Lucerne

:00:18. > :00:22.nearing it's 100 years. It was a women-only club until the mid-1980s.

:00:22. > :00:32.We have come here because of somebody who came down here five

:00:32. > :00:32.

:00:32. > :00:38.years ago, having barely sat in a boat in her life before. Exceptional

:00:38. > :00:42.start from Helen and Helen. They are storming away. Look at that. It is

:00:42. > :00:52.simply stunning. They move away and they move away with such power and

:00:52. > :01:11.

:01:11. > :01:19.grace. They are making history here champions. We stand up and we salute

:01:19. > :01:25.them. This is Helen Glover's home club, where the seeds were sown. She

:01:25. > :01:32.has had a pretty handy 3013, winning both the World Cup regattas so far

:01:32. > :01:35.and looking for a hattrick Lucerne. It's the most glorious day on the

:01:35. > :01:42.banks of the Avon and weather has been a key factor so far. Lovely and

:01:42. > :01:52.sunny in Sydney. Windy and rainy at Eton Dorney three weeks ago. A

:01:52. > :01:55.

:01:55. > :02:00.summer sport. We are having a laugh! It's amazing being back. Poland have

:02:00. > :02:07.stolen it from Great Britain. were right to the line. We had to

:02:07. > :02:15.keep our heads and push them through. These guys are good, big,

:02:15. > :02:20.strong and fast. It's all about the form. An heroic last 500. We were

:02:20. > :02:24.tested in that rough stuff. Great Britain hang on for the bros here.

:02:24. > :02:31.-- bronze here. This is what the crowd have come to see. The British

:02:31. > :02:37.crew have pushed it on. Great Britain over there. Brilliant.

:02:37. > :02:42.That's what it is all about. Love it. Three gold, four silver and two

:02:42. > :02:48.bronze was the British medal haul there. James Cracknell was there

:02:48. > :02:52.with us that day. On reflection, what was your take on the British?

:02:52. > :02:55.It was great to be able to go back to the Olympic course and they

:02:55. > :03:03.performed well, but they will be kidding themselves if they think the

:03:03. > :03:07.best in the world was there. It was not the world championships or what

:03:07. > :03:10.is in Lucerne, but medals in the bank is never a bad place to start.

:03:10. > :03:15.Obviously, the majority of the British sporting world was watching

:03:15. > :03:20.Andy Murray last week. Rowing eyes were on Henley. What were your

:03:20. > :03:25.highlights for that? For us, it was always the big thing in the year,

:03:25. > :03:29.because you can race in front of the British crowd. The guys and girls

:03:29. > :03:37.had the Olympics last year. In terms of the highlights, the men's eight,

:03:37. > :03:42.which is the biggest event. It's normally us with the Germans and

:03:42. > :03:47.Americans and they did a very good time. Broke the course record, but

:03:47. > :03:51.they are racing an American college crew. It will be a big step up from

:03:51. > :03:54.there to racing in Lucerne. If the quality of the opposition is going

:03:54. > :04:01.to be that much better in Lucerne, what realistically are British

:04:01. > :04:04.hopes? To be honest, Henley affects us. We found it very hard then a

:04:04. > :04:08.week later racing at Lucerne. Other people have just prepared for what

:04:08. > :04:12.is the big race before the World Championship, so it's going to be

:04:13. > :04:17.harder to get up after an emotional week at home. Then, also, the big

:04:17. > :04:21.fish have come to play. They are going to find the competition deeper

:04:21. > :04:25.and stronger, but it's good to have a marker where you are and going

:04:25. > :04:34.into the world championships. Glover and this is her club we're

:04:34. > :04:40.at, will be one of the first people we see in action today. It was gold

:04:40. > :04:45.in Sydney and Beijing. Everybody here wants to be happy once again

:04:46. > :04:51.for her to win in Lucerne. He watched the London Games from the

:04:51. > :04:54.sidelines. We hear from Adam Freeman-Pask who is in the

:04:55. > :04:58.lightweights and we'll finish the programme with the men's eight, who

:04:58. > :05:03.come face to face with the Olympic champions, Germany. We are starting

:05:03. > :05:08.to get the feel of all eight rowing together and moving together and

:05:08. > :05:11.things just click. Sometimes in boats, it takes time to get the feel

:05:11. > :05:16.and the right feel for how the boat moves and how we all move together.

:05:16. > :05:20.That's just happening now. Helen's new and highly successful

:05:20. > :05:23.partnership this year is with Polly Swann and they raced together as

:05:23. > :05:28.part of a quad at Henley, but back together as a pair might be that

:05:28. > :05:32.much harder in Lucerne. For our first action, over now to Garry

:05:32. > :05:40.Herbert and Britain's most successful woman rower ever,

:05:40. > :05:45.Kathrine Grainger. Glorious conditions here at Lucerne for the

:05:45. > :05:49.final of the women's pairs. South Africa in one. USA in two. Great

:05:49. > :05:54.Britain in three. New Zealand in four. Netherlands in five. Romanaway

:05:54. > :05:58.in lane number six. It's like a mill pond out there. It's flat as you

:05:58. > :06:05.like. Perfect conditions here and Great Britain wearing the yellow

:06:06. > :06:09.jersey of the -- indicating they are the current 2013 World Cup leaders.

:06:09. > :06:15.Undefeated in this combination throughout the season here now. For

:06:15. > :06:20.the last time, they'll come up before the world championships and

:06:20. > :06:27.come up against the USA in lane two and New Zealand in lane number four.

:06:27. > :06:30.Closest to us, Romania in lane number six. They are the 2013

:06:30. > :06:34.European champions. The first time we've seen them in the World Cup

:06:34. > :06:39.circuit this year. Quite a tight group here in the first quarter of

:06:39. > :06:44.the race. As expected, Great Britain now just going out to about half a

:06:44. > :06:47.length over New Zealand. About a length over New Zealand and half a

:06:47. > :06:53.length over Netherlands and just above them in lane number two, the

:06:53. > :06:57.United States. Through the first quarter. 500 metres down. Great

:06:57. > :07:02.Britain and Netherlands and the United States. Now the crews will

:07:02. > :07:08.start to ease into their race pace. Fantastic shot of the speed. It's

:07:09. > :07:13.across all the boats. Look how long Catherine is, Polly Swann there,

:07:13. > :07:18.just able to get out there and lead Helen Glover out there. That's very

:07:18. > :07:22.important in the pair, long strokes? Absolutely. Polly has a good bit of

:07:22. > :07:27.height and she's using that length well, with the long reach. What they

:07:27. > :07:31.are doing is moving out and just moving out slowly and steadily

:07:31. > :07:36.against the field. What they are coming up to now is you start to

:07:36. > :07:44.hear the huge crowd and that's where the coaches are gathered and a lot

:07:44. > :07:46.of people and you get a lift up to the mid-way point. There is a length

:07:46. > :07:55.over the United States. Great Britain will have the confidence to

:07:55. > :08:05.think about pushing on now. This is Netherlands in lane five. A good

:08:05. > :08:10.

:08:10. > :08:16.combination this year. The British team are coached by Robin Williams.

:08:16. > :08:19.Led them successfully to the Olympic last year. -- Olympics last year.

:08:19. > :08:24.Very important to remember that with all her success that Helen has had

:08:24. > :08:27.in the scene here, the one medal that she is missing is the World

:08:27. > :08:30.Championship medal? Absolutely. She will be very, very aware of that

:08:30. > :08:36.coming into this season. It's very unusual to win the Olympic title

:08:36. > :08:40.before you win the world title, but that's what she'll be aiming for.

:08:40. > :08:46.Through the half-way mark. Clear water. Great Britain over the United

:08:46. > :08:50.States. New Zealand, who were the former world champions in this

:08:50. > :08:54.event, mid-way through the last Olympiad, they are in lane four in

:08:54. > :08:58.third position. Catherine, talk us into the third five. In the boat

:08:58. > :09:02.here, what are the tactics? What is going on when someone is making the

:09:02. > :09:05.call? What are you trying to do in the third five of this race?

:09:05. > :09:09.Traditionally this is always seen as the painful one from the rowers'

:09:09. > :09:12.point of view. The first half, you are fresh and attacking the race.

:09:12. > :09:16.The last 500 is the big sprint, where you throw everything into it.

:09:16. > :09:19.The third 500 is physically and mentally the toughest part. It's

:09:19. > :09:24.quite a dark phase for everyone. The lovely thing here, the British pair

:09:24. > :09:27.have got a length through the water of any other crew behind them and

:09:27. > :09:32.it's giving you a little confidence. A little more comfort to relax into

:09:32. > :09:37.it and if you get the lead you can start rowing better and not being

:09:37. > :09:43.under the same pressure as the others at that point. New Zealand in

:09:43. > :09:47.lane number four. Rebecca Scown is a four-time champion in this event.

:09:47. > :09:50.Look at Great Britain now. You can just compare. Look at the crew in

:09:50. > :09:57.front, just how long and sweeping The Strokes are. They are making

:09:57. > :09:59.that boat move along between The Strokes. They are looking good. A

:09:59. > :10:04.little under pressure. They'll know that the United States of America

:10:04. > :10:09.will come fast in the last 500 metres. You can also see the - if

:10:09. > :10:15.you look at the buoys in between each strokes, there is the water,

:10:15. > :10:19.but in the relaxation phase, they look tense, the others, but the

:10:19. > :10:22.British pair are very relaxed in between strokes. That is conserving

:10:22. > :10:27.energy and keep them moving out. What they'll want to have is no

:10:28. > :10:33.contact at all at this point. last quarter. 500 metres remaining.

