite well. They could surprise

:05:58. > :06:04.a couple of other competitors here, they could get a medal. I was just

:06:04. > :06:09.looking at the flags, the redrawing of the lanes looks like it is

:06:09. > :06:15.starting to change around. It looks like it could be a tail wind so

:06:15. > :06:20.they could be on the right side of the lake. The interesting. No

:06:20. > :06:24.possibility of a further redraw? they change quickly enough and

:06:25. > :06:34.dramatically enough, I hope so because it is about having a fair

:06:34. > :06:40.race. For the British competitors, this is there a moment and it is

:06:40. > :06:43.the penultimate day of the rowing so we have only a day and a bit to

:06:43. > :06:47.enjoy the dulcet tones of our commentators.

:06:47. > :06:54.They have already made history get into this final but the journey is

:06:54. > :07:04.far from over for Great Britain. Even lane number two, we are just

:07:04. > :07:05.

:07:05. > :07:12.looking at the Estonian team. On the redraw, given the wind

:07:12. > :07:18.conditions, Croatia and Germany find themselves in lanes 5 and 6.

:07:18. > :07:23.We can't expect too much with the conditions here, but the fastest

:07:23. > :07:33.are Croatia and Germany. Great Britain have to get into the first

:07:33. > :07:43.

:07:43. > :07:49.five, and then anything is possible. Great Britain lagging behind there

:07:49. > :07:56.in the first couple of strobes. In lane two. Australia three. Estonia

:07:56. > :08:01.four. Croatia five. Unbeaten throughout the 2012 World Cup

:08:01. > :08:08.season. The Germans are the world silver medallist, they sit in lane

:08:08. > :08:13.six. Australia, as the mark, are the world champions. They have not

:08:13. > :08:17.had a great time during the World Cup season, Noonan was unwell. He

:08:17. > :08:21.has recovered now, but he did have to take two or three months out,

:08:21. > :08:26.but, he is a great stroke. He is their inspiration, he is the guy

:08:26. > :08:30.who will try to lead them on. Great Britain were slow off the start and

:08:30. > :08:36.they are notoriously slow off the start. But they are in the hunt,

:08:36. > :08:40.moving ahead of Poland, and up there alongside Australia, not a

:08:40. > :08:44.bad position to be in. They are moving well. It is fantastic to see

:08:44. > :08:49.a British quad here in an Olympic final. It is the first time we have

:08:49. > :08:53.ever seen that and they are doing us proud. Nothing to lose.

:08:53. > :08:57.Everything to gain. Great Britain in lane number two, we are coming

:08:57. > :09:01.up towards the first timing mark, and it is going well for our

:09:01. > :09:05.British boys, there they are. Top of the picture, one down. Germany

:09:05. > :09:10.lead though, going through the mark. Great Britain currently in bronze

:09:10. > :09:15.medal position. Listen to that. That is the crowd. That is the

:09:15. > :09:19.fifth person in this boat for Great Britain. Looking now, though at

:09:19. > :09:23.Germany in lane six. The world silver medallist. They are the

:09:23. > :09:28.leaders, they have taken it on. They half a length on Croatia who

:09:28. > :09:32.are the fastest crew in this event, or have been through the season.

:09:32. > :09:37.Germany are very strong and they love this vent. Germany just feel

:09:37. > :09:43.the Quad rum sculls, is what they were built for. They are big,

:09:43. > :09:48.strong solid athletes and they are on the best lane. The breeze just

:09:48. > :09:51.settling a bit in this middle thousand of the final, the British

:09:51. > :09:55.though, two down from the top, going very well. Now the problem

:09:55. > :10:00.here, the issue for Great Britain is really keeping it going. Keeping

:10:00. > :10:05.their momentum, the breeze on the top will affect them slightly, but

:10:05. > :10:09.they just maintain the belief, maintain the belief every troebg is

:10:09. > :10:16.a stroke for a medal. The rain has flattened down the the wind a bit.

:10:16. > :10:20.The water seems a bit better. Germany, look across there, from

:10:20. > :10:26.the Bowman, from shuts, he will be anxious that Croatia doesn't start

:10:26. > :10:31.to push on in the middle 1,000 here. It does look like Cray a sha are

:10:31. > :10:34.challenging and pushing on. At the At the half way mark Germany

:10:34. > :10:40.easings out Great Britain. Who are still in bronze medal. This is

:10:40. > :10:47.going to go to the wire here. In the final of the men's heavyweight

:10:47. > :10:51.quadruple sculls. Poland in one. Great Britain, in the bow seat.

:10:51. > :10:56.These guys are sculling with such belief in their own ability, they

:10:56. > :11:03.are coached by Mark Bags and there is none finer to take these four

:11:03. > :11:07.young guys into an Olympic final, and towards and Olympic medal.

:11:07. > :11:10.Australian Olympic crew have just moved ahead. The sthrail Januarys

:11:10. > :11:14.have just moved ahead of Great Britain, pushed them back-in to

:11:14. > :11:18.fourth. But they are leading the Olympic champions, from Poland.

:11:18. > :11:23.They are leading Estonia, that has got them in fourth. And if they can

:11:23. > :11:28.find something that works for them in the last five or 600 metres that

:11:28. > :11:34.will be fantastic. They have half a length to CAB catch up on,

:11:34. > :11:38.Australia. Croatia have to push on against Germany who are leading.

:11:38. > :11:43.we come to the last quarter mark of this A final, all these quads now

:11:43. > :11:48.starting to build up. They will come into this sprint, the Germans

:11:48. > :11:52.now closest to us have gone, they have gone up to 38, 39 strokes per

:11:52. > :11:59.minute. The British must go with them. Matt Wells, Tom soels bri

:11:59. > :12:03.your time is now, the time to move. 500 metres remain,. Only 50 strokes

:12:03. > :12:12.left. The British slipping down fifth. We need a rocket and we need

:12:12. > :12:17.it now. Germany extend their lead. Croatia haven't been unbeaten. But

:12:17. > :12:23.they have nowhere to go. They have a length, look at Germany go. That

:12:23. > :12:29.is an extraordinary piece of rowing. They have moved a length-and-a-half

:12:30. > :12:33.ahead. Australia come into third. They might catch Croatia. Croatia

:12:33. > :12:38.suffering badly. The Australians in lane three sense their opportunity.

:12:38. > :12:42.They sense that Croatia are fading. The Croatians in silver but Germany

:12:43. > :12:47.looking very dominant out front here. Surely no-one can catch the

:12:47. > :12:51.German, the British have got two 50 metres, 25 stroke, they have to do

:12:51. > :12:56.something. They need a miracle. They need magic to get on to the

:12:56. > :13:00.medal podium but, but outfront Germany are leading in such style.

:13:00. > :13:04.And look at Croatia, really struggling. I think they will get

:13:04. > :13:07.the silver medal. That will not satisfy them, but will be a

:13:07. > :13:12.disappointment. But Australia quantative eased into third place.

:13:12. > :13:16.Great scull from them and Great Britain back in fifth. Coming up to

:13:16. > :13:21.the finishing line. Great Britain back in fifth place here and surely

:13:21. > :13:25.one last push from the Aussie, Germany are the Olympic champions,

:13:25. > :13:31.holding on there Croatia are the world silver medallists and

:13:31. > :13:33.Australia get the bronze today. And Great Britain, well it was a brave

:13:33. > :13:41.and valiant effort from the British boys but it was only fifth on the

:13:41. > :13:46.day. That is what it means. They took it by the scruff of the neck.

:13:46. > :13:51.Right from the early stages here, we knew the two fastest crews would

:13:51. > :13:54.come from lane six and five. It seemed to me that Great Britain put

:13:54. > :13:58.everything into that first thousand, and they had a brilliant rhythm

:13:58. > :14:02.here, but you can just see that without taking anything away from

:14:02. > :14:07.what has been an outstanding scull here, the British really struggled

:14:07. > :14:14.in that third five, into that cross head breeze and it just took them

:14:15. > :14:19.off the edge. But still an amazing, absolutely outstanding achievement

:14:19. > :14:23.for the British crew. They came into the record books to come into

:14:24. > :14:27.this final. A fifth place is something, when it boils down, is

:14:27. > :14:32.it -- it is something they can be proud of. The crew behind them are

:14:32. > :14:37.the Olympic champions twice, Poland, out there in lane six. So Germany

:14:37. > :14:42.are the new Olympic champion, Croatia get the silver, Australia

:14:42. > :14:45.the bronze and Great Britain are the bronze and Great Britain are

:14:45. > :14:48.fifth today. Knowing those guys they won't regard it as a success

:14:48. > :14:52.to get the final. They will have be hoping for more than that. That is

:14:52. > :14:56.when in the cold light of day you have to rationalise what you have

:14:56. > :14:59.achieve and banish the disappointment you will experience.

:14:59. > :15:02.At this stage you have put everything in to trying to win, get

:15:02. > :15:06.a medal, and they are done everything right so far, getting

:15:06. > :15:12.into the final. This the realisation of what it is. It is

:15:12. > :15:17.not until hours later days later or weeks later you think fifth place,

:15:17. > :15:21.what they have done this season is an excellent result. Matt wells in

:15:21. > :15:24.the stroke position, absolutely out on his feet, but just exhausted,

:15:24. > :15:29.there was nothing more they could have done. That is what you want.

:15:29. > :15:34.You don't want to sit back in your arm chair and say, I was there, if

:15:34. > :15:39.we had just done this, think this and think you might have done it.

:15:39. > :15:44.They have laid it on the line, and you can't, you can't complain with

:15:44. > :15:48.that. I suppose it is harder, because of the success that is

:15:48. > :15:52.almost running through the whole British rowing team, you almost

:15:52. > :15:55.worry about where you are in the pecking order. There is going to be,

:15:56. > :15:58.we hope, more than one team of gold medallist, we have a silver medal

:15:58. > :16:02.already. There will be others between now and close of play

:16:02. > :16:05.tomorrow. You almost don't want to be in the relegation zone

:16:05. > :16:12.effectively of what is an unbelievably successful squad. But

:16:12. > :16:22.you are not. You got a final. 13 boats in 13 finals out of 14.

