Lucerne

:00:38. > :00:44.Welcome to our coverage of World Cup 3 from out in Switzerland. We're

:00:45. > :00:51.basing ourselves here at Llandaff rowing club today. There aren't many

:00:52. > :00:53.rowing clubs in the UK that look anything like Lucerne but the River

:00:54. > :00:56.Taff gives a good impression. This is the last World Cup event

:00:57. > :00:59.before the World Championships that begin at the end of September

:01:00. > :01:09.and the last opportunity for British They go into their training camps

:01:10. > :01:10.with a lot more work to do. Here is what is coming up:

:01:11. > :01:11.At the moment GB's best squad is the men's quad,

:01:12. > :01:14.according to Jack Beaumont, size doesn't matter.

:01:15. > :01:22.We're all pretty similar size. I think that's quite helpful. Not the

:01:23. > :01:25.biggest crew but we have our strengths.

:01:26. > :01:27.After catching gold fever in London 2012, Kat Copeland's

:01:28. > :01:30.at the beginning of another four-year cycle.

:01:31. > :01:37.It is a long time. It is why I came back, the Olympics are everything to

:01:38. > :01:37.me. But Vicky Thornley's looking

:01:38. > :01:52.to repeat her European gold. No sooner have we packed up the gear

:01:53. > :01:57.from Rio we are we are again, a new season, with lots of new faces. A

:01:58. > :02:00.very good start for the women's pair in Great Britain. Surely the British

:02:01. > :02:06.have done enough, just through. The Netherlands have taken out the crew

:02:07. > :02:11.from grant A major upset. A really nice way to cap the weekend of

:02:12. > :02:17.racing, with your first World Cup victory. Welcome to a a bit of day

:02:18. > :02:24.for the 2017 Championships. History made here. A fantastic effort. The

:02:25. > :02:28.British crew are up to the line for bronze. The perfect starting

:02:29. > :02:33.position. Great Britain's Karen Bennett and Holly Morten through in

:02:34. > :02:38.bronze. A major upset here. The British heavyweight men's 4 has come

:02:39. > :02:43.in fifth. #123450 Australia, half a length over Great Britain in second

:02:44. > :02:46.place. It is a silver medal for Vicky Thornley. Silver for Great

:02:47. > :02:50.Britain, holding off the United States. The job well done for the

:02:51. > :02:55.British crew. Gold medal in the men's quadruple skulls.

:02:56. > :03:01.I'm joined by double Olympic champion, Helen Glover.

:03:02. > :03:09.How has your time away from the sport been since Rio? Good. I have

:03:10. > :03:13.missed rowing, some days. Days like this. Yes, on days like this. But Ip

:03:14. > :03:19.haven't missed all the training. And looking at the results coming back

:03:20. > :03:26.from the rogue team. What do you make of it? What do you see with the

:03:27. > :03:31.crews and those individuals that you used to raise with alongside? I

:03:32. > :03:34.think it reminds me of 2013, coming back after... London. The London

:03:35. > :03:37.Olympics, and seeing some new people stepping into the team and returning

:03:38. > :03:43.Olympians struggling to find speed. I don't think it is necessarily a

:03:44. > :03:48.bad thing. I think there is a sense of pacing yourself throughout the

:03:49. > :03:51.four years. What do you make a very noticeable result at the Europeans,

:03:52. > :03:58.where the women's boats are were all over it like a rat, winning medals

:03:59. > :04:02.and it was amazing and the men's team Jurgen was slightly less

:04:03. > :04:05.happen. There is a sense of competition between the men and

:04:06. > :04:12.women's team. There is, you always want to be at the heart of the squad

:04:13. > :04:18.to step into Caversham the day after with the medals. You get a sense of

:04:19. > :04:24.pride. There is a competitive element within the squad but I think

:04:25. > :04:26.people shouldn't be afraid to try things. Just try people sitting in

:04:27. > :04:34.different boats. Different tactics. Right now is the time to try it. I

:04:35. > :04:40.don't think it is a bad thing. People will be finding their places

:04:41. > :04:47.in the boats. As we mentioned all the way threw this season of the

:04:48. > :04:52.lots of new people coming N you remember what it was like going down

:04:53. > :05:02.to Caversham. -- coming N what is it like joining is system with the his

:05:03. > :05:09.train medals and names up on the walls? #w45 is it like? -- what is

:05:10. > :05:14.it like? I went there the other day. There is a sense of people fighting

:05:15. > :05:19.for seats already. Previously there was a sense of you could put your

:05:20. > :05:25.foot off the gas a bit, people have come back from London. This time

:05:26. > :05:28.people are here, new and fresh and fighting for their seats. The first

:05:29. > :05:30.race is the men's quad. At the heart of that crew is

:05:31. > :05:30.23-year-old Jack Beaumont, Katherine Grainger caught

:05:31. > :05:34.up with the sculler Jack Beaumont has is hemented his

:05:35. > :05:38.seat there. We were confident, it was exactly how we did it at

:05:39. > :05:41.Caversham in training. It is comfortable, job well done for the

:05:42. > :05:48.British crew. Gold medal in the men's squad rule. What what is made

:05:49. > :05:54.it click We are great friends. All rowing together for a few years in

:05:55. > :06:00.the group. We are all a similar size. I think that's helpful. We are

:06:01. > :06:05.not the biggest group but we definitely have our strengths. What

:06:06. > :06:08.are your thoughts of Lucerne? Our last competition before the World

:06:09. > :06:12.Championships. I think if he can influence what we did in training

:06:13. > :06:18.throughout the whole radio gat at that season so far and come away

:06:19. > :06:24.with another great result. Do you get excited by the thought of maybe

:06:25. > :06:27.one of the other crews, maybe Lithuania, you get to race

:06:28. > :06:33.potentially there, is that a focus? Into it definitely is. We have not

:06:34. > :06:37.beaten them yet. They are good athletes. They have been

:06:38. > :06:40.consistently quick in the squad. Big, strong guys. Each day we are

:06:41. > :06:46.trying to better ourselves. Not just to focus on them but we want to beat

:06:47. > :06:59.everyone. You can't do it thinking - I'd love it get a bronze, you have

:07:00. > :07:06.to aim to win. Aim for the stars really.