:10:33. > :10:36.The final of the women's pair here. The final World Cup regatta of 2013

:10:36. > :10:41.and Great Britain are doing what they've done all year and leaning

:10:41. > :10:45.into it now. Watch the white boat. If you have an overlap in the pair,

:10:45. > :10:49.that still remains a danger zone here, notwithstanding that we are

:10:49. > :10:53.down to around 400 metres. Great Britain continuing to put the

:10:53. > :10:56.pressure on. Surprising that the United States of America, who pushed

:10:56. > :11:01.Great Britain hard in the heat, haven't really lived with the pace

:11:01. > :11:09.in the second thousand metres, so it's all Great Britain and New

:11:09. > :11:13.Zealand at the moment. Rebecca Scown continues to attack. There is an

:11:13. > :11:17.overlap. Now we are starting to get into the danger zone. This is the

:11:17. > :11:20.bit, as soon as New Zealand feel they are closing and touching the

:11:20. > :11:23.gap, they'll get momentum and excitement from that. They are at

:11:23. > :11:29.quite a high rate, but there might be a point where they don't have

:11:29. > :11:34.much further to go, but the British crew can take it up if they need to.

:11:34. > :11:37.Coming into last 250 metres. The crowds on the banks are screaming

:11:37. > :11:42.and shouting. We have a good group of British support out here at

:11:42. > :11:46.Lucerne. The angles deceptive here, because Great Britain will not sit

:11:46. > :11:50.there and allow New Zealand to row back. New Zealand pushing on hard,

:11:50. > :11:54.but Great Britain led by Polly Swann in the stroke seat, 26-year-old

:11:55. > :11:59.Helen Glover in the bow seat and the Olympic champion holding on well, as

:11:59. > :12:02.they come to the line. I think it's been brilliant. The New Zealand put

:12:02. > :12:05.everything at it, but the British are cool and keeping the length.

:12:05. > :12:11.They have managed to keep the high rate and long ledge and that is the

:12:11. > :12:16.gap they need. Great Britain now to lead. It's three in a row for the

:12:16. > :12:21.new combination in 2013. They were pushed hard in the last 250 metres,

:12:21. > :12:24.but never in doubt. Polly Swann and Helen Glover, looking now to be

:12:24. > :12:30.perhaps the favourite for gold medal at the world championships later on

:12:30. > :12:35.in August. Good finish to 2013 for the World Cup campaign for this

:12:35. > :12:39.team. I think there will be no doubt, they'll be the favourites

:12:39. > :12:43.going into the championships. They were a new crew and they've not been

:12:43. > :12:47.challenged. It's a good sprint at the end from New Zealand, but they

:12:48. > :12:52.were cut short and had to lift up the rate to compete. They closed

:12:52. > :13:02.down to within half a length, but we didn't see the British crew at their

:13:02. > :13:05.

:13:05. > :13:09.maximum. They could have responded. think for me, I can't remember much

:13:09. > :13:16.of the start to be honest, but I remember looking up around about the

:13:16. > :13:20.K marker and seeing the other two, who were most worrying, safely back

:13:20. > :13:25.behind us. I thought, right, OK, this is good, we can push on here.

:13:25. > :13:29.We did. I think we have learnt a lot coming out here and certainly

:13:29. > :13:34.through all the World Cups and I'm excited to see what we can do later

:13:35. > :13:38.this summer. Helen, are you getting an unbeaten record? That is since

:13:38. > :13:41.2011. Yeah. I definitely think the unbeaten and the run is something

:13:41. > :13:45.that is quite interesting for the media, but for me, I think it's

:13:45. > :13:49.something I'm really proud of and I never expected or came into this

:13:49. > :13:53.year expecting to see so many gold medals. We have got a realistic

:13:53. > :13:59.respect for the crews we are racing and we'll have to find new things

:13:59. > :14:05.and work hard. We have plenty up our sleeves to work on. I don't train to

:14:05. > :14:07.try to keep my unbeaten record. I train to be the best I can be. I

:14:07. > :14:11.don't want it to feel like a pressure, but obviously it's always

:14:11. > :14:16.better to win, yeah. Three out of three for Helen and Polly. What did

:14:16. > :14:20.you make of that? I thought it was good. They have won every race. It's

:14:20. > :14:25.a new combination, which does take time to gel, but it was a very

:14:25. > :14:31.aggressive and controlled race. They shut it down from the start and I

:14:31. > :14:34.think were confident enough to let them close up, the Americans and the

:14:34. > :14:37.New Zealanders and good platform going through. I'm sure the

:14:37. > :14:41.non-rowing people watching will say they were leading by two-and-a-half

:14:41. > :14:45.seconds, but it was less than a second at the end, should they be

:14:45. > :14:48.worried? They should be worried about it, if they were genuinely

:14:48. > :14:52.flat out to the finish line and everyone was catching them up, but

:14:52. > :14:56.if I was the coach I would say, look, if you've got the race

:14:56. > :14:59.controlled you don't need to show the opposition how fast you are,

:14:59. > :15:03.because it now breaks to the world championships and you don't want to

:15:03. > :15:07.draw a line in the sand with the maximum speed, because everyone can

:15:07. > :15:11.chase that. If no-one knows how fast you are, that has to be an advantage

:15:11. > :15:21.when you get to the big one. We'll move on to two boats who finished

:15:21. > :15:30.

:15:31. > :15:37.second at Eton. This is the men's Britain, absolutely jumped from the

:15:37. > :15:44.start, Lane two. Peter Chambers and Richard behind him, absolutely

:15:44. > :15:53.driving it out in Lane two. The Italians are in Lane three, they

:15:53. > :15:57.have qualified with the fastest time. The Polish are in Lane six,

:15:57. > :16:07.they won at eaten Dorney three weeks ago, the middle of the three World

:16:07. > :16:10.

:16:10. > :16:16.Cup regattas -- eaten Dorney. Great chemistry between the brothers, but

:16:16. > :16:21.they are on a knife edge. Absolutely. In the last World Cup,

:16:21. > :16:25.we sourced three sets of brothers in this event -- we saw three sets of

:16:25. > :16:30.brothers in this event. It is simple in is, it is not that unusual in

:16:30. > :16:34.sport, you have that automatic kind of communication. And you can risk

:16:34. > :16:42.having heated arguments because you will always be bonded by blood. So

:16:42. > :16:44.in a way you can be more fiery in your combinations, but so far, they

:16:44. > :16:49.have raised in the four together as brothers and are incredibly

:16:49. > :16:54.supportive of each other, incredibly proud of each other and it is great

:16:54. > :17:00.to see. Through 500 metres and Great Britain are in a nice position, in

:17:00. > :17:05.second place behind friends. Francois the 2013 European

:17:05. > :17:13.champions, fourth in this event at the Olympic Games -- friends at the

:17:13. > :17:15.2013 European champions. Great Britain chose not to go to the

:17:15. > :17:17.European Championships, concentrating instead on the World

:17:17. > :17:23.Cup events, so it will be interesting to see what the British

:17:23. > :17:28.crews would have done, calling out the various positions in those

:17:28. > :17:38.euros. Friends coming down on 235 strokes per minute, on the race

:17:38. > :17:39.

:17:39. > :17:42.stroke very early -- down onto 35. The best position to Britain would

:17:42. > :17:46.be to be ahead but they are looking comfortable and smooth. A lot of

:17:46. > :17:51.work going on but they are in a place where they can attack very

:17:51. > :17:59.easily. For the lightweight men, this is the top vote for Great

:17:59. > :18:06.Britain? At the moment, it certainly seems to be. They have strengthened

:18:06. > :18:09.by putting two brothers in together and made it their new boat. The

:18:09. > :18:14.lightweight events are tightly contested, there are not many seeds

:18:14. > :18:19.for the men's lightweight, even less for the women's. They would expect

:18:19. > :18:22.to be on the podium, they will want to be on the podium. Coming to the

:18:22. > :18:29.halfway mark in the men's lightweight double sculls, Great

:18:29. > :18:33.Britain in halfway position. The crew cannot exceed 70 kilograms,

:18:33. > :18:38.they weigh in two hours before so it is a really level playing field. I

:18:38. > :18:45.am surprised it is stretched out. At the 1,500 metres mark in this

:18:45. > :18:50.event, the crews are a bit more compact. France, Italy and Great

:18:50. > :18:59.Britain leading the way. Lovely blade work from the French crew. You

:18:59. > :19:09.really won't see -- want to see the spoon bit, with the flag on it,

:19:09. > :19:14.covered, no deeper. We are coming into an area of this course, the

:19:14. > :19:18.third 500 and then into the last 500 where you expect these guys to be

:19:18. > :19:22.real racers, Richard and Peter Chambers, because they were second

:19:22. > :19:27.in the men's lightweight coxless fours in the Olympic Games and they

:19:27. > :19:31.are real fighters, they know how to race. They pick up their game and

:19:31. > :19:38.pick up speed. It is surprising that France are starting to slip a bit.

:19:39. > :19:44.The angle might be slightly deceptive. I think with the Italians

:19:44. > :19:53.on the far side, France could be coming under pressure very soon.

:19:53. > :19:58.Three boats ahead of the rest of the field. Poland not moving very well.

:19:58. > :20:05.Great Britain have now moved into second position. We have 500 metres

:20:05. > :20:09.remaining. Great Britain are timing this to perfection, they have

:20:09. > :20:19.stalked it through to the halfway mark, moved impressively in the

:20:19. > :20:20.

:20:20. > :20:25.third 500 and now they are ready. They have come through Italy and

:20:25. > :20:30.look like they are ready to attack the French. Absolutely. They need to

:20:30. > :20:37.make sure they keep the speed they have come through on and use it to

:20:37. > :20:40.come up to the French crew. Friends have responded very strongly and

:20:40. > :20:44.taken back the length lead they are more comfortable with. So the

:20:44. > :20:50.British boys have got a race on in terms of friends, but they are

:20:50. > :20:54.staying ahead of Italy. Italy are trying to make the comeback, they

:20:54. > :20:59.are into the sprint finish. Every single seat in that boat know that

:20:59. > :21:04.250 metres to go, you can attack it, less than a minute ago. Italy

:21:04. > :21:09.will come back, no one wants to give up a medal. This is where Mark

:21:09. > :21:13.Hunter and Zac Purchase in Beijing and came second last year to the

:21:13. > :21:19.Danish. The Danish have retired, Mark Hunter has retired. Zac

:21:19. > :21:24.Purchase may well come back here. So there is plenty of opportunity to

:21:24. > :21:29.strengthen this crew. Inside the last 100. It is friends out front,

:21:29. > :21:33.but the Italians are pushing back, hard on Great Britain. The Italians

:21:33. > :21:39.are through, back into the silver-medal position. Great Britain

:21:39. > :21:42.get the bronze. Not a bad result. It looked as though the Italians had

:21:42. > :21:50.come through but we will wait for confirmation. The French were

:21:50. > :21:57.absolutely outstanding. So there it is, France, Italy and Great

:21:57. > :22:02.Britain, first, second and third, well out in front.