:16:22. > :16:23.

:16:23. > :16:28.That is incredible. The reality is, is that of really sort of, of

:16:28. > :16:33.syncing in. We had one or two boats that may have pinched it in my day,

:16:33. > :16:40.you didn't want to be don with them, you wanted to be with the other

:16:40. > :16:43.best crews. Now even is looking at Great Britain. David Tanner, was

:16:43. > :16:48.talking with pride earlier none the programme, about what a fantastic

:16:48. > :16:52.games these have been, but the icing on the cake would be if

:16:52. > :16:55.Katherine Grainger was to win her first Olympic gold medal to go with

:16:55. > :17:03.her three silvers. Matthew Pinsent saw the two girls get into their

:17:03. > :17:08.boat a few moments ago. So, this is a stressful moment for all of us

:17:08. > :17:12.because the women's double scull of Grainger and Watkins are taking to

:17:12. > :17:20.the water. It is very difficult for me to sum up how I feel and harder

:17:20. > :17:26.for me to sum up how they feel. Their heart will be beating. They

:17:26. > :17:32.have had a quick, brief chat with their coach, Paul Thomson, who just

:17:32. > :17:38.finished with shoulder shake, I guess you call it, a friendly shake

:17:38. > :17:45.on the shoulder. And out they go on to the water. Katherine Grainger

:17:45. > :17:50.was delighted with her silver in Sydney. Slightly less delighted

:17:50. > :17:56.with silver in Athens. And absolutely distraught with a silver

:17:56. > :18:03.medal in Beijing. If we could pick one boat out of the whole goodbye

:18:03. > :18:08.regatta that was going to win, we would all pick this one. If willing

:18:08. > :18:11.if such a thing exists if willing was an Olympic sport 30,000 people

:18:11. > :18:16.round here would be Olympic gold medallists, everybody is willing

:18:16. > :18:20.her and Anna to be victorious. is not just our country that wants

:18:20. > :18:24.them to win, that round the boat house other countries, they all

:18:24. > :18:29.want her to win. I heard a great story from a spectator who said I

:18:29. > :18:33.want to tell you a Katherine Grainger story. I said go on. She

:18:33. > :18:36.said her niece had written to her to try and get a signed photo of

:18:36. > :18:40.her and out of blue she doesn't live that far away from here, out

:18:40. > :18:43.of the blue one evening Catherine turned up, unannounced at their

:18:43. > :18:48.house, with a picture of herself, and you know, and obviously as she

:18:48. > :18:52.was there they could take a picture any way and this little girl was, I

:18:52. > :18:56.think she said she was ten or 11, couldn't believe somebody could

:18:56. > :19:01.take that time, randomly and do that, because that is the kind of

:19:01. > :19:04.person he is. That is why she is loved by everybody, not just our

:19:04. > :19:09.country but others, there was a lot of people that would like to be

:19:09. > :19:12.here today, because of this race. If we talk about Catherine's career,

:19:12. > :19:15.you know, the first silver medal she won in Sydney, because of the

:19:15. > :19:20.way we the media are presenting this, it is almost as though she

:19:20. > :19:24.was favourite three times and every time it has been snatched from hem

:19:24. > :19:30.her, but that is distorting the truth. The silver medal in Sid thi

:19:30. > :19:34.was unexpected. She came into the crew quite late. We had never won a

:19:34. > :19:39.women's medal before, so that of that was a silver medal of joy.

:19:39. > :19:45.Four years later she was in the pair, and they were World Champions,

:19:45. > :19:50.the year before, but weren't the favourites going into it. So that

:19:50. > :19:53.silver medal was a half smile. The big disappoint. Was four years ago

:19:53. > :19:57.in Beijing that, was the sort of the crowning moment. There was

:19:57. > :20:01.going to be the time that Great Britain won their first gold medal

:20:01. > :20:06.gold medal. Catherine was going to be it and that didn't happen. That

:20:06. > :20:09.was the agony. Would she continue for another four years? That is why

:20:09. > :20:16.we are here for this moment in half an hour. One of her former crew

:20:16. > :20:21.mates has been talking to Matthew. In is the public stand, home of the

:20:21. > :20:26.Dorney roar as it has become known in the last few day, joining that

:20:26. > :20:29.roar today Olympic silver medallist from Athens 2004 and most

:20:29. > :20:35.importantly, Katherine Grainger's partner in the pair Kath Bishop,

:20:35. > :20:41.how are you feeling? I am really excited. Feeling good. What kind of

:20:41. > :20:44.attributes, you know Herbert, does she have? She is a real racer, she

:20:44. > :20:48.is calm under pressure, she will relish the opportunity to get out

:20:48. > :20:53.there and race today in front of a home crowd. She loves saving her

:20:53. > :20:57.best for a day like today. Even asks me, do you miss it, do you

:20:57. > :21:02.want to be out there? Ofrpblgts a day like today you can kind of

:21:02. > :21:06.think it would be nice, but as the nerves build it seems less

:21:07. > :21:12.appealing, in the winter absolutely not. What does she go through, what

:21:12. > :21:15.is she like in the bill up to a race? She is really calm. She will

:21:15. > :21:19.retain her sense of humour, there will be little thing, I remember

:21:19. > :21:24.before the races we would have chats and laugh about small mundane

:21:24. > :21:29.things that were happening round us, she will be doing her usual pattern.

:21:29. > :21:34.She doesn't change at all. Very calm. He is going to do it?

:21:34. > :21:38.Absolutely will -- absolutely I have total faith.. You have one of

:21:38. > :21:43.the best seats in the house. That is the view they get. That the

:21:43. > :21:47.finishing line. On the the other side is us. We have three finals to

:21:47. > :21:51.come. Alan Campbell in the single scull, ath and -- Kath and Anna are

:21:51. > :21:55.due to be on the water in 26 minutes type. Before that we have

:21:55. > :21:59.the men's pair. This has come out of left field. We have a medal

:21:59. > :22:05.opportunity in a few moments time. I didn't dream we would have a pair,

:22:05. > :22:10.when Andy and Pete stepped out and went back into the four. I didn't

:22:10. > :22:13.think anybody would be able to fill their shoes, and these guys have, I

:22:13. > :22:20.have been trying to get into the team for a couple of years and made

:22:20. > :22:23.it in, got put into the air. Sort of a poisoned chalice, you in the

:22:23. > :22:27.pair, if you make a final it will be fantastic. Tay have won their

:22:27. > :22:31.semifinal, they have a great opportunity. Let us be realistic,

:22:31. > :22:40.the New Zealand pair here, probably could start I mean, exaggerating

:22:40. > :22:44.but they could almost start half an hour after every body else. I think

:22:44. > :22:50.everyone else is racing for the silver and bronze, but our guys,

:22:50. > :22:55.even if they came sixth it would be fantastic if they can take any

:22:55. > :22:59.place it would be amazing. If there is one you what is Jo outstanding,

:22:59. > :23:01.the single most in the entire regatta and everybody knows barring

:23:01. > :23:05.some calamity happening and the boat breaking in half they are

:23:05. > :23:15.going to win the gold, if you accept that and almost put them out

:23:15. > :23:21.

:23:21. > :23:25.of the equation, how do you race as You race to get your best position.

:23:25. > :23:31.Everyone will harm their own tactics to come second, or third.

:23:31. > :23:37.Then you think if they don't perform, we will pick up the pieces.

:23:37. > :23:42.If for whatever reason it doesn't go well - they have had food

:23:42. > :23:50.poisoning before a major championships, and in many cases it

:23:50. > :23:56.is the ago to excuse! But they are the favourites, New Zealand should

:23:56. > :24:02.win. Occur only consider this a five-horse race? Basically, but

:24:02. > :24:06.they have been in their own zone. They have gone faster in a pair

:24:06. > :24:13.then I have ever gone in a pair, then repeated that in the semi-

:24:13. > :24:18.final. They will be buzzing. If they can come fifth, that would be

:24:18. > :24:23.amazing, but they are just going to go as fast as they can and if that

:24:23. > :24:29.brings a silver medal, all well and good. We have just seen a banner

:24:29. > :24:34.saying you do the rowing, we will make the noise. That is across the

:24:34. > :24:40.Union Jack flag, and that is the role that 30,000 people at Eton

:24:40. > :24:45.Dorney have been playing over the last six days. These people don't

:24:45. > :24:55.have a seat, they're just on the riverbank. I don't know how much it

:24:55. > :24:55.

:24:55. > :25:01.is to get in and stand here. much did you pay? Do you know, I

:25:01. > :25:06.pay with my life. If it is not that much money, I don't suppose it is,

:25:06. > :25:13.it is great to be part of this. these tickets could be sold three

:25:13. > :25:17.times over. For the first 1,500m you're almost can't see anything,

:25:18. > :25:22.and you wonder if they could have extended the grandstand. There was

:25:22. > :25:26.talk about putting it in the start area, but there is the issue of

:25:26. > :25:34.getting people into the venue and that is the biggest problem. Health

:25:34. > :25:39.and safety, I suppose. Advice to two young men, 22 and 23, who could

:25:39. > :25:45.never have imagined this - what would your last piece of advice be?

:25:45. > :25:49.They have been dreaming of this and now this is their opportunity.

:25:49. > :25:59.Throw within yourselves, Dick deep, and give it your best shot. Enjoy

:25:59. > :26:05.

:26:05. > :26:14.and give it your best shot. Enjoy it. This is the race where their

:26:14. > :26:20.dream come true. If they win, his grandfather has promised to come

:26:20. > :26:30.and give us a kiss. You are nearer to the steps, so you will get it

:26:30. > :26:55.