:07:07. > :07:14.The final of the men's quadruple skulls. Netherlands, New Zealand,

:07:15. > :07:23.Great Britain in three. Lithuania there. They won the first regatta in

:07:24. > :07:29.Belgrade this year. Italy, bronze medallists in fourth. In fieft and

:07:30. > :07:35.poll Nelson Mandela six. A big ask here, James. An ask that Great

:07:36. > :07:43.Britain can do here. They will be going for one thing, to win it. --

:07:44. > :07:49.be and Poland in six. The one thing they had over the last four years,

:07:50. > :07:58.is a strong second half. They didn't have the speed out of plots. They

:07:59. > :08:06.are off now and firing and they are going to take the race by the scruff

:08:07. > :08:11.of the neck. The difference is, they do look like they are red-lining t I

:08:12. > :08:15.would be as well. But the Lithuanians, they do look more

:08:16. > :08:25.relaxed. That may have an affect during the middle of the race but at

:08:26. > :08:30.the moment the British boyses have given themselves the platform to

:08:31. > :08:31.build on. All six boats flying through.

:08:32. > :08:31.given themselves the platform to build on. All six boats flying Dump

:08:32. > :08:46.-- jost gel for position. Dump Waite wania are looking

:08:47. > :08:55.dangerous now. They are looking relaxed. I said that from the start.

:08:56. > :08:59.They had a nice rhythm when they won the World Cup and European

:09:00. > :09:03.Championships. And that efficiency. The race, yes,s is not a seven

:09:04. > :09:08.minute race, it is a five-and-a-half minute race but you still need the

:09:09. > :09:14.relaxation. Yes, they will be hurting but there is a bit of time

:09:15. > :09:19.to relax and it'll pay benefit. They are two strokes ahead. At the moment

:09:20. > :09:23.it is stroke-for-stroke, Great Britain have checked them, which is

:09:24. > :09:26.good. We are talking about easy speed. Obviously they are working

:09:27. > :09:31.for it but from the outside, it looks like easy speed, with rhythm

:09:32. > :09:38.and length. When you put the pressure on, the boat also move

:09:39. > :09:44.ahead. Two strokes ahead. This is good for Great Britain so far,

:09:45. > :09:50.they've checked Lithuania in lane 4. Now in the third 500 m and Lithuania

:09:51. > :09:53.two strokes higher than the British quadruple skull. That gives the

:09:54. > :09:59.Brits something to move on for. They're going to have to do it now,

:10:00. > :10:02.because Lithuania will slip away. I don't think they've checked

:10:03. > :10:07.Lithuania. I think they've been racing ahead and yes they are racing

:10:08. > :10:11.higher. They look like a fraction more time. Looking at them, you

:10:12. > :10:16.would think they are racing the same. I think it is because the

:10:17. > :10:23.Lithuanians have a better rhythm but our boys have a better sprint P and

:10:24. > :10:28.our boys have coming strong in the third five. Here we go. Since 2014,

:10:29. > :10:35.Great Britain had a quadruple skull that was one-tenth of a second off

:10:36. > :10:41.old medal. That a day it was Ukrainia. Now they are going it up

:10:42. > :10:47.again here. This is something, a project to go through to Tokyo 2020,

:10:48. > :10:55.but those are years and days ahead. Right now they are here. We are

:10:56. > :10:59.looking at 308 and in lane 6. They are getting slipped by Lithuania

:11:00. > :11:07.now. They are getting slipped. That efficient rhythm is starting to take

:11:08. > :11:10.them away. As good as our boy's home is, they'll leave themselves with

:11:11. > :11:16.too much to do. Stunning water into the last 500. Great Britain have

:11:17. > :11:21.been heroic so far. Now the experience and the rhythm and the

:11:22. > :11:25.pace of Lithuania seems to have moved them out. They have been

:11:26. > :11:29.overrailing just slightly but they have done it with efficiency. Look

:11:30. > :11:34.at that. Out to three-quarters of a length now. They are lifting it up.

:11:35. > :11:39.They are about 400 out from the line. Ten strokes, keeping it longs

:11:40. > :11:44.keeping the speed. We have Poland in lane 6. Great Britain have to watch

:11:45. > :11:49.that. That's about ten strokes and Lithuania have it almost out to a

:11:50. > :11:54.length. I don't think they'll get Lithuania now. The one consolation

:11:55. > :12:00.is that the strokeman, his teeth are out, he is hanging. If they can't

:12:01. > :12:09.see that. Look at him. His teeth are out, he is blowing, he is red lining

:12:10. > :12:23.it but they are red lining it and making good speed. He is 22,

:12:24. > :12:27.Adomavicius. They are going into the World Championships as the

:12:28. > :12:32.undefeated crew of 2017. With that tag, they look brilliant. They have

:12:33. > :12:37.clear water now on Great Britain. Lambert, Collins, Walton and

:12:38. > :12:44.Beaumont in the bow seat into silver. And Poland in third. Not a

:12:45. > :12:46.bad way to finish the 2017 season. But they'll have hunger in their

:12:47. > :12:54.belly. I'm here with the silver medallists,

:12:55. > :13:02.can you talk me through the race? It was a pretty hot pace in the first

:13:03. > :13:07.half. You know, we had gone out with the intention of getting in control