:22:02. > :22:06.A medal at Lucerne isn't to be sniffed at. To come away with a

:22:06. > :22:10.bronze in the double in our first season at it, is pretty good. We

:22:10. > :22:14.delivered our best race this year, and that is the standard we are at

:22:14. > :22:19.and that is the standard that the French have laid down, and the

:22:19. > :22:23.Italians, and we go away from here quite pleased, knowing what we have

:22:23. > :22:26.to do. We talked earlier about how you have improved since Henley

:22:26. > :22:31.regatta but there were real technical steps you have made in the

:22:31. > :22:34.race today. Definitely, since Eton Dorney three weeks ago, we haven't

:22:34. > :22:39.got any fitter or anything like that but we have improved in our skill

:22:39. > :22:43.and the way we get the work done has really come on. We have another six

:22:43. > :22:47.or seven weeks to go of that and we came here in a good place, going

:22:47. > :22:57.away with good motivation and we are very happy with how we went out

:22:57. > :22:58.

:22:58. > :23:06.So the USA just over the line, just ahead of the Italians. Great Britain

:23:06. > :23:11.moving up to third position. That is going to give them a world of

:23:11. > :23:14.confidence, particularly out in lane one. Lane one is the one to be on if

:23:14. > :23:21.you are in the outside lane, because you get all of the noise as you come

:23:21. > :23:25.to the second 1,000. Yes and no. Lucerne is the one place that does

:23:25. > :23:32.not give you the advantage. You are by the warmup areas and you get wash

:23:32. > :23:36.from both sides. On the right-hand side, you get it from the warmup

:23:36. > :23:42.crews, so you'll have very different water conditions. This is where they

:23:42. > :23:52.actually get shelter and support from the crowd. The British crew can

:23:52. > :23:58.capitalise on this 500. It looks good. Coached by Paul Reedy. He led

:23:58. > :24:00.the light double into London last year, what a fantastic coach he is.

:24:00. > :24:09.He is brilliant, incredibly calm as well. He knows where he once his

:24:09. > :24:17.crews to go, -- where he wants, takes everything in his stride and

:24:17. > :24:25.his bringing out more and more performing crews. In that third 500,

:24:25. > :24:34.the Italians have moved through the United States of America. The

:24:34. > :24:41.Italian used to be a heavyweight scull, she has really come down,

:24:41. > :24:45.some drastic dieting to come down onto the lightweight category. So by

:24:45. > :24:53.one length, Italy, the USA, Great Britain in third, this is great for

:24:53. > :24:57.the British double Catherine Twyman and Imogen Walsh. For them now, it

:24:57. > :25:07.is all about keeping long and keeping right on it. They are

:25:07. > :25:11.handing the United States of America. Bercow, herself a former

:25:11. > :25:20.heavyweight, strokes the American crew. They qualified with the

:25:20. > :25:28.fastest time in the wrapper -- repechages. The British could do

:25:28. > :25:32.this. They could do this, it is brilliant for the British crew. They

:25:32. > :25:37.have got a really commanding third place at the moment and if they

:25:37. > :25:41.continue this, they are on that podium. Great Britain having to step

:25:41. > :25:48.up in the last 25 strokes of this final. That is the end of the lake,

:25:48. > :25:52.Germany in lane number five, first in Eton Dorney three weeks ago. Very

:25:52. > :25:57.low, you want to be up high and sprinting at this stage. The

:25:57. > :26:01.Italians under pressure from Great Britain, the USA in amongst it. We

:26:01. > :26:06.can see how this dogfight is really panning out, the crews are coming up

:26:06. > :26:10.to the line, inside 100. The British continuing to push. They are not

:26:10. > :26:14.going to catch Italy, they are red front and away but the United States

:26:14. > :26:23.are having to push hard, as New Zealand. The British are in lane

:26:23. > :26:27.one. Comfortable in the end for Italy, the USA get silver. And

:26:27. > :26:32.desperate, on the line, just, I'm going to say the New Zealand crew

:26:32. > :26:36.just got that over Great Britain by virtue of the blades being in the

:26:36. > :26:42.water. We will wait for the confirmation, but quite impressive,

:26:42. > :26:50.out front, the Italians, by Clearwater. Good finish for the 2013

:26:50. > :26:53.World Cup for them. -- clear water. It is just going to be a matter of

:26:53. > :27:02.who had the blades in the water at the PowerPoint of the stroke as the

:27:02. > :27:05.boughs went through the line. There is the confirmation, Great Britain

:27:05. > :27:08.squeezed out into fourth. So you got a fourth under third to

:27:08. > :27:13.talk about there. It is a fourth position for that particular

:27:13. > :27:17.pairing, is it disappointing or encouraging? It is encouraging

:27:17. > :27:25.because apart from last year, when we did get gold in the light

:27:25. > :27:32.weight's double, we had not been competitive, so for them that sense

:27:32. > :27:37.is good, but being there with so little time to go is disappointing.

:27:37. > :27:41.There is a road to Rio and they have to make sure they step up. Equally

:27:41. > :27:47.disappointing, in a sense, for the men, to be second, in touching

:27:47. > :27:51.distance of the finishing line and getting caught again. They are on

:27:51. > :27:53.the podium, which is a good thing, but you don't want to overtake

:27:54. > :28:00.somebody in the last minute of the race and then have them overtake

:28:01. > :28:04.you. They should be done. To let them through, well, they came

:28:04. > :28:10.through, it is frustrating, but also this year, they have to show they

:28:10. > :28:13.have got the speed to carry on the legacy left by Mark Hunter and Zac

:28:13. > :28:18.Purchase. Mark Hunter has announced his retirement. If you are wondering

:28:19. > :28:28.where Zac Purchase is coming he was on about at Henley last week coached

:28:29. > :28:31.

:28:31. > :28:38.by... Yes, coached by me! I have a 100% record at Henley. He is in a

:28:38. > :28:42.Monsters Inc boat, which is all about rowing, Monsters Inc. No,

:28:42. > :28:50.there can't be too many in this country who have a boat has named

:28:50. > :28:55.after them. Arnold Cooke, who is this but Arnold Cooke? And players

:28:55. > :29:05.need come in is here as well. He has a medal around his neck. Don't be

:29:05. > :29:09.

:29:09. > :29:12.shy? -- Klaus Riekemann. It is from 1960 in Italy. You are competing in?

:29:12. > :29:19.In the coxless four for West Germany. I don't think I have ever

:29:19. > :29:26.seen a gold medal from 1960, it is fantastically ornate. What are your

:29:26. > :29:32.recollections? It was very amateur compared with nowadays. My partner

:29:32. > :29:39.and I were working full-time right until the time we actually flew out.

:29:39. > :29:43.The team as a whole, all of the Cubans were sent by the long route,

:29:43. > :29:49.because -- all of the humans were sent the long route, read the Middle

:29:49. > :29:54.East and Singapore and so on. The horses went over the Poll, they

:29:54. > :30:02.needed the short flight and couldn't afford to send the whole team the

:30:02. > :30:11.short way. Obviously a gold medal gives you a phenomenal memory of

:30:11. > :30:15.Rome but what about the Olympics as a whole? It is long time ago and the

:30:15. > :30:19.Olympics now, they are for more than they were at that time. As Arnold

:30:19. > :30:25.was saying, it was much more amateurish. It is all, in various

:30:25. > :30:29.degrees, a shoestring operation. We were in a lucky position because it

:30:29. > :30:36.was Italy, Rome, our boats were shipped over by normal trailer over

:30:36. > :30:43.the Alps. We didn't have any problems. But again, our boats at

:30:43. > :30:48.that time, they were very heavy compared to today. All would. -- all

:30:48. > :30:54.made of wood. Carbon fibre was not in the make at all. It was very

:30:54. > :30:57.mostly, you had to do this, you had to train a less sophisticated way

:30:57. > :31:03.than today. But I must say, going to Italy at that time, the food was

:31:03. > :31:08.excellent. And the great thing about rowing is you can do it into your

:31:09. > :31:15.70s, and here you are. You were winning at Henley last week. This

:31:15. > :31:25.week. Only yesterday. And yet you still get the same buzz? Maybe not

:31:25. > :31:25.

:31:25. > :31:29.quite. I named my Scully boat Don't Panic, because I used to be like

:31:29. > :31:33.this, but now it is a bit calmer. You still get the same nerves going

:31:33. > :31:43.down to the start and the same feeling. It is lovely to meet both

:31:43. > :31:52.

:31:52. > :31:55.there was no thing like lute-weight racing, but now there is. Adam

:31:55. > :32:05.Freeman-Pask missed out last year. He was in the squad, but not in a

:32:05. > :32:18.

:32:18. > :32:22.boat, but now he's an important part Olympics, no matter what part, even

:32:22. > :32:27.being a spare, it was fantastic. There is part of you you are so

:32:27. > :32:33.close and you let it slip and missed out. This is motivation now and I'm

:32:33. > :32:43.wearing all the stuff, but I can't race. That's enough fuel to get me

:32:43. > :32:48.

:32:48. > :32:57.perfection from Great Britain's Adam Freeman-Pask and Richard Chambers.

:32:57. > :33:00.It was cool today. I think we did the job pretty well. I'm really

:33:00. > :33:05.excited, because I think it looks like a drag race the whole way. You

:33:05. > :33:08.don't know who will win. It's just blind faith that you are just

:33:08. > :33:14.getting that extra bit of speed in the boat and you are just going to

:33:14. > :33:18.beat the other crew by millimetres. It's a bronze for Great Britain.

:33:18. > :33:28.get a medal out of that it's good going. Hopefully we can live with

:33:28. > :33:31.

