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Welcome to our coverage of World Cup 3 from out in Switzerland. We're

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basing ourselves here at Llandaff rowing club today. There aren't many

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rowing clubs in the UK that look anything like Lucerne but the River

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Taff gives a good impression. This is the last World Cup event

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before the World Championships that begin at the end of September

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and the last opportunity for British They go into their training camps

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

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At the moment GB's best squad is the men's quad,

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according to Jack Beaumont, size doesn't matter.

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We're all pretty similar size. I think that's quite helpful. Not the

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biggest crew but we have our strengths.

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After catching gold fever in London 2012, Kat Copeland's

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at the beginning of another four-year cycle.

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It is a long time. It is why I came back, the Olympics are everything to

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me. But Vicky Thornley's looking

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to repeat her European gold. No sooner have we packed up the gear

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from Rio we are we are again, a new season, with lots of new faces. A

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very good start for the women's pair in Great Britain. Surely the British

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have done enough, just through. The Netherlands have taken out the crew

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from grant A major upset. A really nice way to cap the weekend of

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racing, with your first World Cup victory. Welcome to a a bit of day

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for the 2017 Championships. History made here. A fantastic effort. The

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British crew are up to the line for bronze. The perfect starting

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position. Great Britain's Karen Bennett and Holly Morten through in

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bronze. A major upset here. The British heavyweight men's 4 has come

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in fifth. #123450 Australia, half a length over Great Britain in second

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place. It is a silver medal for Vicky Thornley. Silver for Great

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Britain, holding off the United States. The job well done for the

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British crew. Gold medal in the men's quadruple skulls.

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I'm joined by double Olympic champion, Helen Glover.

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How has your time away from the sport been since Rio? Good. I have

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missed rowing, some days. Days like this. Yes, on days like this. But Ip

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haven't missed all the training. And looking at the results coming back

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from the rogue team. What do you make of it? What do you see with the

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crews and those individuals that you used to raise with alongside? I

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think it reminds me of 2013, coming back after... London. The London

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Olympics, and seeing some new people stepping into the team and returning

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Olympians struggling to find speed. I don't think it is necessarily a

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bad thing. I think there is a sense of pacing yourself throughout the

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four years. What do you make a very noticeable result at the Europeans,

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where the women's boats are were all over it like a rat, winning medals

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and it was amazing and the men's team Jurgen was slightly less

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happen. There is a sense of competition between the men and

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women's team. There is, you always want to be at the heart of the squad

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to step into Caversham the day after with the medals. You get a sense of

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pride. There is a competitive element within the squad but I think

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people shouldn't be afraid to try things. Just try people sitting in

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different boats. Different tactics. Right now is the time to try it. I

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don't think it is a bad thing. People will be finding their places

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in the boats. As we mentioned all the way threw this season of the

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lots of new people coming N you remember what it was like going down

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to Caversham. -- coming N what is it like joining is system with the his

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train medals and names up on the walls? #w45 is it like? -- what is

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it like? I went there the other day. There is a sense of people fighting

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for seats already. Previously there was a sense of you could put your

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foot off the gas a bit, people have come back from London. This time

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people are here, new and fresh and fighting for their seats. The first

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race is the men's quad. At the heart of that crew is

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23-year-old Jack Beaumont, Katherine Grainger caught

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up with the sculler Jack Beaumont has is hemented his

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seat there. We were confident, it was exactly how we did it at

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Caversham in training. It is comfortable, job well done for the

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British crew. Gold medal in the men's squad rule. What what is made

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it click We are great friends. All rowing together for a few years in

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the group. We are all a similar size. I think that's helpful. We are

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not the biggest group but we definitely have our strengths. What

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are your thoughts of Lucerne? Our last competition before the World

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Championships. I think if he can influence what we did in training

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throughout the whole radio gat at that season so far and come away

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with another great result. Do you get excited by the thought of maybe

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one of the other crews, maybe Lithuania, you get to race

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potentially there, is that a focus? Into it definitely is. We have not

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beaten them yet. They are good athletes. They have been

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consistently quick in the squad. Big, strong guys. Each day we are

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trying to better ourselves. Not just to focus on them but we want to beat

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everyone. You can't do it thinking - I'd love it get a bronze, you have

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to aim to win. Aim for the stars really.

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The final of the men's quadruple skulls. Netherlands, New Zealand,

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Great Britain in three. Lithuania there. They won the first regatta in

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Belgrade this year. Italy, bronze medallists in fourth. In fieft and

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poll Nelson Mandela six. A big ask here, James. An ask that Great

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Britain can do here. They will be going for one thing, to win it. --

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be and Poland in six. The one thing they had over the last four years,

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is a strong second half. They didn't have the speed out of plots. They

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are off now and firing and they are going to take the race by the scruff

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of the neck. The difference is, they do look like they are red-lining t I

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would be as well. But the Lithuanians, they do look more

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relaxed. That may have an affect during the middle of the race but at

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the moment the British boyses have given themselves the platform to

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build on. All six boats flying through.