:13:08. > :13:15.of it. I think it was very apparent from early on, it was going to be a

:13:16. > :13:22.strong pace from the word go. But, we held our form and let the crews

:13:23. > :13:24.fall away in the second half, obviously apart from the

:13:25. > :13:33.Lithuanians. We tried to fight back but at the end of the day I think we

:13:34. > :13:40.were beaten by a crew better than us and I'm OK with that. Now a long gap

:13:41. > :13:45.before the next regatta, what do the next weeks hold It is a massive

:13:46. > :13:52.opportunity. We've had good consistency so far and now we can go

:13:53. > :13:56.back to basics to have the finish product. And what is the finished

:13:57. > :14:02.project going to look like, Pete? It is up to Jurgen's programme and the

:14:03. > :14:02.four guys in the boat and our coach. But

:14:03. > :14:05.is up to Jurgen's programme and the four guys in the boat and our coach.

:14:06. > :14:09.But we know where we can improve. There's two-and-a-half seconds to

:14:10. > :14:14.catch up with. We can do that. I was going to say a fighting silver, but

:14:15. > :14:20.it really wasn't, right at the finish, line, was it? If you look at

:14:21. > :14:25.the cruising speed of both crews, it was a fine raise but it wasn't a

:14:26. > :14:28.close margin. The Brits will be disappointed. The way they were

:14:29. > :14:36.rowing in the first minute, looked like they expected to be winning, a

:14:37. > :14:41.great place to be, showing how well they have been rowing this season.

:14:42. > :14:46.What should the coaches do in the slight difference in the second half

:14:47. > :14:54.of the raise? ? The thing about the race, it didn't come from one

:14:55. > :15:00.tactical decision t came from the cruising speed of the two crews.

:15:01. > :15:07.That middle one and Paul Stannard, the coach of the quad, the guy that

:15:08. > :15:13.will taught me to row. They have a good amount of time until the World

:15:14. > :15:18.Championships. Fitness and all the little things that make the stern

:15:19. > :15:22.run smoothly will keep them in touch with that crew. The men's quad has

:15:23. > :15:27.been to this trajectory before in the previous Olympics. 2013-14, they

:15:28. > :15:33.were up there and it ended up with Rio, for a variety of reasons, being

:15:34. > :15:41.almost awful? Yes but that crew needed that. They needed the firsts.

:15:42. > :15:48.The first to make a final and get a medal. Now it has happened we have

:15:49. > :15:49.crews that will be winning and that will be exciting.

:15:50. > :15:49.One of the pictures of the London 2012 Olympics

:15:50. > :15:49.was Kat Copeland's reaction to winning gold alongside

:15:50. > :15:50.Sophie Hosking in the lightweight women's double sculls.

:15:51. > :15:58.2016 was a year to forget. Katherine Grainger caught up with her a week

:15:59. > :16:03.ago in Henley-on-Thames. How hard was it coming back after the

:16:04. > :16:08.experience you had in Rio? Funnily enough, I don't know whether it

:16:09. > :16:16.should be the opposite way. After London I was like - do I start this

:16:17. > :16:25.as a hem games, we won, is that the best I'm going to do, should I get

:16:26. > :16:30.out now while the going is good? Copeland and Rio know their Olympics

:16:31. > :16:38.has come to a disappointing finish. This time, I knew in the second week

:16:39. > :16:44.the fact I could still be around the Olympics, and be in the - although

:16:45. > :16:48.we have had a terrible result, I still thought - this is just

:16:49. > :16:51.awesome. That made me think - we'll carry on. The World Championships is

:16:52. > :16:54.the biggest event for the international rowing scene this

:16:55. > :17:00.year. Almost three big steps towards the Olympics in four years 'time. I

:17:01. > :17:05.assume it is still the overriding focus? It is it is scary saying that

:17:06. > :17:10.four years out. Three-and-a-half years out now. It is a long time. I

:17:11. > :17:14.don't know what is going to happen. But that's why I came back. The

:17:15. > :17:21.Olympics is everything for me. Talking us through the start of the

:17:22. > :17:27.racing season until now? It is not how I thought it would be at the

:17:28. > :17:31.beginning of the year, but that is anticipate fine. It never is. The

:17:32. > :17:36.second World Cup. We were disappointed. This is the last one

:17:37. > :17:40.and the last race for a while. I'm really keen to get out and see where

:17:41. > :17:42.we can punch out at. anticipate fine. It never is. The

:17:43. > :17:43.second World Cup. We were we can punch out at.

:17:44. > :17:46.TRANSLATION: 1,000 m coming up. Brits have been left in New

:17:47. > :17:49.Zealand's wash. 20 strokes into 1,000 m was

:17:50. > :17:55.critical, as I said for Great Britain here. But as some crews lead

:17:56. > :18:00.in the way, New Zealand have pushed in. Great Britain are waiting for

:18:01. > :18:04.the mark and now will be on the back foot in an important third 500,

:18:05. > :18:08.because that's where you are pushing to get into contention or you are

:18:09. > :18:13.leading and pushing to move away. Clearly you want to be in the

:18:14. > :18:19.stronger of the two positions. New Zealand doing it. Look at that. We

:18:20. > :18:23.are right down on the lakes. Lake level. How the boats move A sweet

:18:24. > :18:29.rhythm coming from New Zealand and further this race goes on, the most

:18:30. > :18:37.important thing for Copeland and Craig is to keep their heads up.

:18:38. > :18:46.They are fighting or the minor medal, the bronze. We are panning

:18:47. > :18:51.out. Great Britain lane 4 to the left of the picture. They are

:18:52. > :18:59.fighting now for silver. They are in bronze. They have moved back up. At

:19:00. > :19:05.34 strokes per minute, you can see that bottom right of the picture.