:33:31. > :33:35.each other and get on and do better of the lightweight men's four. The

:33:35. > :33:39.first time that Great Britain, in lane six, come alongside South

:33:39. > :33:43.Africa in lane five. The South Africans, the Olympic champions from

:33:43. > :33:47.last year. Great Britain thought they were robbed for all manners of

:33:47. > :33:51.reasons, to do with conditions and lane order on the day, so a bit of a

:33:51. > :33:55.grudge match here, so big, big day for Great Britain to lay down a big

:33:55. > :33:58.marker. On their other side, Denmark, the Olympic bronze

:33:58. > :34:04.medallists. They too felt they were robbed last year, so watch the three

:34:04. > :34:08.on the right-hand side. Poland in one. Netherlands in two, New Zealand

:34:08. > :34:12.also winners throughout Eton and Sydney this year. A quick

:34:13. > :34:17.combination and new one. Lots going on in this race for us to watch and

:34:17. > :34:21.enjoy, Catherine? It's great. This is never a dull race, because they

:34:21. > :34:25.are all weight capped and they are all equal matches and it means that

:34:25. > :34:30.generally the racing will be so tight. We are now coming into the

:34:30. > :34:36.last quarter of this final. As from the first stroke, New Zealand have

:34:36. > :34:42.led. They have led with such speed and finesse. They are out clear over

:34:42. > :34:46.a chasing field, led by Denmark. They are the Olympic bronze

:34:46. > :34:50.medallists. It's hard to see they'll get the overlap. New Zealand look

:34:50. > :34:54.absolutely fabulous. Great Britain are in this in lane six. Still

:34:54. > :34:58.fighting for the bronze medal here. The moment they are losing fight for

:34:58. > :35:02.that, the British crew, but I would also like to say, just as I said

:35:02. > :35:06.earlier, and I might be proved wrong, it's unusual for a

:35:06. > :35:08.lightweight men's four to have such a big lead. That's because of the

:35:08. > :35:13.weight evening out, well, New Zealand are proving me wrong,

:35:13. > :35:18.because they've got over three seconds at 500 metres to go. It's

:35:18. > :35:24.really a fantastic impressive performance from the team. The crews

:35:24. > :35:29.are classy and experienced. Yet, New Zealand have a clear win. It shows

:35:29. > :35:34.you the quality of this field. South Africa are the Olympic champions and

:35:34. > :35:39.are out the back. The race is right on up to the line for New Zealand

:35:39. > :35:43.and Denmark, who are continuing to attack. Stretching out. Inside 100

:35:43. > :35:47.metres. New Zealand now can enjoy a job well done. Still the boat runs

:35:47. > :35:53.on. Watch out the blades come out and the speed pushes them on to the

:35:53. > :35:57.line. It is New Zealand over Denmark. Netherlands on the top of

:35:57. > :36:01.the picture coming in, in third. New Zealand from Denmark and the bronze

:36:01. > :36:06.medal going to Netherlands in lane number three. Great Britain just

:36:06. > :36:12.being squeezed out on the line into fifth place by the Olympic champions

:36:12. > :36:17.from South Africa. A fight within a fight there, but New Zealand making

:36:17. > :36:27.it three in a row for 2013. Confirmation that New Zealand,

:36:27. > :36:29.

:36:29. > :36:33.Denmark in second and Netherlands in obviously hope for better in a few

:36:33. > :36:42.weeks, but that boat is typical of so much of this current squad. Lots

:36:42. > :36:52.of new faces. We'll meet a few of them. John Clegg. Imogen Walsh.

:36:52. > :37:01.

:37:01. > :37:06.Gotrel. Polly Swann. I got into it in rowing. Went to uniy. Did it as a

:37:06. > :37:10.hobby. Through a friend. Trials. It took off. He saw the size of me and

:37:10. > :37:18.said give it a go. We were given the option in winter whether to do

:37:18. > :37:25.hockey or row and I thought I'm quite tall, so I'll give it a go.

:37:25. > :37:30.Rowing, the best thing... I love being outside. The earning mornings,

:37:30. > :37:35.no! You get on the water with your best friends. Atmosphere. Everyone

:37:35. > :37:42.gets along. Great fun. In a boat, it's sunny. The bething is when it

:37:42. > :37:47.rains. The weather! Getting up in the morning. Probably the cold.

:37:47. > :37:55.early mornings. Lightweight and not being able to have so much food.

:37:55. > :38:00.feel the cold badly. When it's bad weather, it's grim. The long-term

:38:00. > :38:03.aim is to get in the boats for Rio. To be in the boat and to be at the

:38:03. > :38:09.top of the field. The aim is to obviously win a gold medal. I would

:38:09. > :38:14.love to go to Rio. Win medals and hopefully be a world champion.

:38:14. > :38:18.Progress on to the next Olympiad. Until I can't go no more. James,

:38:18. > :38:23.lots of new faces. How long does it take generally for the new

:38:23. > :38:26.generation to gel? Traditionally it would have taken a long time, buzz

:38:26. > :38:31.crews are separate from each other, whereas now, because every nation

:38:31. > :38:35.trains in a squad, it's the case of putting people in when others

:38:35. > :38:38.retire, but this is a crucial year, because everyone nation will be

:38:38. > :38:43.flooding new people in, but also determining their priority of boats,

:38:43. > :38:51.so you can win the championships this year and frighten other people

:38:51. > :38:53.out your events for the years up to Rio. That is the plan. That is what

:38:53. > :38:58.what the British try to do. They establish dominance and main it

:38:58. > :39:02.through. Everybody has to start some time and in the previous generation,

:39:02. > :39:06.Helen Glover was one of the new ones and Andy hoi is here. One of the

:39:06. > :39:11.first people to see Helen in a boat. Did you immediately think there is

:39:11. > :39:17.something special there? rowing-wise, not particularly. She

:39:17. > :39:21.was a gritty focussed individual. It was obviously she would succeed at

:39:21. > :39:28.whatever she put her mind to. It turned out to be rowing in this

:39:28. > :39:33.case. She was a cross-country runner and surfer. Was it like that generic

:39:34. > :39:38.sporting competitive gene? pretty sure that was the case. I

:39:38. > :39:41.spoke to her ex-head mistress at school, which is not too far away

:39:41. > :39:44.and she also agreed that Helen would always succeed at sport no matter

:39:44. > :39:50.what they did, because she was that type of individual even when she was

:39:50. > :39:55.younger at school. Good to talk to you. From that small acorn a huge

:39:55. > :40:05.tree that's grown. Back to Lucerne and the first race we'll look at now

:40:05. > :40:10.is the men's quad. Slight delay on the start there. Great Britain just

:40:10. > :40:14.slipping back from Russia in two. Germany, the Olympic champions,

:40:14. > :40:19.blast out of the blocks. We have a lane order. One, Estonia, Russia in

:40:19. > :40:23.two, the champions, Germany in three, alongside them, looking at

:40:23. > :40:28.them there, Croatia, the Olympic silvers and Great Britain in five

:40:28. > :40:34.and Poland moving alongside, in lane number six. Sixth at the Games last

:40:34. > :40:41.year. What a showdown here for the final of reget that in the 2013

:40:41. > :40:46.World Cup series. Great Britain, this skull from Great Britain is the

:40:46. > :40:50.top sculling boat in the British squad? It is. To be fair, across the

:40:50. > :40:55.sculling side, it's hard to pick a lead boat. They've got Alan

:40:55. > :40:58.Campbell, who is the single. And the men coming up through the next race,

:40:58. > :41:03.in the double skulls, also high-quality field and this one

:41:03. > :41:07.itself, which is newly formed. We have Jonathan Walters who is a

:41:07. > :41:12.replacement. He would normally be in the single at this competition, so

:41:13. > :41:16.it's a new line-up, but we want to see it perform here, because at Eton

:41:16. > :41:20.they were probably disappointed with the fifth place. Russia are the

:41:20. > :41:26.early race leaders out to the first-time marker. A quarter of the

:41:26. > :41:29.way through the race and it's Russia just by a foot. Over Germany, the

:41:29. > :41:33.Olympic champions and Russia, they are all coming together. This is the

:41:33. > :41:39.first time they are making their senior debut and now as they move

:41:39. > :41:45.into the second 500, we are seeing the champions easing into their

:41:45. > :41:52.rhythm. Croatia too. Looking at Peter Lambert in the stroke seat,

:41:52. > :41:55.he's just there now. Former South African and the boat needs to be

:41:55. > :41:59.dynamic what happened next we see in quads across this high level of

:41:59. > :42:05.standard is the top crews are dynamic when they come out of the

:42:05. > :42:10.start and get into the rhythm and race pace. We are at the 1,000

:42:10. > :42:14.metres mark and through the half-way mark in the final. Great Britain

:42:14. > :42:18.back in fourth or fifth position there. Languishing around the back

:42:18. > :42:23.heart of this final. Big step up required in the third five. Momentum

:42:23. > :42:26.now going with Russia and Germany and going with Croatia. Croatia are

:42:26. > :42:31.looking fantastic. They've started to move through the field. What we

:42:31. > :42:35.have had going back to the boat three races, one of the people in

:42:35. > :42:39.the boat will make the technical calls. That is discussed before the

:42:39. > :42:44.race begins. You have a strategy if everything goes according to plan.

:42:44. > :42:47.We also have someone making more tactical decisions, so adjusting and

:42:47. > :42:51.flexing to what happens around you, so one person is aware of that,

:42:51. > :42:57.trying not to distract too much. are in the second half of this men's

:42:57. > :43:03.quad final. Germany, who were the first leaders, have the upper hand,

:43:03. > :43:10.but they've had it taken from them. Germany are the Olympic champions.

:43:10. > :43:16.Croatia are the silver. A race within a race here again. We have

:43:17. > :43:22.Great Britain in lane number five. We are right in among it here now.