:26:55. > :27:05.the tranquillity of the start. The crowd welcoming Great Britain in

:27:05. > :27:27.

:27:27. > :27:36.lane five. George Nash and Williams orders. This is the final of the

:27:36. > :27:46.men's coxless pair. They could make a little bit of history for

:27:46. > :27:56.themselves today. The lanes have been redrawn, Great Britain find

:27:56. > :28:22.

:28:23. > :28:26.position. They are suthing in third place, they have got a good lane,

:28:26. > :28:31.redrawing of the lanes has given them something pretty good to work

:28:31. > :28:36.with. No-one is going to beat this outstanding New Zealand pair who

:28:36. > :28:41.are the best boat in this whole Olympic regatta, but Great Britain

:28:41. > :28:48.how they have come on. George Nash at stroke, rowed for Cambridge two

:28:48. > :28:58.years ago, and he was in a pair last year with another roar and

:28:58. > :28:58.

:28:58. > :29:02.they won the with Constantine Louloudis.. They have a chance of a

:29:03. > :29:07.medal. Early race leaders France. They were 13th in the coxless four

:29:07. > :29:11.at the World Championships last year. Here they are, leading the

:29:11. > :29:16.world at the Olympic final at 500 metres gone now. The British are

:29:16. > :29:25.just in among the pack. France leading against that New Zealand in

:29:25. > :29:29.second. Expect the Kiwis in the all black strip the move on. They will

:29:29. > :29:33.be unfazed going through in second. The British are sandwiched between

:29:33. > :29:37.France, New Zealand in six, they are got to just keep ahead of where

:29:37. > :29:42.that they are. They can't go back any further because they will get

:29:42. > :29:45.the puddles coming from the blades on both sides. It is important they

:29:45. > :29:55.consolidate this second 500 metres, that will give them all the

:29:55. > :30:04.

:30:04. > :30:09.through, moving, making it look effortless and was 750 metres mark.

:30:09. > :30:14.A simple start, just laid out beautifully, but France has really

:30:14. > :30:19.taken it on. Great Britain have won their semi-final, that was a

:30:19. > :30:29.fantastic performance a couple of days ago. Their big rivals are

:30:29. > :30:32.

:30:32. > :30:36.Italy and Canada. Canada are the Olympic silver medallist. In lane

:30:36. > :30:41.two they are at a disadvantage with the wind the way it is, but New

:30:41. > :30:45.Zealand are the best crew - outstanding. Expect them to extend

:30:45. > :30:53.their lead in the second half of this race. This is what they have

:30:53. > :30:58.worked for. New Zealand, as expected, go through leading by a

:30:58. > :31:04.length over France, which would be the surprise second place. Great

:31:04. > :31:14.Britain moving into third. They had to consolidate this. I think they

:31:14. > :31:15.

:31:15. > :31:18.can catch the French. They were 13th last year in the coxless four.

:31:19. > :31:23.They have been flying out in the first half. Great Britain have

:31:23. > :31:31.really got to get it together and believes the silver medal is a

:31:31. > :31:37.there's. Out front, nobody will catch the New Zealanders. Looker

:31:37. > :31:46.than go! They make it look so easy. They are out of the picture now,

:31:46. > :31:56.that trail in the water is them. In 500m, they have taken for lengths

:31:56. > :32:09.

:32:09. > :32:13.elegant. New Zealand are going towards their gold medal in the

:32:13. > :32:19.men's heavyweight coxless pair. Great Britain are currently in

:32:19. > :32:25.third place. The Italians love a fight in the second half, and they

:32:25. > :32:29.are bringing the race now to Great Britain. We have 500m remaining in

:32:30. > :32:35.his final of the men's coxless pair, Great Britain moving up into the

:32:35. > :32:42.silver medal position. This is going to be a fight to the line for

:32:42. > :32:47.the British, because France are hanging in there and the Italians

:32:47. > :32:52.have raised their game. They are coming back at the British crew,

:32:52. > :33:01.and bringing the French with them. This is the fight for the silver

:33:01. > :33:06.medal now. Out of the right, that New Zealand crew. Surely they have

:33:06. > :33:11.done enough to make it a clean sweep through this alone be gales.

:33:11. > :33:19.Let's get back to the race. That is the race for the silver medal, and

:33:19. > :33:25.now they are moving in. It is a wall of noise on both sides with

:33:25. > :33:30.250 metres. Great Britain have got to go now for the medal. France are

:33:30. > :33:36.still hanging on, Italy fighting back, look Great Britain have the

:33:36. > :33:42.advantage of that lane. They are slipping back as sons push on again.

:33:42. > :33:49.New Zealand will get gold, we know that, but who will get the silver

:33:49. > :33:54.medal? The great British crew pushing hard. France have just

:33:54. > :33:59.squeezed out, and Great Britain moving beautifully for third place.

:33:59. > :34:04.Up to the line, the Olympic champions making it a clean sweep.

:34:04. > :34:08.This is a fight for the silver medal right on the line, and it is

:34:08. > :34:16.France who get the silver medal, and Great Britain get a well

:34:16. > :34:21.deserved bronze medal. They had a great middle 1000, but it was the

:34:21. > :34:30.experience of the French who were able to hold on, but we salute New

:34:30. > :34:34.Zealand. They came out of the four from Beijing in 2008. Perhaps we

:34:34. > :34:38.are seeing a moment of passing on here because New Zealand have done

:34:39. > :34:48.everything and Great Britain will be the crew to watch in the next

:34:49. > :34:49.

:34:49. > :34:56.four years on the rowed to Rio. Words between the old and the Neil.

:34:56. > :35:05.The sensational finish for Great Britain. The French! For the French

:35:05. > :35:10.were amazing. They took it and fought back against the British, it

:35:10. > :35:15.was an extraordinary performance. For these boys, a bronze medal.

:35:15. > :35:19.That is what it means, and a wonderful combination of George

:35:20. > :35:26.Nash and William Satch. Make a note of those named because for the next

:35:26. > :35:36.four years, they will rise, and they will be the stars of the

:35:36. > :35:48.

:35:49. > :35:53.was a fantastic performance, let's not overlook the New Zealanders.

:35:53. > :36:02.Everybody said this was the biggest certainty of the entire eight days

:36:02. > :36:07.of competition, and so it has been. They have delivered, they are an

:36:07. > :36:12.outstanding pair. Yes, they were favourites going into the last

:36:12. > :36:18.Olympic Games in their four and produced a dreadful performance.

:36:18. > :36:22.The New Zealand team were favourites going in to win most of

:36:22. > :36:28.the medals and didn't perform well. Since then, they have taken it by

:36:28. > :36:35.the scruff of the neck and now they have an Olympic gold medal. May be

:36:35. > :36:43.these boys will emulate that in years to come. As I said on the

:36:43. > :36:50.first day, I remember meeting William Satch's grandfather here on

:36:50. > :36:54.the riverbanks six years ago, and he came up to me and said my

:36:54. > :37:00.grandson is competing here and in a few years he will be in the Olympic

:37:00. > :37:06.Games. Lo and behold, that happened, and not only in the Olympic Games,

:37:06. > :37:12.but tears on the podium. If you are watching at home, and you have a

:37:12. > :37:19.child of 15, 16, it can be them in a few years. I have just had the

:37:19. > :37:24.Kiwis jumping on my back as they walked over, congratulating them. I

:37:24. > :37:34.don't know if George Nash knew what was going on here because they were

:37:34. > :37:40.

:37:40. > :37:46.You are George's mum, Stech dad here, tell me how you are feeling.

:37:46. > :37:50.Very proud. And quite relieved that it is all over! Extraordinary

:37:50. > :37:56.amount of emotion for you during that race, did you think they could

:37:56. > :38:02.win a medal? Yes, I did, actually, I was confident they stood a good

:38:02. > :38:08.chance of bronze macro. How were you doing that race? I'll always

:38:09. > :38:16.calm, as you know! You are known to cry, but I cried through the whole

:38:16. > :38:19.bloody race! What about when they came past? I was sitting next to

:38:19. > :38:25.Charles Wigan, who one a bronze back in Moscow, and he thought they

:38:25. > :38:30.might get silver, but it was so close, 22 at 23 years of age, they

:38:30. > :38:37.were not expected. Steve pointed out that they were very much a la

:38:37. > :38:42.boat, and they have come away with an alleged egg bronze medal. Well

:38:42. > :38:47.done, congratulations do both. Here are Britain's latest medallists at

:38:47. > :38:53.London 2012, how could does that sound? Pretty good, yeah! I cannot

:38:53. > :38:59.really believe it. Six months ago, I do not know about George, but I

:38:59. > :39:05.did not even think I would be coming here as a spare. We seemed

:39:05. > :39:09.to turn it on on the day, George likes a race, so he took the first

:39:09. > :39:13.kilometre. I think I should probably keep talking to you! Get

:39:13. > :39:18.your breath back, George. Talk us through the race, because the

:39:18. > :39:23.French went out big, and then there was the inevitability of the New

:39:23. > :39:28.Zealanders winning, so from 1,000 onwards, how did you view the race?

:39:28. > :39:33.I think our plan from the beginning, when we spoke to Christiane, we

:39:33. > :39:42.knew the key words were fast, everyone knows that, the best boat

:39:42. > :39:49.in the Alan ex. We just wanted to keep it simple, and we did. I think

:39:49. > :39:55.we tended on in the second half. We kept it simple, raw, basic. I have

:39:55. > :40:04.got all the confidence in the world in him. I am a bit worried that you

:40:04. > :40:12.are not out of breath at all, you must have done all work! Just

:40:12. > :40:17.unreal. Last question, I must ask you this, we have mentioned it a

:40:17. > :40:23.couple of times, I sat the Gestede father six years ago, he said, my

:40:23. > :40:29.son is a rower, he will be in the Olympics in four years' time, and

:40:29. > :40:34.it has happened! Yes, stuck to the plan. Some people might never make

:40:34. > :40:37.it, but finding it fun, I have really liked it at the club,

:40:37. > :40:42.university, plugging away at something that I wanted to do. It

:40:42. > :40:45.feels like a dream has come true today, so I am pretty happy. George,

:40:45. > :40:51.go and have a lie-down, fantastic, well done.