:19:06. > :19:13.But looking superb today on the lake of the gods. Zoe McBride and Jackie

:19:14. > :19:19.from New Zealand. We've seen they have a good racing rhythm, keeping

:19:20. > :19:24.the speed. The Poles had a great first half but they can't live

:19:25. > :19:29.through the middle. The Brits are going to challenge the Poles who

:19:30. > :19:34.could be dying. The last 250 hasn't been great for Great Britain. They

:19:35. > :19:41.are coming back off it. They have been left by Russia in lane 5. Being

:19:42. > :19:45.pushed hard by the Italians. The Italians an under-23, stepping up

:19:46. > :19:57.for the first time in this combination in 2017. But the stroke

:19:58. > :20:02.seat there for New Zealand. They are right on the edge. Confidence high.

:20:03. > :20:08.Boat moving on underneath. The best feeling in the world on water like

:20:09. > :20:12.this when your boat is moving. The best feeling is they are sending the

:20:13. > :20:16.opposition away before the World Championships and all their memories

:20:17. > :20:23.will be of a New Zealand boat rowing off into the horizon. That's what

:20:24. > :20:28.they are sending down. Every inch they can get down ahead of the

:20:29. > :20:32.Poles, the Swiss, the Brits is just going to hurt them before the World

:20:33. > :20:37.Championships. Poland going through, the last 250. They were the European

:20:38. > :20:46.Championships. They are second at the last World Cup regatta. They are

:20:47. > :20:53.getting a shock here. Deresz and Mikolajczak. The home crowd now are

:20:54. > :20:58.rising to the challenge. It is almost like having an extra person

:20:59. > :21:03.in the vote here. They need an extra person right now. It is

:21:04. > :21:11.Great Britain will struggle to get on to the poed yu. Look at the

:21:12. > :21:15.difference, the class, Zoe McBride and Jackie Kiddle from New Zealand

:21:16. > :21:21.making it look easy. They've laid the marker down. Second place is

:21:22. > :21:27.Poland, Russia into bronze and Great Britain coming in last position, as

:21:28. > :21:33.I said only a minute or so ago, they are fighting the Iovtchev tallians

:21:34. > :21:40.and in that mini battle, the Italians won. They were fighting the

:21:41. > :21:47.Italians. We've been talking to some of the athletes, and from my

:21:48. > :21:54.experience, I know how hard it is to get on the Lucerne poed yu. We were

:21:55. > :21:59.talking about at Henley how you would be disappointed if you didn't

:22:00. > :22:03.make the podium. How are you feeling now? Disappointed. So at least I was

:22:04. > :22:06.right about that. Yeah, pretty disappointed but not - um, but it

:22:07. > :22:14.doesn't really knock my confidence. Like we know what we are doing, and

:22:15. > :22:21.we know what we have to do between now and a couple of months' time. We

:22:22. > :22:28.just have to make sure we do do it. Did the race feel different today

:22:29. > :22:33.than it did at previous World Cups? In terms of how we were rowing, I

:22:34. > :22:44.think similar to the others, good bits, and bits we really have to

:22:45. > :22:51.work on. The top end, with the key Kiwis, it is hard to work.

:22:52. > :22:57.So it is a very busy afternoon here, there are races happening so you

:22:58. > :23:00.will hear the PA and you might hear the bell. Let's reflect on that

:23:01. > :23:01.women's double in Lucerne. will hear the PA and you might hear

:23:02. > :23:03.the bell. Let's reflect women's double in Lucerne.

:23:04. > :23:09.I expected them to be on the podium. They are fast enough. Not sure what

:23:10. > :23:18.happened. They were beside the Kiwis, maybe with when they went

:23:19. > :23:23.ahead they got drawn out of it. It was a dramatic move from the New

:23:24. > :23:28.Zealanderers. From the moment they started, it almost seemed all over

:23:29. > :23:32.It was from that 850 marker to half way, the British lost the contact

:23:33. > :23:35.that would've put them in silver-bronze position by being

:23:36. > :23:39.beside the winning crew. They'll be frustrated because they know they

:23:40. > :23:46.are better than that, and they are. So the trajectory of the results,

:23:47. > :23:51.World Cup #1, they were second, Europeans, 2, and then 4th and 6th.

:23:52. > :23:57.Not great trajectory with the worlds a few months away. It no but they

:23:58. > :24:02.are finding their feet. They are a new combination. Cat in particular

:24:03. > :24:07.knows how to win and they have something to work on. You don't want

:24:08. > :24:11.this particular radio gat at that as your final prouct D I'm sure they'll

:24:12. > :24:18.come back stronger. You know Cat probably better than anyone in the

:24:19. > :24:24.rowing team what is she like as an individual and athlete? Formidable.

:24:25. > :24:30.You get her in the water and you see a look in her eyes - nobody is going

:24:31. > :24:35.to beat me. OK she was beaten today but she has the longevity and a

:24:36. > :24:39.determination and fire that burns, very fiercely. You can guarantee

:24:40. > :24:42.she'll go awane work as hard or harder than anybody on the training

:24:43. > :24:49.block. Talking about working hard, let's turn to Victoria Thornley.

:24:50. > :24:59.She had superb results in the Gold Cup. Last weekend at Henley t wasn't

:25:00. > :25:05.all a bit pear-shaped. She was drawn in the final against the German and

:25:06. > :25:10.for one reason or another, we weren't sure what went on. Steering

:25:11. > :25:15.problems. It might have been weed but it didn't go right. Let's see

:25:16. > :25:22.how in Lucerne, hopefully no weed or wash, if she can recover.