:43:22. > :43:27.The British squad are hunting that bronze medal position. 1500 metres,

:43:27. > :43:31.500 to go. The biggest strokes from Great Britain as they go through in

:43:31. > :43:35.fourth place. They've just come off in the last ten strokes here, but

:43:35. > :43:39.Russia and Germany all up there, right on the top of the game. This

:43:39. > :43:43.will be a great finish. This is the race we wanted to see. Great thing

:43:43. > :43:48.is, in the line-up, like you said we have Olympic champions and the

:43:48. > :43:51.British crew are in touching distance. That's what you wantment

:43:52. > :43:55.there's no expectation. They are bringing that themselves. They've

:43:56. > :44:00.got 500 metres to attack the finish and put themselves in a medal

:44:00. > :44:04.position. That is a great result in this quality of field. Croatia

:44:04. > :44:09.leading from Estonia and they are in the bronze medal position. Just

:44:09. > :44:14.going through now. 25 strokes. Great Britain have to wind this up here to

:44:14. > :44:19.get on to the podium. A little look around there. Walton is looking

:44:19. > :44:24.around there. Croatia are continuing to power it on. They are in lane

:44:24. > :44:29.number four. The Olympic silver medallists there. Right at the dying

:44:29. > :44:33.ends of this race. The Olympic champions have been beaten here.

:44:33. > :44:37.They are in the yellow boat in the middle of the picture. They are in

:44:37. > :44:41.second. The race, though, the big race at the back is between Estonia

:44:41. > :44:44.in one and Great Britain in five. cannot see that something happened

:44:44. > :44:48.to the British crew and something went wrong, which is why we have

:44:48. > :44:52.dropped out of the picture. Croatia over the line in first place.

:44:52. > :44:55.Germany get the silver and Estonia get the bronze. We'll have to wait

:44:55. > :44:59.to hear about Great Britain. They are over in fourth. They were right

:44:59. > :45:02.up on there the tail of the Estonian crew. We don't know what happened.

:45:02. > :45:07.The heads are down into the boat. We'll have to wait for reaction

:45:07. > :45:11.there. It looked like something might have happened. It looked like

:45:11. > :45:16.something went wrong and interrupted their flow. Opportunity to review

:45:16. > :45:21.the men's quad. It looks like Peter Lambert caught the puddle on the

:45:21. > :45:31.right-hand side and that really lost the blade out of his hand. It has to

:45:31. > :45:34.

:45:34. > :45:40.be said, good recovery, back into So what do we say, promising all bad

:45:40. > :45:45.luck? It is promising. We have never got a medal in the men's quads, yet

:45:45. > :45:48.we have put all of our best athletes in the quad. What they did show is

:45:48. > :45:53.they have the speed. If you have the speed at any point in the race come

:45:53. > :45:56.you can build on that, but what we haven't got is the consistency. So

:45:56. > :46:03.they can build on the speed over the next few weeks into the World

:46:03. > :46:08.Championships. Can cramp happen to anybody? It can happen to anybody.

:46:08. > :46:18.It is more likely to happen in the quad, because they go quite fast for

:46:18. > :46:18.

:46:18. > :46:21.four people and they have two oars each. I was much more simple. The

:46:21. > :46:28.quad goes as quick as an aid and there is a lot more to think about,

:46:29. > :46:32.so it is the place you are most likely to get cramp -- and eight.

:46:32. > :46:36.Disappointing nonetheless that there wasn't a medal there. Over the

:46:36. > :46:44.years, we have got so used to the coxless four being the focal point

:46:44. > :46:49.of our attention, but at the moment, it is the men's eight.

:46:49. > :46:59.This is what we want, this is what the crowd have come to see! This is

:46:59. > :47:02.

:47:02. > :47:07.the line! Said the men's eight will round

:47:07. > :47:17.things off, but before that, it is the men's and first the women's

:47:17. > :47:19.

:47:19. > :47:25.They are away in the women's double scull is final, the USA in Lane

:47:25. > :47:29.number one, Great Britain in number two, Lithuania, the first time we

:47:30. > :47:39.have seen them in a World Cup, they are in three. USA one in Lane number

:47:40. > :47:42.

:47:42. > :47:48.four. Belarus in Lane five. And Leonie Pless, we thought she would

:47:48. > :47:57.retire, here she is in the double scull is. And New Zealand in Lane

:47:57. > :48:02.number six. -- Catherina Carson. It is the allure of the sport, isn't

:48:02. > :48:06.it? I think she will be carried out that boat one day, it is very

:48:06. > :48:14.impressive, Olympics after Olympics. That American double came

:48:14. > :48:21.out very and sharply, they were very impressive this year in the double.

:48:21. > :48:26.Great Britain two down from the top, they are in amongst it all.

:48:26. > :48:36.Lithuania in lane three, just over the United States of America.

:48:36. > :48:39.

:48:39. > :48:47.Belarus in Lane five and New Zealand pace. That is OK, that is pretty

:48:47. > :48:57.good. Atomic is in the stroke seat of the American double scull --

:48:57. > :49:03.Tomic. The stroke of the Lithuanian crew is only 19 years old. It shows

:49:03. > :49:13.you are never too young or too old in this race. France's Horton in the

:49:13. > :49:13.

:49:13. > :49:22.bow seat, one of the longer standing members of Team GB. She has been a

:49:22. > :49:26.long-term member of it -- Houghton. Two Olympic medals to her name, she

:49:26. > :49:33.is absolutely there. She has the experience, knowledge, the know-how

:49:33. > :49:38.be there and she is a very strong partner. Are starting to ease out.

:49:38. > :49:48.Lithuania from the United States. There is Catherina Carson on the bow

:49:48. > :49:54.

:49:54. > :49:58.seat, 41 years of age. Her partner, she is... When we raised back in the

:49:58. > :50:04.pair in the 2,000s, she was there, a lot of the pairs in this race have

:50:04. > :50:06.been there and done it. It is representative of all of the new

:50:06. > :50:10.athletes in the sport and experience, the success over the

:50:10. > :50:17.years counts for a lot, but at the moment, it is being led by a new

:50:17. > :50:24.Lithuanian crew, including 19-year-old who has no success to

:50:24. > :50:28.her name yet. Tennis what is going on here. The halfway point is a

:50:28. > :50:32.great place to be, it is where the surge comes, the crowd noise comes.

:50:32. > :50:35.You get a real lift as you start to hear the crowd, you know you are

:50:35. > :50:39.coming past halfway and you can start thinking about the second half

:50:39. > :50:49.of the race, obviously the lead to the finish. Lithuania are leading,

:50:49. > :50:54.

:50:54. > :51:04.zero points seven ahead of the USA. open to everyone, including the

:51:04. > :51:08.

:51:08. > :51:14.British clue. USA two in Lane one. Great Britain in Lane two. Lithuania

:51:14. > :51:19.in Lane three. USA one in Lane for. So they have two boats in here vying

:51:19. > :51:24.for final selection. A lot of competition, race within a race.

:51:24. > :51:31.Belarus in Lane number five, containing Catherina Carson. Watch

:51:31. > :51:38.the boat to Dan, chasing hard against Belarus in Lane five -- two

:51:38. > :51:43.down. When you make a call at this stage, what are you trying to

:51:43. > :51:47.achieve, what is the purpose of the call at this part of the race?

:51:47. > :51:51.will absolutely depend where in the race you are. If you are leading,

:51:51. > :51:57.the idea is to make a break. Nobody has a comfortable margin at this

:51:57. > :52:01.point. The Lithuanian crew will want to break away from the USA and the

:52:02. > :52:04.New Zealand crew. The USA will want to make more than in road. They have

:52:04. > :52:09.a half a length overlap and they will want more, the same for New

:52:09. > :52:16.Zealand. They will want to be in the silver-medal position. They have the

:52:16. > :52:23.outside lane, which you crew often slip up the unawares -- in which you

:52:23. > :52:27.can. It can play to your advantage. 50 strokes remaining, and Great

:52:27. > :52:30.Britain are still back in fifth position. We are going to need to

:52:30. > :52:35.see a switch and there will have to be a massive kick on his Great

:52:35. > :52:39.Britain are going to start to content for a bronze medal. -- if

:52:40. > :52:45.Great Britain. The USA, traditionally they can have a

:52:45. > :52:52.sprint. They are fighters to the end, but New Zealand in Lane number

:52:52. > :52:59.six, they are just outstanding. They won in Sydney, the first World Cup

:52:59. > :53:04.regatta. We didn't see them at Eton. Here they are in and amongst it all.

:53:04. > :53:07.At the moment, they could be threatening the Lithuanian lead. I

:53:07. > :53:16.think we will see Britain start moving through, they will put the

:53:16. > :53:21.Belarus team under pressure. It is the USA who seem to be slipping

:53:21. > :53:31.back. 25 strokes remaining of the women's double scull is, and New

:53:31. > :53:31.

:53:31. > :53:39.Zealand are just absolutely piling it on. They are coming along the

:53:39. > :53:43.buoys. Miss those and you will be home clear. Correcting your steering

:53:43. > :53:46.can slow you down, you steer on pressure, which can affect the speed

:53:46. > :53:54.of the boat. They have just come off the boughs, the boys on the

:53:54. > :54:00.left-hand side -- the buoys on the left-hand side. Lithuania on the

:54:00. > :54:03.line, just. New Zealand, perhaps if they hadn't have steer of the line

:54:03. > :54:08.of the buoys. And Great Britain coming through in fifth position.

:54:08. > :54:14.They will be disappointed with that. There was a moment in the third 500

:54:14. > :54:18.where they could have got into the race a little bit more. USA

:54:18. > :54:28.finishing in the sixth position, USA two. But New Zealand really ramped

:54:28. > :54:33.

:54:33. > :54:43.it up in the last 500 metres there, from Great Britain in Lane number

:54:43. > :54:54.

:54:54. > :55:04.the 2013 World Cup series, they are undefeated. How well they have

:55:04. > :55:08.

:55:08. > :55:18.undertaken -- taken on the bat on second at Eton three weeks ago, and

:55:18. > :55:20.

:55:20. > :55:24.they were ninth in the Olympic Games Matt Langridge. They have been here

:55:24. > :55:27.many times, finals at Lucerne, but this is a combination that the

:55:27. > :55:32.British coaches and selectors are really hoping will gel together.