:40:51. > :40:57.Teague moving, don't lie down! How good was that? I cannot say.

:40:57. > :41:03.they the future? Without a doubt. Will is a big guy, he could row in

:41:03. > :41:08.any of the boats, really solid. I was a little bit concerned in the

:41:08. > :41:12.last 250 metres, you can see how George is tired, the boat was

:41:12. > :41:16.coming over the buoys, and I was concerned they would go out of the

:41:16. > :41:20.lane. They could have been disqualified. Luckily, New Zealand

:41:20. > :41:24.had gone, so they were not interfering with anybody. Amazing

:41:24. > :41:28.performance, absolutely fantastic goal one we did not expect. One we

:41:28. > :41:32.do expect is coming up in 6 1/2 minutes' time, the women's double

:41:32. > :41:35.scull. We are trying desperately hard to take emotion out of this,

:41:35. > :41:39.because there's no room for sympathy in sport, you win or you

:41:39. > :41:44.lose, and Kath Grainger knows that only too well after three silver

:41:44. > :41:47.medals in Sydney, Athens and Beijing. Her story, six minutes

:41:47. > :41:57.away from her date with destiny, told by the people who know her

:41:57. > :41:59.

:41:59. > :42:02.Katherine has always been, even when we were little kids,

:42:02. > :42:07.determined and sporty. She has always had a passion for winning,

:42:07. > :42:11.doing her best. When it is about taking part for us, she is

:42:11. > :42:14.definitely the opposite. From a very early age, when we were just

:42:15. > :42:20.googling around in college boats, she was incredibly determined and

:42:20. > :42:23.very focused, and she did not take failure very well either. It is a

:42:23. > :42:27.cliche to say that an athlete is passionate, but Katherine

:42:27. > :42:34.absolutely loves racing, she just loves doing the sport and raising

:42:34. > :42:38.people and seeing what she can get out of it. -- racing. The story

:42:38. > :42:42.goes she was walking through the street one day at one of the

:42:42. > :42:48.freshers Fairs, and a guy said, You are the right build for rowing, and

:42:48. > :42:53.she did. We decided that she was going to be able to row, that she

:42:53. > :43:02.would be a great asset, and we kind of taught her to row, really, how

:43:02. > :43:06.to move a boat. In silver Place, Britain! We got it! The three

:43:06. > :43:10.silvers are the headline, but people forget the joy of the first

:43:10. > :43:14.one, Sydney was not expected, and she was as high as a kite, and

:43:14. > :43:18.deservedly so. It was the first women's medal for GB, and when they

:43:18. > :43:23.went to Athens, they thought they would medal but they were not sure

:43:23. > :43:33.of the competition. To go silver again, they say they are the happy

:43:33. > :43:36.We thought they were going to do it, we really did. It was almost like

:43:36. > :43:46.it was a dead cert, and that is a lot of pressure, I think, for

:43:46. > :43:52.incredible amount our speed, this surely cannot be happening! Just in

:43:52. > :43:57.that last 400m, you just felt sick, it was awful. It is China for the

:43:57. > :44:03.gold medal, another silver for Great Britain. At the

:44:03. > :44:07.disappointment for Great Britain, and also for Katherine Grainger.

:44:07. > :44:17.99.9% of the rowers in the world would give their right arm to the

:44:17. > :44:22.

:44:22. > :44:26.Anna Olympic medallists, but you after the amount of pressure that

:44:26. > :44:31.she had at Beijing, that this time round, maybe because of her age or

:44:31. > :44:34.whatever, things would not be so hot, but she is it, she is the one

:44:34. > :44:39.everyone is watching. I think when you see them, they have different

:44:39. > :44:42.strengths. I think when times get tough, they pull together, and it

:44:43. > :44:47.is a really nice relationship, they are like a family unit. They spend

:44:47. > :44:53.so much time together. I really want her to have the fairy-tale

:44:53. > :44:59.ending. It isn't my interest, too, to make that happen! -- be it is in

:44:59. > :45:06.my interest, too. She is the best rower never to have won 8 gold

:45:06. > :45:11.medal. I don't want that to carry We keep talking about Katherine

:45:11. > :45:15.Grainger as if she is the only person in the boat, but Anna

:45:15. > :45:21.Watkins, I'm sure that refers to her. You do the rowing, we will

:45:21. > :45:26.make the noise. What does that say? Love, tickle monster, slightly

:45:26. > :45:31.obscured by one of the gamesmakers. I am not sure what that means.

:45:31. > :45:34.Analytically, let's talk about the race, tactics. Tactics is do what

:45:34. > :45:38.you have been doing all season, last season and the season before.

:45:38. > :45:41.They do not have to do anything special, they have just got to

:45:41. > :45:45.produce what they produce all the time. I was with them last week and

:45:45. > :45:50.we were talking about it and saying, what you want to do is just produce

:45:50. > :45:54.a good result, you don't have to do what you did four years ago, worry

:45:54. > :45:58.about the other boats. Do your thing, you are not going to lose.

:45:58. > :46:02.And they know that. They want to have a good race, they want to do

:46:02. > :46:07.this in style. Is it about being aggressive from the word go, or

:46:07. > :46:12.controlled? They are fast starters, they like to be out in the league.

:46:12. > :46:15.Their main opposition is the Australians. The girl in the bow

:46:15. > :46:19.seat is in the single sculls final tomorrow, she has had a lot of

:46:19. > :46:24.races to get here, and that will not play on her mind too much,

:46:24. > :46:27.because this is the final that they think they can win, the Australians.

:46:27. > :46:32.But the Australians were very strong in the middle of the race

:46:32. > :46:40.when they raised last, and I just cannot say anything happen other

:46:40. > :46:45.than Great Britain winning. -- spoken about so much before the

:46:45. > :46:50.Games began, and when you think of the marquee names for London's oh

:46:50. > :46:53.in the build up, Bradley Wiggins has delivered, Chris Hoy, Jessica

:46:53. > :46:59.Ennis has not after a fantastic start in the Olympic Stadium this

:46:59. > :47:06.morning, now Katherine Grainger, it is overdue, Dan and Gary. -- over

:47:06. > :47:09.to you. You join as with Poland in lane

:47:10. > :47:19.three, New Zealand will be in lane number of four. I will let the

:47:20. > :47:44.

:47:44. > :47:50.Katherine Grainger as long and established career, she leaves the

:47:50. > :48:00.start-line in an Olympic final, her life to be defined in the next 6

:48:00. > :48:10.

:48:10. > :48:14.British crew are off nice and quick. They are out and leading! They are

:48:14. > :48:18.leading, and it is the Australians next to them in six who are their

:48:18. > :48:24.biggest threat. Kim Crow must start feeling it in the legs, she is

:48:24. > :48:28.doubling up, she is in the single sculls as well. She raced yesterday

:48:28. > :48:33.in the semi-finals, it is hard to keep focusing on these races, but

:48:34. > :48:39.mentally I think probably now she is thinking are silver. But

:48:39. > :48:44.Katherine Grainger, she has to be the favourite, stay long, stay

:48:44. > :48:51.relaxed, stay focused and just enjoy this, because you shall the

:48:51. > :48:55.Queen! Kim Crow and Brooke Pratley of Australia tracking hard now. The

:48:55. > :48:58.rate, if you look at Great Britain 1 up from the bottom, taking a

:48:59. > :49:04.number of strokes, a little bit more than the Australian crew. The

:49:04. > :49:08.Australian crew have settled, but this is the Great Britain crew on a

:49:08. > :49:13.mission. What Great Britain wants to do is take the legs out of the

:49:13. > :49:16.Australians as much as they can. They know that Kim Crow has had

:49:16. > :49:22.three races already. Already through the first quarter, listen

:49:22. > :49:27.to the crowd! Taking them through that 500m mark, Great Britain from

:49:27. > :49:32.Australia, Poland in third place. It is a steely look of

:49:32. > :49:36.determination, a little cool from Anna Watkins, such a fantastic

:49:36. > :49:42.combination, they are friends, they are team-mates, and right now they

:49:42. > :49:46.are sharing a huge destiny. Great Britain leading, Australia's second.

:49:46. > :49:50.At it is a dream partnership, a dream partnership, they have been

:49:50. > :49:54.so dominant, unbeaten since they got together two years ago, but

:49:54. > :50:01.Australia are putting up a very good defence, Australia hanging on,

:50:01. > :50:04.half a length down, but I would see the second half Robinho, where the

:50:04. > :50:09.British double will really start to work. This is the one where they

:50:09. > :50:13.want to show the world what they can do, and they will fly from

:50:13. > :50:18.1,000m on. I impressed by the way that the Australians are holding on.

:50:18. > :50:23.-- I am impressed. Looking good for the British double scull, look at

:50:23. > :50:27.that, not to be crossed. Katherine Grainger, Anna Watkins have eased

:50:27. > :50:33.out, they are up two thirds of a length over Australia. Surely now

:50:33. > :50:37.we are down to two boats in his final, chasing the gold medal. We

:50:37. > :50:42.cannot and will not for allow ourselves to discount Australia,

:50:42. > :50:46.but it is Great Britain and Australia moving away now. Look at

:50:46. > :50:51.Australia, the disconnect as Kim Crow goes in before her stroke, you

:50:51. > :50:57.see? She is taking the work early, and that is going to hurt over the

:50:57. > :51:01.next 1,000m. Look at the Great Britain double, perfect timing.