:25:23. > :25:34.The skullers just starting to stretch out. On the far side, Vicky

:25:35. > :25:40.Thornley in 1. And Annekatrin Thiele in 2. The Swiss culler in 3. The

:25:41. > :25:51.Swiss skuller coming through in first. The Austrian in second. She

:25:52. > :25:55.won Poznan three weeks ago setting a best time. These skullers are

:25:56. > :26:00.high-quality and high performance but we are watching the bows of lane

:26:01. > :26:08.1 coming level. Importantly coming level with Annekatrin Thiele in lane

:26:09. > :26:12.2. In lane 5, Mueller from the United States of America making a

:26:13. > :26:17.move. We have not seen here this year. She was 4th at the Olympic

:26:18. > :26:27.Games in the women's pairs. Dropping one place. And she's mixing it in

:26:28. > :26:39.against the top skullers of the world.

:26:40. > :26:48.There are huge Swiss rowing fans, she will anticipate want to win this

:26:49. > :26:54.more than any. Now Thornley has taken Thiele out and looks like she

:26:55. > :27:09.is hot on the heels of the Austrian. Vicky Thornley have a sensational

:27:10. > :27:13.third 500, but Mueller is there and Great Britain has to start to

:27:14. > :27:18.challenge now. She's doing that. These' three-quarter of a length up

:27:19. > :27:25.on Annekatrin Thiele from Germany but the Canadian taking it on. It is

:27:26. > :27:33.building. Another ten strokes and another for the Canadian in the

:27:34. > :27:39.third a 500 m. Here she is on the tails now. 500 m to go. 50 strokes

:27:40. > :27:55.remaining in this women's single skulls. JIC Thornley there and she

:27:56. > :28:02.was tracking the Austrian but Mueller and the others are tracking

:28:03. > :28:10.here. . Well Lobnig and Mueller are involved in a race on this side of

:28:11. > :28:16.the course with each other and that's taken them through. They'll

:28:17. > :28:23.have their own private battle. Vicky is in a battle on one side of the

:28:24. > :28:26.course. Vicky needs to switch her attention from the far side

:28:27. > :28:30.otherwise Zeeman from Canada is going to get silver. The home

:28:31. > :28:35.skuller has responded to what is going on in the left. Still, Zeeman

:28:36. > :28:40.from Canada ups the rate. Putting it right on the edge. Look at the water

:28:41. > :28:42.here. Focussing on technique and application. Technique and

:28:43. > :28:50.application. And 26 years of age, Zeeman, she was tenth in this event

:28:51. > :28:54.at the Olympic Games la last year, is pushing hard against Gmelin from

:28:55. > :28:59.Switzerland. On the far side, Vicky Thornley is looking as though she

:29:00. > :29:06.has been raced out of the medals. Well out of the medals. In the

:29:07. > :29:13.battle with Mueller for fourth and fifth at the moment.

:29:14. > :29:25.Holding off an impressive second thousand metres from the Canadian,

:29:26. > :29:39.Zeeman, who is in second. Photo finish there. Just held off Muller

:29:40. > :29:45.from the USA. And the British competitor in fifth place. The first

:29:46. > :29:52.time this season you've not made the podium but how did the race feel?

:29:53. > :30:00.Good, it is always really had to win a medal in Lucerne, but I gave it my

:30:01. > :30:04.all, I just came up short. That's disappointing but, there's a lot to

:30:05. > :30:13.gain from that race. I had to be on my toes. I'm disappointed but not

:30:14. > :30:21.really upset. Fifth place for the European champion. Where is that on

:30:22. > :30:25.the spectrum of happiness or disappointment? I'm sure she will

:30:26. > :30:32.want more but it is still finding its feet. Every time they go out and

:30:33. > :30:37.race there is a different result, and they are all finding their

:30:38. > :30:46.place. I'm sure she will want more but it has been good. Looking back

:30:47. > :30:53.to last weekend, she had an absolute nightmare at Henley. To overturn

:30:54. > :30:56.that result is good. Exactly, and for her to be where she feels she

:30:57. > :31:04.should be with regard the German, that's a good event now. She will be

:31:05. > :31:13.able to move forward. There was one other singles sculler who jumped

:31:14. > :31:17.out. I know, Muller, I did not even know she could do that, and I was

:31:18. > :31:26.very impressed, to see a good result just shows that she is a racer and

:31:27. > :31:31.that's what you need to do know matter. There is a big training

:31:32. > :31:39.block everybody has got now. What will be in her mind about a

:31:40. > :31:43.realistic result? She's demonstrated she can win medals. She will be

:31:44. > :31:51.setting her sights on that. I don't know where her site will be but I

:31:52. > :31:56.think it's open enough that she can overturn anyone in that field.

:31:57. > :32:03.Katherine Grainger is not with us, she is receiving a lifetime

:32:04. > :32:10.achievement medal. Congratulations to her. Richly deserved. Here is

:32:11. > :32:16.what is coming up in the second half of the programme. Well-deserved runs

:32:17. > :32:28.medal for the women's quad in the European Championships. Can they

:32:29. > :32:30.build on that? This is a good race. The British men's four has

:32:31. > :32:41.dominated. Will he be part of the next batch? I want to be part of

:32:42. > :32:44.that legacy. Can the women go one better? Before that I've come down

:32:45. > :32:49.to meet with some of the people of this wonderful rowing club. You're

:32:50. > :32:57.not actually racing today. Why is that? I am going to the Welsh trials

:32:58. > :33:04.in half an hour. What does that entail? We're doing singles and

:33:05. > :33:09.cord. How did you get into it? My school does not roll, me and my

:33:10. > :33:16.friend played hockey, the seasons are very short, so we decided to

:33:17. > :33:21.come down. In common with a lot of other clubs we have a big junior

:33:22. > :33:24.section and that is increasing exponentially every year. There is a