:55:32. > :55:37.Matt Langridge is one of the most successful junior oarsman of our

:55:37. > :55:40.time, winning a gold medal in the single scull back in the day. He has

:55:40. > :55:49.stepped up here, going from scrolling to rowing, back to

:55:49. > :55:54.sculling. Economical talent. -- a phenomenal talent. Yes, it was a big

:55:54. > :55:58.thing to win at such a young age. He has been indifferent boat classes,

:55:58. > :56:05.between big boats and small boats, and the way it keeps the freshness,

:56:05. > :56:15.it is nice to do a variety of races. Through the 500 metres, a quarter of

:56:15. > :56:22.the way down. Still pretty nice and looks the more comfortable, if you

:56:22. > :56:32.will, will be New Zealand. They are just starting to lengthen out of it.

:56:32. > :56:37.

:56:37. > :56:43.If you look at the bow seat, like the bird is nice and towed --

:56:43. > :56:46.you like the boats nice and tight. New Zealand won at eight and only

:56:46. > :56:54.the season and in between have run at Henley Regatta, so they are

:56:54. > :56:58.having a brilliant season -- won at Eton Dorney. So if it is a tight

:56:58. > :57:05.race, you have the confidence that you know how to win, so it will be

:57:06. > :57:15.that relaxation, that one stroke at a time, not having to put a

:57:15. > :57:25.sprinting, a fast 100 metres. Lucas and Matt Langridge just

:57:25. > :57:25.

:57:25. > :57:35.starting to move a little bit off second in the European Championships

:57:35. > :57:38.

:57:38. > :57:43.this year. Plenty of form. It is the Coming to the halfway mark in the

:57:43. > :57:49.final of this man's double scull is, and Great Britain's Matt

:57:49. > :57:53.Ogrizovic Bill Lucas and Matt Langridge in a disappointing

:57:53. > :57:59.position. They had a pretty good start but this second 500 is really

:57:59. > :58:06.starting to cause a little bit of pain. Into the last 500 metres, and

:58:07. > :58:12.Bill Lucas and Matt Langridge of Great Britain now just after to the

:58:12. > :58:15.left -- off the pack to the left. I don't think they will be hugely

:58:15. > :58:22.disappointed, they will be realistic and have a benchmark to go off on

:58:22. > :58:25.training. Doriz a reasonable distance still to go, so it will be

:58:25. > :58:35.interesting to see they can sustain the level of speed they have taken

:58:35. > :58:46.

:58:46. > :58:53.are, still pushing on hard. It is a real dogfight now provide silver

:58:53. > :59:01.medal. Bubka Germany a game. -- for the silver medal. Here go Germany

:59:01. > :59:08.again. All of the crews are now upon 40, 41 strokes per minute. Desperate

:59:08. > :59:14.stages, just hanging on. It is who cracks first. New Zealand holding

:59:14. > :59:19.on. The last 100, insight to the line. New Zealand have done enough.

:59:19. > :59:23.We are watching as the camera comes around for the silver medals. On the

:59:23. > :59:28.far side, it is Italy in Lane number one, but we will wait for

:59:28. > :59:32.confirmation. But Italy, Germany and Lithuania came right back on the

:59:32. > :59:41.line towards New Zealand. Great Britain going over in sixth

:59:41. > :59:45.position. So Germany and Lithuania getting the bronze medals.

:59:45. > :59:48.We have gotten so blase over the years about first, second and third

:59:48. > :59:55.and being disappointed after people do not finish in Lane medal

:59:55. > :00:02.position. How do we interpret those races? Speaking at the men's doubles

:00:02. > :00:05.is tricky. Matt Langridge is a phenomenal athlete, he took a long

:00:05. > :00:09.time to decide whether to carry on after the Olympics, having won

:00:09. > :00:14.bronze in London and silver in Beijing, so he is on the steep

:00:14. > :00:18.incline back to form, but it is incredibly disappointing to lose to

:00:18. > :00:21.people in the final race of the Regatta that they have beaten in the

:00:21. > :00:26.heats and the semifinal. They will be disappointed from that and they

:00:26. > :00:32.have six weeks, OK, that is the benchmark, we have to improve.

:00:32. > :00:38.a crew that finished sixth to one that came fifth. What about the

:00:38. > :00:42.women's performance? Again, it is interesting. Houghton, it is a big

:00:42. > :00:45.decision for her to make, having won medals in previous games, she will

:00:45. > :00:51.not want to come back from Rio with a minor medal, she will want gold

:00:51. > :00:55.and that was not a gold medal performance, clearly, today, but is

:00:55. > :00:58.it potentially one? What they have to do is, over the next five weeks

:00:58. > :01:02.up to the World Championships, go away and get every bit of potential

:01:02. > :01:05.they can out and in the world Championships in South Korea, look

:01:05. > :01:12.back and think, these are the stepping stones and we can build on

:01:12. > :01:15.them to get to the top podium in Rio. It is 11 months since the

:01:15. > :01:19.Olympic Games and sunspots have embraced the legacy rather better

:01:19. > :01:23.than others. You would think that the huge success we had on the lake

:01:23. > :01:29.at Eton Dorney would have produced a huge upsurge in interest in the

:01:29. > :01:34.sport. The chairman here at Minerva Bath rowing club, did you have

:01:34. > :01:39.people knocking on the door? pretty much did, people asking to

:01:39. > :01:43.row and join the club, so we put on two or three learning courses year,

:01:43. > :01:50.12-18 new members, and last year we did a course up to 50 in the end.

:01:50. > :01:57.All shapes and sizes and ages? Absolutely, 18 years and older, but

:01:57. > :02:01.we have members joining who are in their 50s and their 60s. It's one of

:02:01. > :02:07.the things, when I come to a club like this, this is still an

:02:07. > :02:11.impression among the public that rowing clubs are elitist, but

:02:11. > :02:14.nothing could be further from the truth? Absolutely. We have basic

:02:14. > :02:23.facilities. We have members from all over the working population, I

:02:23. > :02:27.guess. We have a porta loo, so no running water. Glamour.Absolutely.

:02:27. > :02:33.Olympic gold medallists can come from that? Absolutely.In herms of

:02:33. > :02:37.Helen, did it produce a lot of young girls? Absolutely. We have got a

:02:37. > :02:43.waiting list for the junior courses and we are trying to deal with those

:02:43. > :02:46.now, but women 's membership is huge. We are doing courses just for

:02:46. > :02:49.men, because we have so many women. On a day like today, where else

:02:49. > :02:54.would you rather be? Absolutely. Gorgeous. Thank you. Good luck with

:02:54. > :02:59.the future. From Bath, back to Lucerne and see how some of the

:02:59. > :03:03.other races panned out. In the men's four, the British crew didn't

:03:03. > :03:10.qualify for the final, but it turned out to be a fantastic race between

:03:10. > :03:15.the Americans and the Australians. The USA came out on top in the end.

:03:15. > :03:20.No British entry in the men's pair, which unsurprisingly was dominated

:03:20. > :03:28.by the extraordinary New Zealanders, Murray and Bob. Can anyone ever come

:03:28. > :03:33.close to the reigning Olympic champions? Germany woman the women's

:03:33. > :03:38.quad, but there was real drama for the American crew. They caught a

:03:38. > :03:44.crab, race over. And the women's single skulls was won by Kim crow of

:03:44. > :03:51.Australia, who earlier on -- and earlier on Vicky Thornley finished

:03:51. > :03:59.fourth in her final. One race we haven't shown you is the men's

:03:59. > :04:09.single skull and it is Alan Campbell from Northern Ireland. Alan Campbell

:04:09. > :04:15.in lane number two squeezing out ahead of Brass from the Netherlands.

:04:15. > :04:24.Germany's Marcel Hacker in three. The Czech Republic skuller, the

:04:24. > :04:28.Olympic silver medallist in four and Cuba and Bulgaria. Drysdale, the

:04:28. > :04:32.Olympic New Zealand champion, who came to Henley last week, who is in

:04:32. > :04:35.a phase of coming back into it, has been doing a lot of iron men

:04:35. > :04:40.competitions in New Zealand and taking time away from the boat, he

:04:40. > :04:45.has to go back for New Zealand and for the long time, go back to trials

:04:45. > :04:51.to qualify for the world championships, so no Drysdale in

:04:51. > :04:59.this 2013 World Cup campaign. Alan Campbell though, interesting, but he

:04:59. > :05:04.has a new coach, John West. Alan has worked with Bill and he was taken on

:05:04. > :05:09.from potential protege almost up to medallist, which was fantastic for

:05:09. > :05:14.Bill and Alan. Bill has stepped aside and John West has stepped up.

:05:14. > :05:19.John is successful with the fours and eights and never before with a

:05:19. > :05:24.single, so it's a new things, especially the single. You need to

:05:24. > :05:28.have a good working relationship, because it's one on won, coach and

:05:28. > :05:32.athlete. Alan hasn't been back in the system for very long. He took a

:05:32. > :05:42.long break, but it's competing and in competing form, which is great to

:05:42. > :05:44.

:05:44. > :05:54.see. The rower from the Czech Republic through in first. Chased

:05:54. > :05:57.

:05:57. > :06:00.hard now by Anning el Rodriguez from cuBia, who came second at two of the

:06:00. > :06:04.World Cups, and showed great form in the early part of 2012. Very

:06:04. > :06:09.disappointed to come seventh. Won the small final on that occasion.

:06:09. > :06:14.The first time we see him here in Europe this year, on the

:06:14. > :06:21.international scene and a phenomenal skuller here. He's in second. Marcel

:06:21. > :06:26.Hacker now, the guys have opened up. Graph from the Netherlands has come

:06:26. > :06:36.through. Alan Campbell is in fifth now. Alan really struggling with the

:06:36. > :06:37.

:06:37. > :06:42.pace in the final. You can see from the angle that Angel has more scope

:06:42. > :06:49.left. If you look at the end of the boat, the lead skuller, there is

:06:49. > :06:52.absolutely any dip, is to means it's moving smoothly. He's not

:06:52. > :06:59.interrupting the flow of the boat, which is crucial. A bill lit of

:06:59. > :07:05.breeze down at the finish. The noise on the far side. The crews come out

:07:05. > :07:13.from all the trees and the hidden part in that third 500. Up to the

:07:13. > :07:20.line now and it's Andre from the Czech Republic. He won out at Eton

:07:20. > :07:30.three weeks ago. Another gold. Good start for the next Olympiad. Marcel

:07:30. > :07:30.