:51:01. > :51:06.are through the halfway mark now in the final of the women's double

:51:06. > :51:10.sculls, two-thirds of a length, Great Britain over Australia. Only

:51:10. > :51:15.1,000m now left in his final for the British to just move on, cool,

:51:15. > :51:20.calm heads here from the British double, Katherine Grainger in the

:51:20. > :51:26.stroke seat, backed up by such a phenomenal athlete, Anna Watkins,

:51:26. > :51:29.29 years of age. Katherine Grainger from St Andrews Boat Club, six

:51:29. > :51:34.world rowing championship gold medals, it is all irrelevant now as

:51:34. > :51:39.Great Britain mot about for the length! If they can break free now,

:51:39. > :51:43.they are away! Two strokes a minute lower than Australia and they are

:51:43. > :51:47.stretching their lead. They are staying long, staying relaxed, that

:51:47. > :51:51.is really the key. They must not tighten up, and they will not,

:51:51. > :51:56.because the experience they have got in that boat is absolutely

:51:56. > :52:00.second to no one. That is focused, that is calm, that is long, that is

:52:00. > :52:04.a fantastic display. Just imagine, they have broken free, imagine what

:52:04. > :52:08.is going through their minds here, the adrenalin must be coming

:52:08. > :52:13.through their bodies, they are inside 750 metres, they have clear

:52:14. > :52:19.water now, Anna and Katherine are away, and this is just a phenomenal

:52:19. > :52:23.scull! OK, guys, let's do this, let's finish the story! Australia

:52:23. > :52:28.have been broken, back to 33 strokes per minute, they are

:52:28. > :52:32.realising that silver is what they are going to get, and here go Great

:52:32. > :52:36.Britain. They are going to fly away, they are going to win by lengths

:52:36. > :52:41.and lengths. If the crowd opposite are going absolutely wild, they are

:52:41. > :52:46.shouting GB, GB, and that will be the noise that this doubles goal

:52:47. > :52:52.from Great Britain will need in a little over 200m. 1,500 down, look

:52:52. > :52:57.at the crowd on the far side, it is a sell-out at Eton Dorney for at

:52:57. > :53:01.the most important final here on this whole the Olympic regatta. The

:53:01. > :53:05.British are a way clear of Australia. Australia still holding

:53:05. > :53:09.on, they look like they will falling back. The angle gets you a

:53:09. > :53:16.little bit, they are only about a length and a half down, still

:53:16. > :53:20.fighting back. Kim Crow, a real competitor, so strong, but it is

:53:20. > :53:27.Great Britain for his last 400m, and the crowd will rise to them,

:53:27. > :53:32.here comes the next Great Britain gold medal. Fantastic performance.

:53:32. > :53:38.It has taken 12 long years, a sign of support, and the crowd are on

:53:38. > :53:43.their feet, the flags are going mad, they are into the noise, a

:53:43. > :53:46.cacophony around here, the whole of the media stand are on their feet,

:53:46. > :53:51.we are applauding you, Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins, but the

:53:51. > :53:56.Australian crew know that they have 25 strokes remaining, they are

:53:56. > :54:00.pushing hard. 200 out from the line. Katherine Grainger is taking it up

:54:00. > :54:05.to 40 strokes per minute, this is their display, this is their final

:54:05. > :54:10.turn, this is her gold medal! crowd absolutely adore him what

:54:10. > :54:16.they are seeing now, Australia still, hard, but, ladies and

:54:16. > :54:20.gentlemen, what we are seeing right now fears that dreams do come true,

:54:20. > :54:24.and Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins are going to win a gold

:54:24. > :54:28.medal in the women's double sculls! I thought Australia was going to

:54:29. > :54:36.fall back, but they are fighting on, a length and a half. But there they

:54:36. > :54:43.are. Up to the line, Great Britain deliver! A Olympic champions,

:54:43. > :54:49.Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins, and there is not a pair that is so

:54:49. > :54:54.deserving of this moment here, a fabulous result for Great Britain,

:54:54. > :55:04.they are, at long, long last, Katherine Grainger is the Olympic

:55:04. > :55:06.

:55:06. > :55:16.champion, and the crowd and going and Katherine Grainger, a dream

:55:16. > :55:25.come true. That is a wonderful performance. What a great show from

:55:25. > :55:31.Australia. They never gave up. was as if it was meant to be. Not

:55:31. > :55:36.in Sydney 12 years ago, nor Athens or Beijing, but the Robling gods

:55:36. > :55:39.here looked down at Eton Dorney and said to Great Britain's Katherine

:55:39. > :55:48.Grainger and Anna Watkins, your gold medal will come in front of a

:55:48. > :55:55.home crowd. What a performance that was. Poland in third. These are the

:55:55. > :56:05.winners, the champions. All credit to them. So glad that she didn't

:56:05. > :56:14.

:56:14. > :56:19.retire, and so she. Katherine now at Eton. The second gold medal

:56:19. > :56:28.from the British team here. What a performance. They took it out, they

:56:28. > :56:33.had a magnificent 1,000m. They kept calm heads in that last 500. Out

:56:33. > :56:37.quick. The first 100 they were gone. They had a lead that put the

:56:37. > :56:42.pressure on Australia. There really was only one boat in this. I've

:56:42. > :56:52.never seen such a look of determination and sheer drive from

:56:52. > :56:54.

:56:54. > :57:00.anybody. Katherine Grainger, but we salute also Anna Watkins. Now we

:57:00. > :57:10.have two cruise of British women in role in winning gold medals in one

:57:10. > :57:14.

:57:14. > :57:21.year. That must surely be the image spectacular! As she went over the

:57:21. > :57:31.line she said, oh, my God! Great Britain are the Olympic champions.

:57:31. > :57:35.

:57:35. > :57:42.Australia get the silver and Poland I'm joined by Liz and Peter Granger.

:57:42. > :57:46.The Grainger Odyssey is over. hope so! She hasn't ruled out Rio.

:57:46. > :57:53.That was an extraordinary race, an extraordinary four years. What did

:57:53. > :57:59.you go through in that six minutes? I don't know. We went into Beijing

:57:59. > :58:04.hoping, really hoping that that would be the medal. It wasn't.

:58:04. > :58:08.Until the finishing line I wasn't prepared to bank on anything.

:58:08. > :58:14.Because there were moments in the middle of that race that the

:58:14. > :58:21.Australians hung on quite a lot. Yes. But then Katherine has always

:58:21. > :58:28.said they have always had something in hand. I was less worried about

:58:28. > :58:33.that. Turn the screws and that will be it. Finally, can you some of

:58:33. > :58:37.what it means to your family and Katherine? Huge, huge pride in

:58:37. > :58:43.Katherine. She's done so much and she deserves this so much. Huge

:58:43. > :58:52.relief, huge release but mostly pride. Enjoy the ceremony. More

:58:52. > :59:02.The pictures that need no words. Steve Redgrave with Katherine and

:59:02. > :59:02.

:59:02. > :59:06.Anna Watkins at the moment of We spoke about the demotion

:59:06. > :59:10.beforehand and having to banish that because sport is a serious

:59:10. > :59:20.business and there is a job to be done, and boy have they done it,

:59:20. > :59:22.

:59:22. > :59:29.Can I talk to the Olympic champion, please? Where, where? She's finally

:59:29. > :59:34.here! You did it. Yeah, worth the wait. It's been a long time coming.

:59:34. > :59:38.Steve promised me it would be tears of joy this time, which they are.

:59:38. > :59:42.But there are less tears than there were in Beijing. A lot less. There

:59:42. > :59:49.was a job to do and you've just done it in such an emphatic manner.

:59:49. > :59:54.That's what it felt like. But both of us, we absolutely knew we had

:59:54. > :59:58.all the goods to perform. It was about delivering today. It's just

:59:58. > :00:04.that satisfaction of a job well done. And for you? I just can't

:00:04. > :00:07.believe it. I have to ask Katherine if it was a dream. I tried to keep

:00:08. > :00:14.my mind away from this moment. It didn't seem real. We've had so many

:00:14. > :00:21.successful racers, this is just another race. But it was the right

:00:21. > :00:23.one. I can't quite believe we got to this point. You've done 1000

:00:23. > :00:27.interviews in the last four years and everybody in the course of them

:00:27. > :00:31.has asked you exactly the same question - was it worth making the

:00:31. > :00:36.decision to carry on, can you get that elusive gold medal in London?

:00:36. > :00:41.You must have thought, please, just leave me alone! Now we don't ever

:00:41. > :00:45.have ask you that question again. No, what will you ask? To be honest,

:00:45. > :00:49.I feel this medal of all of them is the people's medal. I feel so many

:00:49. > :00:53.people have been behind me and supported me and wanted this for me

:00:53. > :00:58.as much as I have most of the way. I kinda feel it is off the back of

:00:58. > :01:02.everyone I've ever worked with, everyone who has helped me. I come

:01:02. > :01:05.back to my family who were there from the beginning, to my friends

:01:05. > :01:09.at school, university, every person has been a part of this. It makes

:01:10. > :01:15.it feel so much more special. interviewed your mum and dad and

:01:15. > :01:21.they've said, don't rule out Rio. Yeah, my mum is a bit nervous in

:01:21. > :01:26.she first heard word of Rio. Maybe she fancies a holiday there.

:01:26. > :01:33.think she does. She said she found this one the least stressful of all

:01:33. > :01:36.of them. Steve, thoughts? Fantastic. Nice what you said there, it's the

:01:36. > :01:42.people's medal. The people are going to enjoy it but it's your

:01:42. > :01:46.medal up. Fantastic and very well deserved. All we can say is

:01:46. > :01:54.everybody watching, I know some many people who have said, the one

:01:54. > :02:00.thing I must see it is at lunchtime on Friday. Thank you. We will see

:02:00. > :02:04.you on the podium shortly. Sing loud. Anna Watkins and Katherine

:02:04. > :02:09.Grainger are Olympic champions, like you always said it would be.