:33:25. > :33:27.great demand for it. That's a great thing to see. At the other end of

:33:28. > :33:40.the scale there is a big demand for Masters rowing which is great to

:33:41. > :33:44.see. You are racing today. How do you feel? A little nervous at the

:33:45. > :33:49.moment. We just saw our competition and he's a big boy. But just looking

:33:50. > :33:54.forward to it now. Looking forward to getting out there. Is this your

:33:55. > :34:01.favourite event? This is the first race I've ever done in a pair but it

:34:02. > :34:06.is becoming my favourite. Being part of this club is very special, a lot

:34:07. > :34:13.of history. How do you feel about the fact that rowing is growing as a

:34:14. > :34:17.sport and encouraging more youngsters? Yes. Definitely. We got

:34:18. > :34:26.so many younger ones coming through, it is so great to see. What would

:34:27. > :34:31.you say to anybody thinking about joining their local club?

:34:32. > :34:35.Absolutely, it will be one of the best decisions you've ever made.

:34:36. > :34:44.Thank you so much and good luck to both of you. If you want to find out

:34:45. > :34:51.how to get involved in the local sport you can go on the BBC website.

:34:52. > :34:56.We are turning our attention to the women's quad, Eve had an up-and-down

:34:57. > :35:10.season. Bronze at the European Championship but then illness ruled

:35:11. > :35:24.them out. Let's see how they get on. 2016 silver medallist, as we look at

:35:25. > :35:41.Australia in lane number three. Look at the run. They get onto it and

:35:42. > :35:50.travel on. Beautiful site. They are still working hard. It'll be

:35:51. > :35:56.interesting to see who has that little bit in reserve. The Germans

:35:57. > :36:01.are moving well. It is not a battle you want to have. It is a big

:36:02. > :36:15.difference psychologically. Paul and have led from the first

:36:16. > :36:24.stroke but the pressure is continuing to be failed on them.

:36:25. > :36:32.Great Britain have been to the left of the picture, this is the quality.

:36:33. > :36:49.Looking to make it three gold medals. The pressure is on but they

:36:50. > :36:58.have responded and shown why they won the first two Mac World Cups.

:36:59. > :37:07.Zeeman continues to drive it. We come down to the last 200 metres. It

:37:08. > :37:15.is Poland and the Netherlands. The Netherlands have ten strokes. Down

:37:16. > :37:19.to 15 strokes. They know that Paul and will have a sense of victory and

:37:20. > :37:23.still the technique is tight, Poland are running into the gold medal

:37:24. > :37:28.position. They've made it three in a row in the 2017 World Cup series and

:37:29. > :37:35.they've done it in such style. The Netherlands closed them down to take

:37:36. > :37:39.silver medal. Look at the gap that opened up. Great Britain coming

:37:40. > :37:55.through in fifth place. Great Britain get the gold medal,

:37:56. > :38:00.and relief all round. Great Britain are the Olympic champions and the

:38:01. > :38:13.crowd are going mad. Gold medal, wonderful. We have done it, and we

:38:14. > :38:22.have done it in style. This is what they trained for. Incredible

:38:23. > :38:35.discipline and power. They've done enough, it is going to be five in a

:38:36. > :38:43.row. Some great history. The current line-up has had an up-and-down

:38:44. > :38:50.season. They were fifth. Last weekend, the final was Italy versus

:38:51. > :38:53.Great Britain. The Italians, where the European champions, and the

:38:54. > :39:00.Britons absolutely dominated. They never looked like getting back into

:39:01. > :39:10.the race. The British won the race by a comfortable lead. Does he think

:39:11. > :39:18.this current small boat can match the success from a year ago?

:39:19. > :39:24.Almost there, Great Britain are the men's Olympic champions.

:39:25. > :39:34.Obviously you've had a huge success in men's eights. It now has a 20

:39:35. > :39:44.year legacy. How difficult does that feel? Different to most. The

:39:45. > :39:47.camaraderie I've built has been with a different group of guys.

:39:48. > :39:57.Immediately there's a big change. It has been hard but, it is a challenge

:39:58. > :40:08.and I need that. I feel like I've done four years of this. I'm quite

:40:09. > :40:13.happy to move on to another boat. Obviously he has caused that for a

:40:14. > :40:21.very long time. Did he give you an impression of continuing the legacy,

:40:22. > :40:28.is he just lay, this is a new crew? There's always going to be that

:40:29. > :40:34.legacy, he is the most successful Olympic coach of all time. There is

:40:35. > :40:39.a legacy of that. I want to be part of that legacy. You can see in the

:40:40. > :40:53.way that we've been growing that there is tension. There is a major

:40:54. > :40:56.upset here. This is the first season we've seen such inconsistency and

:40:57. > :41:05.the changing results. How has that been? There are so many variables.

:41:06. > :41:13.The team is different. I don't know if they've had an effect. Every time

:41:14. > :41:18.we've raced we've gone away. I'm all for that. It is the right thing to

:41:19. > :41:25.do, finding the right place. We have underperformed but I want to win. It

:41:26. > :41:31.is about trying to take it back to simplicity. That is the same as the

:41:32. > :41:40.technique as well. What is the potential of the boat? I think we

:41:41. > :41:52.can do it. It is a big legacy. I am not stand, Matt is not George. We

:41:53. > :42:05.are new guys. Final, here we go. The leak of the gods. A few crews will

:42:06. > :42:13.be seeking divine intervention. Will Saxon is leading off, one of the

:42:14. > :42:20.strongest men out there. It's all about the first 50 metres. Having

:42:21. > :42:27.technique but relying on explosive power. You will be on the front foot

:42:28. > :42:33.as you come off red. As you come towards rhythm on the front foot,