:07:30. > :07:35.Hacker with the silver and Rodrigues in third. Netherlands in fourth.

:07:35. > :07:42.Bulgaria in fifth and Alan Campbell in sipleth, realising earlier on in

:07:42. > :07:45.that final that he has some way to go on the pace. James, Alan is a

:07:45. > :07:50.likeable character, that when you see a result like that, it's quite

:07:50. > :07:54.hard to know what to say? It is. The first thing to say is incredibly

:07:54. > :07:59.tough event, because the only one fast person in your country and it's

:07:59. > :08:03.not like eight people. You only have to find one person, so it's very

:08:03. > :08:07.tough. He backs himself in that event, which is all to his

:08:07. > :08:10.character. He has phenomenal boat speed so he can lead a race, but not

:08:11. > :08:14.quite have the endurance to see it through to the end. If he wants to

:08:14. > :08:20.step up from bronze to gold in Rio, that's what he needs to work on. Not

:08:20. > :08:24.the top speed, but base speed. do we take from that? That he he

:08:25. > :08:29.still has the speed, because he led, but the endurance is not great. If

:08:29. > :08:32.you look at the first 500 and then the last, it's not a good race plan,

:08:32. > :08:36.but he has got the speed. You can't magic speed from nowhere. He doesn't

:08:36. > :08:42.need to do that, but needs to build on the endurance and that, I'm

:08:42. > :08:52.afraid, is hard work. We are going to see the men's eight, but before

:08:52. > :08:55.that here's the women's eight involved in a record-breaking final.

:08:55. > :09:00.The United States do what they always do in women's eights and get

:09:00. > :09:04.out quick. It's hard. It is real rugged stuff here. They have a

:09:04. > :09:08.quarter of a length. It's so important to get out to the first

:09:08. > :09:12.time being mark in first position. That's really where it all matters.

:09:12. > :09:16.If you get out there first it's very, very hard in eights to get

:09:16. > :09:20.rowed down, because the margin is so, so slim and it's taken so much

:09:20. > :09:24.effort to get out there. From there now, the United States can really

:09:24. > :09:28.start to find their confidence and speed. It's also, unlike small

:09:28. > :09:33.boats, it's very hard to get a change in pace. The small boats, as

:09:33. > :09:36.you have seen in other races today, they can suddenly changes distances

:09:37. > :09:40.quickly. First to fourth, third to second, all that quick and in the

:09:40. > :09:43.eight, traditionally, once you get out, the positions hold and you

:09:43. > :09:52.can't make a quick change of pace. If you can get out with a fast start

:09:52. > :09:55.you can hold on to that very well. Canada now face facing The Strokes.

:09:55. > :09:58.The United States of America just continuing to squeeze down. This is

:09:58. > :10:03.just absolutely incredible stuff here. The USA, Olympic champions,

:10:03. > :10:09.returning from last year with only one woman on board, in the sixth

:10:09. > :10:13.seat. They've built another eight here. They have Amanda Polk in

:10:13. > :10:16.there, but the rest of under 23. They've built the eight now and they

:10:16. > :10:24.are leading the world into the half-way mark in the final of the

:10:24. > :10:29.women's eight. Look at that. Absolutely incredible. The United

:10:29. > :10:33.States have gone clear on what is a very high-class field here. The

:10:33. > :10:37.Olympic champions rebuilding from last year. They go through the 1500

:10:37. > :10:41.metre mark absolutely clear. They've done it. They demolished the field

:10:41. > :10:45.here. Now, they can enjoy it, because looking back, the race is on

:10:45. > :10:49.for the silver and bronze. The British crew, the last 100, have

:10:49. > :10:54.come off the Romanians there. They were right up on the tail. They were

:10:54. > :10:59.level almost with Romania, so Great Britain in lane number five got a

:10:59. > :11:02.really fight on their hands against Romania on lane four. Forget the

:11:02. > :11:06.Canadians. They are in a race defending the silver medal against

:11:06. > :11:12.Romania, but Great Britain have got to focus now on Romania in lane

:11:12. > :11:16.number four. The third 500 is when Britain slipped down on the field.

:11:16. > :11:19.USA may use the time to break the clean break. They are away and

:11:19. > :11:23.running. They're racing for the finish. They don't care about the

:11:23. > :11:27.others. Canada, they are going to come under pressure from Romania.

:11:27. > :11:32.They move way from Great Britain. They have Canada in their sights and

:11:32. > :11:36.they'll chase for the silver. Canada will be defending it. Quite

:11:36. > :11:40.inexperienced line-up and a different cox than last 20-odd

:11:40. > :11:45.years. Leslie Thompson is not in the boat at the moment and Britain will

:11:45. > :11:49.feel it slipping away. They can attack. They have a great line-up

:11:49. > :11:52.and great experience. Jest and Beth and Katie and they've been in the

:11:52. > :11:56.boat many, many times and been in the situation before, but Romania

:11:56. > :12:03.have gone. They've just jumped and turned a speed there. They've jumped

:12:03. > :12:08.up and they're out into second place. They are through Canada. The

:12:08. > :12:12.United States are impressive there. It's gold by some margin. Romania

:12:12. > :12:15.come through and over into second place. I think it might be a world's

:12:15. > :12:20.best time from the United States. We'll wait to confirm that.

:12:20. > :12:25.Incredible. Amazing. What was also amazing was Romania in last 500.

:12:25. > :12:29.Absolutely. Kicking on and taking it away. Again, they are all class

:12:29. > :12:39.crews, but not experienced crews and they've shown again what rebuilding

:12:39. > :12:50.

:12:50. > :12:53.with the very last race. The most eagerly anticipated of the entire

:12:53. > :12:58.meet, the men's eight and in terms of the British crew, just about all

:12:59. > :13:04.the top names in the men's game put in this one boat. To try to upset

:13:04. > :13:14.the Olympic champions. Among them, Alex Gregory and he's been talking

:13:14. > :13:25.

:13:25. > :13:30.to Kathrine Grainger. We are the world champions why -- champions.

:13:30. > :13:34.The last time I saw you was on the sidelines of dorny and the eight

:13:34. > :13:39.didn't have you in it. How are things now? Great. The day after

:13:39. > :13:44.that I got back in the boat and we were joined in the boat by George

:13:44. > :13:49.nash and things seemed to have been going well. Boat feels great. It's

:13:50. > :13:56.the best than it has done for the last few months leading up to dorny.

:13:56. > :14:01.We are all really excited about it. Lucerne is next. Entry? Eight crews,

:14:01. > :14:04.so the Germans and the full crew. How close is it to the Olympic

:14:04. > :14:08.champions? Half of them have remained. They are unknown. We don't

:14:08. > :14:13.know what they'll be like. They'll be about. They are germ mans and

:14:13. > :14:19.they're rowing in eights so they'll be good. Desh Germans and they're

:14:19. > :14:22.rowing in eights, so they'll be good. You smashed the record held by

:14:22. > :14:27.the Germans at Henley? We have been doing some good times and everything

:14:27. > :14:32.has been going well and everything has been going right, so we came

:14:32. > :14:35.into this regatta feeling in good shape. We didn't know how fast we

:14:35. > :14:39.were going, but we heard it was a course record. It's a nice thing to

:14:39. > :14:42.have. What is it helping you improving the steps? We are starting

:14:42. > :14:46.to get the feel of all eight guys moving together, rowing together and

:14:46. > :14:49.I think that's what it is. Staying relaxed and moving in the right way

:14:49. > :14:53.for the boat. I hope we can hold what we have got and carry it

:14:53. > :14:57.forward through to Lucerne and the world championships. That's your

:14:57. > :15:03.combination and that flow and all that connection, how did it compare

:15:03. > :15:13.to the four? It took a long time for us to get that. It took right to the

:15:13. > :15:19.

:15:19. > :15:28.eight. The Cox makes it easier, they tell us what to do. I have been

:15:28. > :15:34.raising big four for four years, so it is good to me to have a change --

:15:34. > :15:37.I have been racing. You have the confidence to come through it as

:15:37. > :15:42.Olympic champion? I felt so confident going to the boat with

:15:42. > :15:45.three guys who had done it before. Now I am the one who has done it, I

:15:45. > :15:49.can share my experience with the guys and they trust me and I feel

:15:49. > :15:54.like I am in a good position, enjoying it. I'm really taking this

:15:54. > :15:58.year as an enjoyable year. I obviously take it seriously, I

:15:58. > :16:03.obviously want to win, but there was pressure leading up to London and it

:16:03. > :16:06.is nice to have a year where you can just relax and enjoy rowing for what

:16:06. > :16:09.it is. James, you were very forthright

:16:09. > :16:13.after the Regatta at Eton, saying you felt the order in the boat

:16:13. > :16:22.needed to be changed if the men were to reach their potential. What you

:16:22. > :16:26.make about the order in Lucerne be change the order -- they changed the

:16:26. > :16:31.order in Henley. It was good in Henley, although not against the

:16:31. > :16:35.level of opposition we have here. I swapped it around for the final,

:16:35. > :16:38.whether it is the result of illness or not performing in the heats, but

:16:38. > :16:44.it is leaving them in danger of being Andy Hodge in the strokes it,

:16:45. > :16:49.Peter Reed in the seven seat with six other people bolted in the back

:16:49. > :16:59.-- the stroke seat. It needs to be a blend of eight people, not just two

:16:59. > :17:03.

:17:03. > :17:11.Jurgen's super eight go. After the Germans in the green boat, winding

:17:11. > :17:15.it up, the Olympic champions. France in one, Great Britain in two, the

:17:15. > :17:22.United States of America in three, Germany, the Olympic champions, in

:17:22. > :17:26.four, Netherlands in five, Poland in six. This race has so much riding on

:17:26. > :17:31.it. Every time we see and eight race, it is exciting, it doesn't

:17:31. > :17:36.matter what boat you are in all what countries are racing, it is noise,

:17:36. > :17:42.it is power and speed. And it is up for grabs. Look at that, France

:17:42. > :17:48.away, they jumped out from the first foot, they took it on from Great

:17:48. > :17:53.Britain. In the green boat, Germany just starting to wind up. Remember,

:17:53. > :17:57.the whole focus was on Great Britain and Germany at this Regatta. A

:17:57. > :18:01.little off to the left for the Olympic champions, but they are read

:18:01. > :18:07.quick now and leading over the United States. But everything to

:18:07. > :18:13.play ball. In the men's eight, the main aim is to get to 501st. That is

:18:13. > :18:23.all you got to do, and Germany are 501st by Harper length over the USA.