:02:09. > :02:15.Never in doubt. All credit to the Australians, they did what they did

:02:16. > :02:23.in Munich. They pushed them very hard in that second 500. I never

:02:23. > :02:31.had a doubt. Certainly when they started racing anyway. Our floor

:02:31. > :02:35.manager was... As said, Chris, it's done and dusted. Let me stop you,

:02:36. > :02:43.let's go to Matt Pinsent. I'm joined during the New Zealand

:02:43. > :02:49.national anthem by Caroline and Richard Bevington. Extraordinary

:02:49. > :02:52.emotions during that race. What did you go through? Agony. You're just

:02:53. > :03:00.waiting for the bow to move in front. It's been a long wait since

:03:00. > :03:05.Monday. You just wanted to see them on the water and rutting. Their

:03:05. > :03:08.normal patterns to go ahead. Just relief when you started to see

:03:08. > :03:16.everything go ahead. The Australians were very close, closer

:03:16. > :03:20.than I was comfortable with. Does their dominance they give you any

:03:20. > :03:24.cause for confidence? It does, but the things can go wrong. You can

:03:24. > :03:31.see things go wrong in races here. You just wish and hope that

:03:31. > :03:35.everything is going to be fine during that. Caroline, can you some

:03:35. > :03:40.of what it means to her? I think she will be so happy and so

:03:40. > :03:44.relieved. She didn't want to let anyone down, she didn't want to let

:03:44. > :03:48.her family down or the team down all the fans. She will be really

:03:48. > :03:54.thrilled. There's been lots of coverage about Katherine,

:03:54. > :03:57.understandably so. Anna has been a little in the shadow to a certain

:03:57. > :04:01.extent. She doesn't mind that. She's happy with how things are and

:04:01. > :04:07.she is OK with that. She will be thrilled today to get the gold.

:04:07. > :04:17.your daughter now is Anna Watkins, Olympic champion. She is. Well done

:04:17. > :04:21.

:04:21. > :04:28.to you both. Thank you very much little while ago. But what a

:04:28. > :04:31.fantastic moment but two young men, 22 and 23 years old, who, as they

:04:31. > :04:35.said in the interview afterwards, barely thought they'd be here six

:04:35. > :04:45.months ago, let alone on a podium with a bronze medal around their

:04:45. > :04:45.

:04:45. > :04:49.necks. Welcome to the future of British rowing. These guys are

:04:49. > :04:53.undoubtedly are going to be the fair wind in Rio and wherever the

:04:53. > :04:56.2020 games happened to take place. We have Alan Campbell coming up

:04:56. > :05:01.shortly in the men's single sculls. The noise here was such a tumult, I

:05:01. > :05:06.wonder if he was able to hear any of it down at the start. He will be

:05:06. > :05:11.in his vacuum, focusing on getting a medal for Northern Ireland in a

:05:11. > :05:15.few moments time. With a final thought about what Katherine and

:05:15. > :05:17.Anna have a cheap, it's very unfair to give Amer the and the bowling

:05:17. > :05:21.but that is the consequence of Katherine having been around for so

:05:21. > :05:25.long, but that is a reward for a commitment to a sport and

:05:25. > :05:31.commitment to her own ambitions that was fully deserved. There was

:05:31. > :05:37.talk a little bit before off-camera about, would she be the greatest

:05:37. > :05:42.woman athlete row were not to win a gold medal? You start going through

:05:43. > :05:50.your mind about great golfers who have never won, that sort of thing.

:05:50. > :05:53.But that his grade -- well deserved. After now she will probably not

:05:53. > :06:00.stop. It she did, that would be a crowning moment to go out.

:06:00. > :06:04.Absolutely fantastic. The story of British medals so far in the Games.

:06:04. > :06:09.We've had a Scottish triumph. Can we have a triumph for Northern

:06:09. > :06:13.Ireland? Alan Campbell, from Coleraine, the loneliest discipline

:06:13. > :06:16.of them are all, one man on his own in the boat. You saw the piece that

:06:16. > :06:20.we did earlier in the programme, where on Christmas Day he was out

:06:20. > :06:23.there training, pounding the beaches of Northern Ireland. He's

:06:23. > :06:27.been thinking about that day all the way through until this moment,

:06:27. > :06:37.the final of the men's single sculls. The cheer in a few moments

:06:37. > :07:12.

:07:12. > :07:22.time for Alan Campbell will be with Alan Campbell this morning.

:07:22. > :07:56.

:07:56. > :08:01.What a moment there, words between New Zealand, in lane five. The

:08:01. > :08:06.lanes have been redrawn for this final due to weather conditions

:08:06. > :08:11.that set in earlier this morning. We will have to see whether that

:08:11. > :08:18.has a psychological impact on Alan Campbell. In lane three, already he

:08:18. > :08:28.is out like a rocket. But he has to be because they are traditionally

:08:28. > :08:33.

:08:33. > :08:37.he is a technical genius, really, he moves his boat beautifully. Alan

:08:37. > :08:41.Campbell was in a lane five until the lanes were redrawn a couple of

:08:41. > :08:47.hours ago, and he now finds itself in three. That is quite a tough

:08:47. > :08:51.call. The guy on his left, Lassi Karonen beat him in Munich at the

:08:51. > :08:55.last regatta, and he has to make sure he is in front of him. Look at

:08:55. > :08:59.the guys running along with the unions black, they are going to

:08:59. > :09:03.chase Alan Campbell all the way down the course. -- the Union flag.

:09:03. > :09:08.That is how much support the British team have and Alan Campbell

:09:08. > :09:15.has. There's not a person around here who does not want to see Alan

:09:15. > :09:20.on the medal podium. At the moment he is in fourth place. Mahe

:09:20. > :09:27.Drysdale, an injured rib, being a bit CAFO as he comes up to the

:09:27. > :09:31.first 500 mark. -- a bit careful. 1,500m remaining now, and Lassi

:09:31. > :09:37.Karonen from Sweden is taking on the lead from Alan Campbell. This

:09:37. > :09:42.is a critical, critical part of the race, the next 200. Alan went out

:09:42. > :09:47.quickly, and now as they all come into their rhythm, this is where

:09:47. > :09:51.they lay down the first market here. Alan Campbell is a bit lower in his

:09:51. > :09:55.stroke rate than he usually is. Is at 34 per minute, you would expect

:09:55. > :10:01.to see him pushing it on a bit, really taking it arm, especially

:10:01. > :10:05.because he knows there will be a disadvantage in the wind later on.

:10:05. > :10:10.The overhead camera view, these gladiators now heading down towards

:10:10. > :10:16.the halfway mark. There's not a lot in it here, really, isn't this

:10:17. > :10:22.fantastic?! This is sculling at its very highest level, and this is now

:10:22. > :10:29.psychological warfare. Alan Campbell is in amongst it all, very

:10:29. > :10:32.solid, very calm, very steady there. Ondrej Synek, closest to us, he is

:10:32. > :10:38.now really stretching out, stretching out, the attack is

:10:38. > :10:42.coming from New Zealand come from Mahe Drysdale. Lassi Karonen has

:10:42. > :10:47.done his best and is beginning to slip back. As his Marcel hacker

:10:47. > :10:52.from Germany at the top of the picture. Aleksandar Aleksandrov is

:10:52. > :10:55.surely just hanging on in lane two, the Azerbaijani was nine that the

:10:55. > :11:00.world championships last year, and events that saw Mahe Drysdale

:11:00. > :11:06.winning it. Alan Campbell took the bronze medal on that occasion.

:11:06. > :11:12.Campbell is on for a medal here, he is in a good position. The first

:11:12. > :11:16.two are probably beyond them, I think. Through the halfway mark,

:11:16. > :11:24.1,000m remaining in his final, Alan Campbell in bronze medal position.

:11:24. > :11:27.The last 200m just saw Mahe Drysdale and Ondrej Synek of New

:11:27. > :11:32.Zealand and Czech Republic really kicking out. They said, and none of

:11:32. > :11:35.this, somebody has got to take it on. It is almost like a peloton in

:11:35. > :11:41.cycling terms, and now Mahe Drysdale and Ondrej Synek have

:11:41. > :11:45.taken it on, and Alan will not roll over, he refuses to be left behind,

:11:45. > :11:49.and Alan Campbell of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in a lane

:11:49. > :11:53.three is starting to mount his challenge again. These two are

:11:53. > :11:57.going to fight it out, they have started early. Ondrej Synek would

:11:57. > :12:02.not have wanted to go so early, but he is really holding on to Mahe

:12:02. > :12:07.Drysdale. As these two battle it out, they could actually play into

:12:07. > :12:13.Alan Campbell's hands, but he has a lot to do, he has to get away from

:12:13. > :12:17.Lassi Karonen of Sweden in lane four. I have never seen a Mahe

:12:17. > :12:21.Drysdale sculling so well, so much better connected than he was, and

:12:21. > :12:26.his power is really telling now. Ondrej Synek is going to have used

:12:26. > :12:31.all his magic to get back on terms. As we come towards the final timing

:12:32. > :12:37.marker into the last quarter, the 1,500m approaching, Mahe Drysdale

:12:37. > :12:40.has just pushed on, a little look to the left. He has driven on hard

:12:40. > :12:46.and has moved out probably three feet of Ondrej Synek. These guys

:12:46. > :12:52.are now racing for the gold medal. There is a separate race or bronze,

:12:52. > :12:57.but there is nothing in it, it could go anywhere! 500m remaining

:12:57. > :13:02.in his final of the men's single sculls, and Alan Campbell is on the