:42:34. > :42:37.making a marker so that the cruise around you are having to adjust what

:42:38. > :42:44.they are doing. You want to be laying it down but then alongside

:42:45. > :42:54.the Netherlands. They qualify with the fastest time. Sixth in the

:42:55. > :43:02.European Championships. Here they are leading. Heading towards the

:43:03. > :43:12.first mark which will be 500 metres. Easy to get sidetracked. He's one of

:43:13. > :43:16.the best athletes in the world. It's a definite rear-wheel drive. He is

:43:17. > :43:23.aggressive and he will lead the charge. Two very good athletes in

:43:24. > :43:27.this boat. You've been in this position before. It's the transition

:43:28. > :43:43.period. The race is under way. Talk us through the next 100. It is

:43:44. > :43:49.vital not to let your speed drop. They were very quick out of the

:43:50. > :44:00.blocks but it is always lower than the first. You've got speed, don't

:44:01. > :44:07.rest and go again. I like the way he strokes, it might not be the

:44:08. > :44:13.smoothest but he drives it on. They were about I'm going through 100 but

:44:14. > :44:18.they've gone through again ahead. Keep it long and long and long

:44:19. > :44:25.again. Let the ball travel for you. -- let the boat. As you see they are

:44:26. > :44:30.out, they are going towards a third of the length, they don't want to

:44:31. > :44:43.squeeze out by working harder but by letting the boat travel. They were

:44:44. > :44:49.the third fastest qualifiers as the teams come towards it. Britain have

:44:50. > :44:55.moved out of half a length. Consolidating well in the second 500

:44:56. > :45:04.and now they just want to turn the screw a little bit more. They want

:45:05. > :45:18.to make them work and not overwork. Here comes Lane number five. The

:45:19. > :45:22.Italians have one thing they always had, they will not roll over, they

:45:23. > :45:34.will go and they will go and they will go. This Italian crew won the

:45:35. > :45:42.European Championships. They are a length behind and they are not going

:45:43. > :45:45.to come back against our guys. They look very relaxed and that is what

:45:46. > :45:51.you want. It will not bode well for the second half of the race. He can

:45:52. > :45:56.take the weight off and sprinkle the line. I don't see anyone but us

:45:57. > :46:06.winning this race and our boys can watch Italy and low for blondes -- a

:46:07. > :46:15.low for bronze and silver. They've just nailed this 500 metres as we

:46:16. > :46:21.come towards the last 500. Clearwater over the rest of the

:46:22. > :46:26.field. This is what the crew will want them. Keep it long, keep the

:46:27. > :46:33.pressure, because the Italians will lift it again. When you've broken

:46:34. > :46:41.clear, it is huge, you've got to work so hard to get the overlap,

:46:42. > :46:46.much less wrote them down. Great Britain are 400 out from the line.

:46:47. > :46:49.Commanding position. This is where they send a message because the

:46:50. > :46:55.Australians are bracing in the eighth and the British will win this

:46:56. > :47:02.but convincingly enough that it makes the Australians stay. They can

:47:03. > :47:19.clear them out by dominating the Italians. It looks ugly from the

:47:20. > :47:25.Italians. They are at 45 right now. The right of your screen. The speed

:47:26. > :47:31.is with Great Britain and the British are turning around and up

:47:32. > :47:39.and down season. They are finishing this on a major high. If you want to

:47:40. > :47:44.win the gold medal you've got the final length just easing off like

:47:45. > :48:00.they can do. Great Britain have turned around and up and down

:48:01. > :48:08.season. That is what it's all about. Did a fabulous job. This is a crew

:48:09. > :48:11.that is coming together very nicely. That was a good job, they dominated

:48:12. > :48:19.that race from 400 metres to the finish line. It was never in doubt.

:48:20. > :48:24.I like how they just don't let the pressure off. They can bang away on

:48:25. > :48:29.the inside but they are not coming out. It's a good message to send

:48:30. > :48:37.out. You've got to beat us, they are not going to give it. How did it

:48:38. > :48:49.feel? It felt great. We knew they would go out hard, we listened to

:48:50. > :48:53.them, I cannot see anything past Mo's enormous back! Once you're

:48:54. > :49:00.there, trying to cover all the moves and hang on for dear life. The last

:49:01. > :49:06.time we met you were talking about the changes you are making with the

:49:07. > :49:13.crew. Is it a finished product yet? Not quite. Yesterday of the day

:49:14. > :49:18.before we are progressing. Our midway space was the clear factor.

:49:19. > :49:27.To get that right is a real confidence booster. To open that up

:49:28. > :49:31.was a really nice feeling. And more from the outside. You had a length

:49:32. > :49:40.of lead from the start of that. Oh come doubled does it feel? It feels

:49:41. > :49:44.comfortable having that distance. I was aware that you had four crews

:49:45. > :49:51.fighting out for two spots behind us. Often the race can come back

:49:52. > :49:55.onto you. But I felt like I had plenty left in the tank. It was

:49:56. > :50:03.lovely to sit there and watch the race behind us. Is that how lovely

:50:04. > :50:07.it was, just watching it? It was relaxed, there was another gear.

:50:08. > :50:13.We've had an up-and-down season but we've come away with two victories

:50:14. > :50:23.and a silver. It has not been too bad. Looking forward to some

:50:24. > :50:31.relaxation. Is the confidence growing with each race? Very much. I

:50:32. > :50:48.have been saying how special it is to win. The tally is quite low so to

:50:49. > :50:52.come away with this win, you've seen the competitive races. It puts us in

:50:53. > :50:59.a good stead for the next few months. There was a ripple of

:51:00. > :51:08.applause for that performance. That was more like it, wasn't it? It was.