:18:23. > :18:29.

:18:29. > :18:33.Now we move on -- Germany are 500 first by half a length over the USA.

:18:33. > :18:37.You have got Germany who are in a slightly different boat than the one

:18:37. > :18:41.leading up to the Olympics, but want to carry on the mantle. The USA are

:18:41. > :18:45.also in a different boat but have the fastest qualifying out on the

:18:45. > :18:54.lake. And you have the British group which, by name, have the most

:18:54. > :18:58.successful group in the water. It is the boat that is coached by Jurgen,

:18:58. > :19:03.everyone is expecting them to win. So this is what happens when you put

:19:03. > :19:07.them in the mix. Germany have stopped on Harper length up from the

:19:07. > :19:16.United States. Great Britain are just in for. It is stroke the stroke

:19:16. > :19:20.between fourth and third position. Just listen to the noise.

:19:20. > :19:26.37 strokes per minute. That is low for Germany, they are usually up on

:19:26. > :19:32.38. The Americans will also be quick, as we come to the halfway

:19:32. > :19:35.mark. Expect big pushes across all six boats. Here comes the United

:19:35. > :19:42.States of America. They have pushed back at the halfway mark and they

:19:42. > :19:48.now lead, Germany, by a canvas over the United States. It is an

:19:48. > :19:53.incredible second 500 by the USA. We are in the final of the men's eight.

:19:53. > :20:01.France in one, Great Britain's super eight, Jurgen's boys, inlay number

:20:01. > :20:05.two. USA in three, Germany, the Olympic champions in four, the

:20:05. > :20:09.Netherlands in five and Poland in six. On the morning of this final,

:20:09. > :20:17.the announcement that Peter Reed had been moved into the seventh seed and

:20:17. > :20:21.George Nash into the battle seed. Great Britain were slipping right

:20:21. > :20:24.up, they could be moving back through the field. They seemed to be

:20:24. > :20:29.neck and neck but it was very hard to tell from this angle, with the

:20:29. > :20:34.Dutch. But the USA and Germany have put themselves under pressure and

:20:34. > :20:40.the British are holding on the overlap and pulling in Germany.

:20:40. > :20:43.not write up the British crew. Give them an overlap in Germany. Do not

:20:43. > :20:46.write up the British crew. Give them another love pandas live and these

:20:46. > :20:50.guys know how to row down, -- right off. But also, the Netherlands, they

:20:50. > :20:58.know how to row and eight, they have a great history. European champions

:20:59. > :21:03.back in 1996. 1,500 metres, 500 to go, 50 of the biggest strokes. Great

:21:03. > :21:09.Britain are in fourth position. The Netherlands take on Great Britain

:21:09. > :21:14.into third, but that front, it is a real grudge match, USA and Germany.

:21:14. > :21:17.This is a race that is absolutely hypnotic to watch, edge of your seat

:21:17. > :21:22.stuff, but in the boat it can be uncomfortable. But it is the kind of

:21:22. > :21:29.race you want to be part. Every stroke is going to matter and at the

:21:29. > :21:33.moment, the USA have got the better of Germany but do not write anybody.

:21:33. > :21:39.The Dutch are possibly slipping back behind Great Britain. Germany now

:21:39. > :21:45.coming back at the USA, exactly what you would expect from the Olympic

:21:45. > :21:49.champions. 200 remaining, it is a dog fight between the USA and

:21:49. > :21:54.Germany. Here come Germany. Look at the gap they are opening up over

:21:54. > :21:59.Great Britain to the left. We are in match racing. The whole world was

:21:59. > :22:05.waiting to see how fast the Olympic champions were. They are fast but

:22:05. > :22:09.the USA are faster. It is going to go to the line. The USA just

:22:09. > :22:16.honoured. It is now or never for Germany in the dying strokes.

:22:16. > :22:20.on the line, the USA come through. USA first, Germany are beaten, the

:22:20. > :22:25.Olympic champions, into second place. The Netherlands take the

:22:25. > :22:30.bronze medal and Jurgen Grobler's super eight in fourth position. What

:22:30. > :22:37.a great raise, it lived up to all of the expectations. The punches and

:22:37. > :22:41.joy of the USA, but Germany showed some pretty big speed. The first

:22:41. > :22:45.time at the senior World Cup regatta that Germany have been beaten and we

:22:45. > :22:50.have got it all to play for here as we head towards the World

:22:50. > :22:53.Championships. So the big surprise of the day, the USA in first.

:22:53. > :23:00.Germany beaten into second. The Netherlands in third and Great

:23:00. > :23:03.Britain out of the medals. It has been a funny season. We have

:23:03. > :23:08.obviously had quite a lot of change in the crew and we haven't had a

:23:08. > :23:12.period of time where we have had a settled crew, so I think having that

:23:12. > :23:17.inconsistency in personnel and looking for seat positions, that

:23:17. > :23:21.leads to a bit of inconsistency we sometimes get. A lot of people will

:23:21. > :23:27.not understand why Jurgen Grobler shuffled the order at the last

:23:27. > :23:34.minute, putting Peter Reed right back up the boat and George Nash

:23:34. > :23:39.back to bowl. Did it work was it too little too late? I think it was more

:23:39. > :23:44.of an experiment again. Having Andy and Peter together, what we have

:23:44. > :23:49.done the most of the season, but George coming in, he has done an

:23:49. > :23:54.awesome job so far and I think we were just trying to recuperate this

:23:54. > :23:57.weekend, changing the order again. But the World Cup is our

:23:58. > :24:02.experiment, that is what it is all about and the World Championships on

:24:02. > :24:05.the main event of the year, so we will be sorted by the World

:24:05. > :24:11.Championships and we'll see what we can do there. Alex, do you think

:24:11. > :24:19.this hate has the potential to win the World Championships? -- this

:24:19. > :24:22.hate. Figueroa absolutely, I think any of the eights the in the field

:24:22. > :24:28.do -- absolutely. We haven't found the rhythm yet, but we will get

:24:28. > :24:34.there. I can't remember World Cup whether British have won so few

:24:34. > :24:37.medals, how do you see it from within the team -- where the

:24:37. > :24:41.British? We are all at different points in a training cycles. Some of

:24:41. > :24:49.the other nations are coming here off the back training camps, we are

:24:49. > :24:52.just about to go on them, so can you can take some things from the World

:24:52. > :24:56.Cup but people are at different points in the training cycles and

:24:56. > :25:01.that has been reflected, but now we have a good training block away,

:25:01. > :25:04.away on camp and we will come back very differently for South Korea and

:25:04. > :25:09.the Championships. Firstly, it was a great raise, and

:25:09. > :25:13.secondly, disappointing that Britain didn't get on the podium. It was a

:25:13. > :25:18.great race, and from the British perspective, they were not in the

:25:18. > :25:23.race, and that is not even the best Americans, the best four won the

:25:23. > :25:28.four. In the commentary, the British were set up by being called the

:25:28. > :25:33.super eight but the reality is we do not have a reputation in the eights

:25:33. > :25:36.that make countries fear us, and they should have got a bronze level

:25:36. > :25:43.at the very least. When I first joined the team, the story was

:25:43. > :25:50.either Redgrave wins or Redgrave loses, and that will be the take out

:25:50. > :25:54.this year, that Jurgen's super eight did not take away a medal. But it

:25:54. > :25:58.gives us a mark of the World Championships. People here at

:25:58. > :26:02.Minerva Bath rowing club, a lot of the people watching the races,

:26:02. > :26:08.they're kind of end of school report was it might bring the whole team

:26:08. > :26:13.down to earth with a bump. Is that fair? It certainly is very different

:26:14. > :26:18.to the atmosphere at Dorney, where it was a homecoming and rowing got

:26:18. > :26:22.the first gold medal in any sport at the Olympics and we produced another

:26:22. > :26:26.fantastic performance. The reality is, not everyone was there and

:26:26. > :26:30.everybody is in Lucerne and we have our true place. We enjoyed it here

:26:30. > :26:35.because the people who brought home the first gold in London brought

:26:35. > :26:38.home the only gold in Lucerne. hope it is not the only one when we

:26:38. > :26:42.go to South Korea for the World Championships. Thank you to James.

:26:42. > :26:47.We are after South Korea at the end of August, full coverage on the red

:26:47. > :26:53.button throughout with highlights on BBC One and BBC Two. Next week, we

:26:53. > :26:59.continue the build-up to the world athletics Championships, with the

:26:59. > :27:03.latest Diamond League from Monaco. And the Open golf starts this week

:27:03. > :27:07.with coverage from Muirfield, with coverage on every platform you can

:27:07. > :27:13.conceive of. One other programme at you about coming up in the not too

:27:13. > :27:22.distant future, July the 27th, the start of Inspire, a series of

:27:22. > :27:29.programmes taking us from all the way from now to Rio. Letters inspire

:27:29. > :27:35.you. Get your trainers on, get your heart racing. Get inspired. Inspire

:27:35. > :27:40.you to push as hard as you can. keep coming back for more. We want

:27:40. > :27:46.to inspire all generations. And we mean all generations. We want to

:27:46. > :27:51.inspire you. We want you to get inspired. Before we go, one more

:27:51. > :28:00.thing we have to do, and that is the name officially this brand-new boat.

:28:00. > :28:10.It is called Flaviae, Latin for Golden girls. We have an expert

:28:10. > :28:17.crew, augmented by the May at Bath, Councillor Malcolm Lee's. Nice

:28:18. > :28:22.socks! -- Mayor are bad. They will have this fine as per second sprayed

:28:22. > :28:25.over them by James Cracknell. Thank you for watching, that is it from