:13:02. > :13:07.fringes of a medal, fourth place. Alan Campbell is behind Lassi

:13:07. > :13:12.Karonen from Sweden. These two are fighting for the bronze. Out front

:13:12. > :13:16.and away clean, Mahe Drysdale from New Zealand, the world champion has

:13:16. > :13:22.at his game one more time, and he is sculling away from Ondrej Synek

:13:22. > :13:26.from the Czech Republic. He is telling a way to a crowd that

:13:26. > :13:31.appreciating every bit of effort they are seeing! Look at the power

:13:31. > :13:35.he is generating, he is burying deeper than he would normally, but

:13:35. > :13:40.Hatay has moved away. Now Alan Campbell in La number three has

:13:40. > :13:46.responded to the crowd are not far side, the extra man in the boat,

:13:46. > :13:50.the crowd will will him to do just a little bit more. One more stroke,

:13:50. > :13:55.Alan, to get up and they had our Lassi Karonen! The gold medal today

:13:55. > :14:01.is going to Mahe Drysdale from New Zealand as they come to was the

:14:01. > :14:05.last 175. Ondrej Synek is fighting back hard, Alan Campbell in lane

:14:05. > :14:11.three, he is up there alongside Lassi Karonen, and he has got the

:14:11. > :14:18.crowd behind him. A Mahe Drysdale from New Zealand, 125, he must know

:14:18. > :14:22.it is a job well done. Ondrej Synek from the Czech Republic, one final

:14:22. > :14:27.challenge. For the bronze medal, from Great Britain and Northern

:14:27. > :14:35.Ireland, Alan Campbell, it is going to be so desperate. Mahe Drysdale

:14:35. > :14:40.is the Olympic champion from New Zealand, and the fight now goes

:14:40. > :14:44.right to the line, it is going to the wire, and it is going to be

:14:44. > :14:52.Alan Campbell on the line, getting the bronze medal, and that will be

:14:52. > :14:55.a fabulous bronze, well fought for bronze by Alan Campbell from Great

:14:55. > :15:00.Britain and Northern Ireland! But today this is the man on top of the

:15:00. > :15:04.world, the new Olympic champion, such disappointment for years ago

:15:04. > :15:12.in Beijing, where he took the bronze medal due to illness and

:15:12. > :15:16.that occasion. He put it right here today at Eton Dorney. Well, Ondrej

:15:16. > :15:19.Synek, a great disappointment. For Alan Campbell, he really had to

:15:20. > :15:24.fight hard for that bronze medal, because Lassi Karonen, who beat him

:15:24. > :15:31.in Munich, was ahead of him until the last 300 metres, but I really

:15:31. > :15:36.feel that the crowd lifted him in that last 400m. One final triumph

:15:36. > :15:43.for New Zealand, Mahe Drysdale, who has wandered this for so long.

:15:43. > :15:48.a bad day at the office for Team GB this morning on this Friday, on the

:15:48. > :15:52.Olympic course at Eton Dorney. Such a lovely guy, really lovely, it has

:15:52. > :15:58.been fabulous to follow him over the years, so dominant in the

:15:58. > :16:03.single scull into Beijing, just completely devastated to get food

:16:03. > :16:07.poisoning. Six weeks ago, this guy was knocked off his bike. I mean,

:16:07. > :16:11.the stories that are coming out from the Games are just fabulous,

:16:11. > :16:15.amazing, all these different permutations of preparation, will

:16:15. > :16:23.they or will they not get here? He is here today, and he is the

:16:23. > :16:27.Olympic champion, Mahe Drysdale from New Zealand. It will be

:16:27. > :16:37.interesting, they will of all raced for the gold, but it will be

:16:37. > :16:56.

:16:56. > :17:01.interesting to hear what Alan But then he got 5th position. He

:17:01. > :17:05.had an operation, got 5th position four years ago. Look at that, that

:17:05. > :17:10.is what it means, these are iconic images for every person chasing a

:17:10. > :17:19.dream. This is what it means, you put your life and soul on the line,

:17:19. > :17:24.What a great day for Team New Zealand, two gold medals on the

:17:24. > :17:30.water and a tremendous day for Team GB, too, two bronze and a gold, the

:17:30. > :17:34.latest coming from this man from Coleraine, Adam Campbell. -- Alan

:17:34. > :17:38.Campbell. He has been relentlessly positive in everything he does, and

:17:38. > :17:41.he was talking about gold, so I'm sure there will be an element of

:17:41. > :17:45.disappointment for him, but he should be so proud because the

:17:45. > :17:50.battle for third could have gone either way. He knows that his his

:17:50. > :17:54.gold medal. The two guys in front of him are better than him, better

:17:54. > :17:57.athletes, better performers. Alan has talked about the last six or

:17:57. > :18:02.eight years of having the dream, and that is it coming true.

:18:02. > :18:05.Realistically, he was not going to do any better and less somebody

:18:05. > :18:09.messed up a front of him. obvious question to ask him, how

:18:09. > :18:14.big a factor the crowd were, the cars at 500m you said that if ever

:18:14. > :18:18.there was a race where the crowd had to come into play to will

:18:18. > :18:23.somebody to the line, it was this one, and he just about had enough

:18:23. > :18:27.in him to secure the bronze medal. You know the character he is, that

:18:27. > :18:30.crowd, he was going to go absolutely nuts. We know he has got

:18:30. > :18:34.a fast finish sometimes, but sometimes it is poor. That crowd

:18:34. > :18:39.was going to get his adrenalin pumping, and when it was level

:18:39. > :18:43.coming into the last 500, you were thinking, this is going to be close,

:18:43. > :18:48.it will be 4th, I had no doubt at all that the crowd was going to

:18:48. > :18:54.lift him and carry him over the last 300 metres. We can see him

:18:54. > :18:58.down on the jetty or start with our cameraman can have a look, he is

:18:58. > :19:08.just there at the moment, absolutely spent. There is nothing

:19:08. > :19:09.

:19:09. > :19:14.really, but earlier in the piece about his training on Christmas Day,

:19:14. > :19:18.on his iPod before he completed today, earth he was going to listen

:19:18. > :19:21.to Slade and the Wizard, and all those Christmas songs that seem so

:19:21. > :19:28.out of place on a glorious sunny morning like this, but maybe that

:19:28. > :19:32.is what he was singing when it at 500m he thought, this is it, all

:19:32. > :19:37.the hard work was worth it for this moment. And it was, bronze medal

:19:37. > :19:41.for Alan Campbell, he is still spark out down there. They need to

:19:41. > :19:45.get in standing up, I am twitching to get down there, he needs to keep

:19:45. > :19:49.moving, not lie still. They are managing to get into his feet, at

:19:49. > :19:54.least they have got him upright. That is the efforts that was

:19:54. > :20:00.required for Alan Campbell, he is on his feet. Keep the legs moving.

:20:00. > :20:04.I have been with him before, two years ago. Alan Campbell will be on

:20:04. > :20:08.the podium to receive a bronze medal very shortly, and any second

:20:08. > :20:12.now, on top of the podium, like everybody involved in British sport

:20:12. > :20:19.and everybody in British rowing at hope she would be, Katherine

:20:19. > :20:24.Grainger and Anna Watkins after their stunning performance in

:20:24. > :20:29.winning 20 minutes or so ago of the women's double sculls. And after a

:20:29. > :20:34.silver in Sydney, we have said is so often, after a silver in Sydney,

:20:34. > :20:38.after silver in Athens, after a silver in Beijing, there was this

:20:38. > :20:42.huge? That can now be eradicated from the record books. Katherine

:20:43. > :20:52.Grainger is an Olympic champion, and this, I'm sure, will be one of

:20:53. > :20:55.

:20:55. > :21:00.the most emotional medal ceremonies whoever he or she was, has changed

:21:00. > :21:04.their flag, attended over. I think they might have prepared that

:21:04. > :21:09.earlier, Katherine and Anna, Olympic champions, and that is just

:21:09. > :21:17.how they are. This is their golden moment, and Garry Herbert, you

:21:17. > :21:20.dreamt about describing this, in I have had a great pleasure of

:21:20. > :21:25.following Katharine's career, and from Sydney all the way through

:21:25. > :21:31.today, and we never lost faith in what was an incredible, incredible

:21:31. > :21:34.performer, and Anna Watkins, who backed her up so, so well. I had a

:21:34. > :21:40.moment with cat and a couple of days ago, and it was his special

:21:40. > :21:43.moment. -- Katherine. She said, just one more race, she has done it

:21:44. > :21:53.today, and she is the darling of the nation, but we have to applaud

:21:54. > :21:57.

:21:57. > :22:05.Poland here. They rowed themselves into the ground here. Coming to the

:22:05. > :22:08.medal pontoon, Julia McAllister -- Julia Michalska in a wheelchair,

:22:08. > :22:14.that is how much she had driven herself to the line, and this is

:22:14. > :22:19.what it means. Whether you get gold, silver or bronze, it is these

:22:19. > :22:29.moments which we live with you forever. Sir Craig Reedie will be

:22:29. > :22:39.handing out the medals, and this is Mike Williams, the treasurer of the

:22:39. > :22:46.

:22:46. > :22:54.International rowing Federation. was going to be expected. Australia,

:22:54. > :22:59.though, the closest rival. Kim Crow, what a regatta. She is through to

:22:59. > :23:09.the final of the women's single Scholes. Here she is picking up

:23:09. > :23:22.

:23:22. > :23:32.get geared up for her final of the women's single Scholes tomorrow.

:23:32. > :23:41.

:23:41. > :23:51.What a great athlete she is. A Anna Watkins and Katherine

:23:51. > :23:51.

:23:52. > :24:01.Grainger! A very personal moment on a very public stage. Both of you,

:24:01. > :24:07.you have made the nation prowled, you really have. -- nation prowled.

:24:07. > :24:12.Olly Watkins watching that with such pride and huge sacrifices.