:51:09. > :51:11.Those guys did not take their eyes off it. The crews were looking

:51:12. > :51:17.around and expecting Great Britain to go ahead as they did. They will

:51:18. > :51:24.enjoy that this fight was going on behind them, and everybody has shown

:51:25. > :51:32.what they've got and they still beat them. The Australian four is about

:51:33. > :51:37.to race. The choice about which bought you roll in, you've had this

:51:38. > :51:43.with some of the cruise your racing. Every race is a chance to push them

:51:44. > :51:52.away, push them away. It is like a shop window. You show them what you

:51:53. > :52:01.can do. You show them that you don't want to be beaten by the British.

:52:02. > :52:09.That was a very solid performance. There was a lovely shot, you could

:52:10. > :52:16.see them easing away, they were taking a few inches every stroke.

:52:17. > :52:19.Within three strokes you suddenly saw a change in the crew and that

:52:20. > :52:27.was the point they were going to win from. We have not got time to show

:52:28. > :52:35.you all the races. Here is Gary with a round-up of how some of the others

:52:36. > :52:39.got on. When I Holly Norton and Karen Bennett only managed fourth

:52:40. > :52:47.place behind New Zealand and Denmark. Great Britain finished in a

:52:48. > :52:56.disappointing six. In the lightweight men's doubles, Great

:52:57. > :53:04.Britain did not make the final. The Donovan Brothers of Ireland's dead

:53:05. > :53:10.and managed a bronze medal. Now it is time for the women's eight and

:53:11. > :53:15.one of the members, special shout out to her. Six months ago she was a

:53:16. > :53:21.clubgoer at Imperial College and was working part-time in a shop and now

:53:22. > :53:32.she's doing her stuff in World Cup kit for Great Britain. Great Britain

:53:33. > :53:36.had a very good start. They are at the halfway mark. In third place.

:53:37. > :53:47.They had a transition in that second 500. Romania have brought New

:53:48. > :53:52.Zealand on the far side. There is the stretch out. Britain are sitting

:53:53. > :53:59.in lane number four. They are keeping the overlap. We are into

:54:00. > :54:05.1200 metres already on the final. It goes back in the blink of an eyelid.

:54:06. > :54:11.Every stroke, every ten strokes, every 50 metres. What will happen

:54:12. > :54:18.now is rather than thinking New Zealand or Rumania, the Dutch are

:54:19. > :54:21.going to inch back to our guys and get into fighting the Dutch rather

:54:22. > :54:29.than fighting the crews ahead of them. They want to aim high, don't

:54:30. > :54:36.look back. This group is so special, they could do so much special

:54:37. > :54:42.things. But it is learning from things, learning how to roll, a race

:54:43. > :54:48.where the action is going on over there. There's a lane of nothing,

:54:49. > :54:54.really, pushing hard between them and Romania. New Zealand in Lane

:54:55. > :55:01.number one are going at them as well. World Cup winners last time

:55:02. > :55:10.out, they are really hunting the European champions. 50 strokes in

:55:11. > :55:16.the final. Clearwater back to third position for Great Britain. They

:55:17. > :55:24.have Clearwater over the Netherlands in Lane number three. It will be

:55:25. > :55:28.very hard. The British are in no man's land. There is a jewel going

:55:29. > :55:35.on and it is very close and very aggressive. The British are a long

:55:36. > :55:41.way ahead of the Dutch but also significantly behind New Zealand.

:55:42. > :55:56.You can see the grit and determination. In isolation you will

:55:57. > :56:06.slip down. This is cracking stuff. It is going to the line. Romania

:56:07. > :56:16.have gone. They will have had a hold on the legs. Stretching out to the

:56:17. > :56:21.half length. New Zealand are planning a tin, throwing everything

:56:22. > :56:28.at Romania. The European champions in Lane number two. Getting back to

:56:29. > :56:33.the top of women's rowing. They used to dominate back in the day. Up to

:56:34. > :56:37.the line for them. The European champions, the World Cup winners

:56:38. > :56:43.here. They are the crew to watch the World Championships as Britain come

:56:44. > :56:50.through into third place. It's a worthy bronze medal. They did that

:56:51. > :56:54.damage in the first hundred metres. They were forth at the European

:56:55. > :57:07.Championships, and on that occasion they were beaten. They've turned

:57:08. > :57:13.that around. The last medal performance was in the women's

:57:14. > :57:26.eight. You've got information about the Romanians. I saw them in the gym

:57:27. > :57:32.doing hard training. The British won a bronze medal. Small field but

:57:33. > :57:36.there were quite big gaps. We still got the Americans to come in and

:57:37. > :57:38.that is significant but the British girls, a lot of them will be

:57:39. > :57:42.training full-time for the first time in their careers so they will

:57:43. > :57:46.definitely get faster as well. When you look at the whole British team,

:57:47. > :57:52.what do you make of the results? Solid enough, all the crews will be

:57:53. > :57:57.wanting more about four years ago the British team won bronze at the

:57:58. > :58:04.gold and this time we have a bronze, silver and gold. And we were

:58:05. > :58:09.hovering about nine, and the results in Rio de Janiero were really good.

:58:10. > :58:20.We got back to top rowing nation. The next you will see is the World

:58:21. > :58:25.Championships from Sarasota. Don't worry if you are missing the tennis,

:58:26. > :58:32.it's back tomorrow. Andy Murray is on second. That is it from here.

:58:33. > :58:38.We've done absolutely no rowing but we've gone home with this spot.

:58:39. > :58:51.Thanks very much to them and we will see you next time. Great Britain and

:58:52. > :58:56.silver medal. Great Britain finishing this on a major five.

:58:57. > :59:12.This is what it takes to get her to come home, you know?

:59:13. > :59:16.Do you ever think about what happened all them years ago?