:24:12. > :24:16.Katherine Grainger, a moment there. She's holding it together. You are

:24:16. > :24:26.doing a good job there, Katherine, you are holding it together,

:24:26. > :24:27.

:24:27. > :24:34.because up here we are struggling. A wonderful moment. Katherine

:24:35. > :24:44.Grainger, the Olympic champion. It sounds pretty good. I'm so proud of

:24:45. > :24:45.

:24:45. > :25:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds

:25:44. > :25:54.her. You are right about holding it you have brought the Olympic crowd

:25:54. > :26:03.

:26:04. > :26:09.penny for her thoughts right now. The motions that a all rising up.

:26:09. > :26:13.At some point she is going to absolutely lose it. She was billed

:26:13. > :26:17.all the way through this last year as Britain's best chance of a gold

:26:17. > :26:23.medal. She has come through, she has come through with it and it's

:26:23. > :26:28.been fantastic. There they are, the new Olympic champions in the

:26:28. > :26:31.women's double sculls. They were undefeated in this combination

:26:31. > :26:38.since 2010. All the medals that have come before that are

:26:38. > :26:48.irrelevant. It comes down to one race, one moment in time, and this

:26:48. > :26:49.

:26:49. > :26:52.is yours. Katherine Grainger, I think Katherine Grainger's face

:26:52. > :27:01.is just about the happiest I've ever seen with a gold metal beneath

:27:01. > :27:04.it. Complete and utter elation and fulfilment. Wonderful. We must just

:27:04. > :27:11.leave the gold-medallists for a second because we have a bronze-

:27:11. > :27:21.medallist to talk to. Alan Campbell, exhausted beyond belief but you are

:27:21. > :27:22.

:27:22. > :27:28.a bronze-medallist. I'm very proud. I trained for 10 years. Bill has

:27:28. > :27:34.come to me from day one from novice. He has taken me to three Olympics.

:27:34. > :27:40.It was disappointing last time with what happened. It was hard coming

:27:40. > :27:50.away from those Games with nothing, no medals. The two guys were

:27:50. > :27:59.quicker than me today. I did everything I could but ultimately I

:27:59. > :28:04.wasn't to match them today. Just... So sorry. Don't be sorry. So tired.

:28:04. > :28:12.Listen, you have made so many people so proud. Look at these

:28:12. > :28:22.pictures of your mum at the moment you crossed the line. Look at her.

:28:22. > :28:22.

:28:22. > :28:32.I think Dad didn't believe it. I'm really pleased. It's another medal

:28:32. > :28:33.

:28:33. > :28:40.I'm proud to be from there, proud to represent all parts of the

:28:40. > :28:45.British Isles. To have three medallists from the one town is

:28:45. > :28:49.pretty exceptional. Can I ask you one final question about the crowd?

:28:49. > :28:52.At 500 it was nip and tuck for the bronze medal. Steve said to me, if

:28:52. > :29:02.ever there was a moment for the crowd to come into play, this is it.

:29:02. > :29:10.

:29:10. > :29:13.How much did they help you? Definitely, just knowing that

:29:13. > :29:19.almost 100 % of the shelves were for me really did help. I just

:29:19. > :29:27.thought, I've got to go now or never and hold on to this medal.

:29:27. > :29:32.The crowd have been exceptional. I think that is going to be the true

:29:32. > :29:36.legacy of these Games. Such a knowledgeable group, a dedicated

:29:36. > :29:40.group of people. I have to stop you because there is a medal ceremony

:29:40. > :29:48.down there and you have got to be in it. Have you got any energy to

:29:48. > :29:55.stand up? I think I'll just hold on to Mahe Drysdale! Many

:29:55. > :30:01.congratulations. Alan Campbell, medallist today. Steve, do you want

:30:01. > :30:08.to act as... I ought to stay here and do my job, but Steve can go off.

:30:08. > :30:11.Here is what his mum had to say about that great moment.

:30:11. > :30:16.Absolutely no mystery about who you are supporting. Jenny and William

:30:16. > :30:20.Campbell, proud parents of Allen. Fantastic performance from your son

:30:20. > :30:24.today. Really well. Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. We can't

:30:24. > :30:30.believe it. He was up against the big guns today and now he is one of

:30:30. > :30:34.the big guns. Jenny, did you have any expectations before this race?

:30:34. > :30:38.I did it all under wraps but I did think he had it in him. He felt he

:30:38. > :30:42.had it in him and we have to go with that. He felt confident he was

:30:42. > :30:47.a medal winner today. We are so delighted. It was a gutsy

:30:47. > :30:52.performance. Because Alan Campbell is not the tallest in that field.

:30:52. > :30:57.He is dwarfed by all the other guys. So he really has to work hard to

:30:57. > :31:02.get there. I think you work hard to get there to date. Just how loud

:31:02. > :31:09.were you screaming, or did you go quiet? No, I just screamed the

:31:09. > :31:12.whole way! I think it will be shown for many today. I just willed him

:31:12. > :31:18.on, I knew he could do it. I told the crowd that we could do this,

:31:18. > :31:24.and I think we've done it. Brilliant for Alan, brilliant for

:31:24. > :31:31.One of those strange moments when Alan Campbell says, sorry, for not

:31:31. > :31:36.winning. You want to say, no, you are wrong. I don't think he said

:31:36. > :31:41.sorry, I think he said he was sore! His legs were absolutely solid. He

:31:41. > :31:45.put absolutely everything into that. If he just sits there, the lactate

:31:45. > :31:48.just builds up and up and then you never get him to move. You so with

:31:48. > :31:52.New Zealand when they were out there, he was very similar. You've

:31:52. > :31:55.just got to try and keep moving. You just don't want to move at all

:31:55. > :31:59.but if you can get moving, the blood starts flowing again, gets

:31:59. > :32:04.the muscles working again. He will thank you when he's having his

:32:04. > :32:08.third pint tonight. I don't think he will thank me at all. I gather

:32:08. > :32:14.somewhere behind us, Katherine and Anna, Olympic gold-medallists, are

:32:14. > :32:19.taking to the water once again. Now is not the time for thinking about

:32:19. > :32:23.tomorrow, never mind next year, never mind four years. But is it a

:32:23. > :32:32.realistic option for Katherine to think about going on for four more

:32:32. > :32:35.years? Excellent question in some ways. Maybe so, maybe not. This

:32:35. > :32:39.combination is so strong. Anna Watkins definitely wants to carry

:32:39. > :32:44.on. She has talked of maybe having a little bit of time off herself,

:32:44. > :32:49.may be having a child and then coming back. Marathon runners

:32:49. > :32:59.improve after having children. There's not that many that have

:32:59. > :32:59.

:32:59. > :33:04.done it. Caterina Karsten, she was racing and still racing. She races

:33:04. > :33:08.for gold tomorrow. For Belarus. She is the two times Olympic champion

:33:08. > :33:13.and she has a 14-year-old daughter. That really did scare me when

:33:13. > :33:17.Matthew told me that this morning. The key thing from Katherine's

:33:17. > :33:24.point of view, and these are the questions she will be asked tonight

:33:24. > :33:27.about the future, but the thing about rowing is it's not about next

:33:27. > :33:29.year, because there will be a world championship next year but World

:33:29. > :33:35.Championships in the general scheme of things don't make that much of

:33:35. > :33:40.an impact. Its four years. If you are going to commit, it's a four

:33:40. > :33:48.year commitment. That is the key point when you have to decide, am I

:33:48. > :33:54.going to cross that again? There is somebody standing between us that

:33:54. > :33:58.said some words about her retirement. That stays with you for

:33:58. > :34:03.the rest of your life. But it is about having commitment. You need

:34:03. > :34:07.some time, you need to think about it. It is one easy decision to make

:34:07. > :34:12.but its four years of hard graft to live with it. What you don't want

:34:12. > :34:15.somebody singing, yes, I'm going to do it, try half-hearted, get some

:34:15. > :34:20.poor results, get disillusioned and walk away. Its all-or-nothing, so

:34:20. > :34:24.take your time for that decision. The great thing, as you did, is

:34:24. > :34:29.getting out on top and not sullying the legacy. I have issues with that

:34:29. > :34:32.in some ways. What's the top? If you don't try, you don't know where

:34:32. > :34:37.the top... I could have carried on, I could have been racing here at

:34:37. > :34:46.the age of 50. But you wouldn't have won. Who knows? You wouldn't,

:34:46. > :34:50.Steve. I'm terribly sorry. It's why you do it. It it's the love for it,

:34:50. > :34:53.every time we tell our top athletes to stop at the top, the reality is

:34:53. > :34:59.it is about how you feel and what to get out of the sport. If you

:34:59. > :35:06.love it so much... What great pictures visa. Leaving the stage

:35:06. > :35:09.slightly slower than they came down the other way, but they came down

:35:09. > :35:14.as would be a Olympic champions and they head back as an Olympic

:35:15. > :35:19.champions, with the Union flag around Katherine Grainger's neck,

:35:19. > :35:23.as a Olympic gold-medallist. They are rolling back with Olympic gold

:35:23. > :35:29.medals around their neck. Again, these are all the questions that of

:35:29. > :35:35.for the future, but at this stage, just an hour-and-a-half or so after

:35:35. > :35:39.her moment of triumph, is Katherine Grainger the very best female row

:35:39. > :35:44.were that you have ever seen? is fantastic. She's not going to

:35:44. > :35:52.know what will hit her over the next few hours. OK. We had an epic

:35:52. > :35:57.day at Eton Dorney. I know you have Epic is a wonderful way to describe

:35:57. > :36:02.it. Just look at those pictures. Let's hope that Alan Campbell makes

:36:02. > :36:07.it C -- safely to the medal podium. Here is what to watch and where to

:36:07. > :36:10.watch it. You can join us over on BBC Two for action from the first