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given themselves the platform to build on. All six boats flying Dump

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-- jost gel for position. Dump Waite wania are looking

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dangerous now. They are looking relaxed. I said that from the start.

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They had a nice rhythm when they won the World Cup and European

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Championships. And that efficiency. The race, yes,s is not a seven

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minute race, it is a five-and-a-half minute race but you still need the

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relaxation. Yes, they will be hurting but there is a bit of time

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to relax and it'll pay benefit. They are two strokes ahead. At the moment

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it is stroke-for-stroke, Great Britain have checked them, which is

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good. We are talking about easy speed. Obviously they are working

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for it but from the outside, it looks like easy speed, with rhythm

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and length. When you put the pressure on, the boat also move

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ahead. Two strokes ahead. This is good for Great Britain so far,

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they've checked Lithuania in lane 4. Now in the third 500 m and Lithuania

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two strokes higher than the British quadruple skull. That gives the

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Brits something to move on for. They're going to have to do it now,

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because Lithuania will slip away. I don't think they've checked

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Lithuania. I think they've been racing ahead and yes they are racing

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higher. They look like a fraction more time. Looking at them, you

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would think they are racing the same. I think it is because the

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Lithuanians have a better rhythm but our boys have a better sprint P and

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our boys have coming strong in the third five. Here we go. Since 2014,

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Great Britain had a quadruple skull that was one-tenth of a second off

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old medal. That a day it was Ukrainia. Now they are going it up

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again here. This is something, a project to go through to Tokyo 2020,

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but those are years and days ahead. Right now they are here. We are

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looking at 308 and in lane 6. They are getting slipped by Lithuania

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now. They are getting slipped. That efficient rhythm is starting to take

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them away. As good as our boy's home is, they'll leave themselves with

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too much to do. Stunning water into the last 500. Great Britain have

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been heroic so far. Now the experience and the rhythm and the

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pace of Lithuania seems to have moved them out. They have been

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overrailing just slightly but they have done it with efficiency. Look

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at that. Out to three-quarters of a length now. They are lifting it up.

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They are about 400 out from the line. Ten strokes, keeping it longs

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keeping the speed. We have Poland in lane 6. Great Britain have to watch

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that. That's about ten strokes and Lithuania have it almost out to a

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length. I don't think they'll get Lithuania now. The one consolation

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is that the strokeman, his teeth are out, he is hanging. If they can't

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see that. Look at him. His teeth are out, he is blowing, he is red lining

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it but they are red lining it and making good speed. He is 22,

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Adomavicius. They are going into the World Championships as the

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undefeated crew of 2017. With that tag, they look brilliant. They have

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clear water now on Great Britain. Lambert, Collins, Walton and

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Beaumont in the bow seat into silver. And Poland in third. Not a

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bad way to finish the 2017 season. But they'll have hunger in their

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belly. I'm here with the silver medallists,

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can you talk me through the race? It was a pretty hot pace in the first

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half. You know, we had gone out with the intention of getting in control

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of it. I think it was very apparent from early on, it was going to be a

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strong pace from the word go. But, we held our form and let the crews

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fall away in the second half, obviously apart from the

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Lithuanians. We tried to fight back but at the end of the day I think we

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were beaten by a crew better than us and I'm OK with that. Now a long gap

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before the next regatta, what do the next weeks hold It is a massive

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opportunity. We've had good consistency so far and now we can go

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back to basics to have the finish product. And what is the finished

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project going to look like, Pete? It is up to Jurgen's programme and the

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four guys in the boat and our coach. But

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is up to Jurgen's programme and the four guys in the boat and our coach.

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But we know where we can improve. There's two-and-a-half seconds to

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

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it really wasn't, right at the finish, line, was it? If you look at

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the cruising speed of both crews, it was a fine raise but it wasn't a

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close margin. The Brits will be disappointed. The way they were

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rowing in the first minute, looked like they expected to be winning, a

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great place to be, showing how well they have been rowing this season.

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What should the coaches do in the slight difference in the second half

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of the raise? ? The thing about the race, it didn't come from one

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tactical decision t came from the cruising speed of the two crews.

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That middle one and Paul Stannard, the coach of the quad, the guy that

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will taught me to row. They have a good amount of time until the World

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Championships. Fitness and all the little things that make the stern

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run smoothly will keep them in touch with that crew. The men's quad has

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been to this trajectory before in the previous Olympics. 2013-14, they

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were up there and it ended up with Rio, for a variety of reasons, being

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almost awful? Yes but that crew needed that. They needed the firsts.

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The first to make a final and get a medal. Now it has happened we have

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crews that will be winning and that will be exciting.

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One of the pictures of the London 2012 Olympics

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was Kat Copeland's reaction to winning gold alongside

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Sophie Hosking in the lightweight women's double sculls.

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2016 was a year to forget. Katherine Grainger caught up with her a week

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ago in Henley-on-Thames. How hard was it coming back after the

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experience you had in Rio? Funnily enough, I don't know whether it

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should be the opposite way. After London I was like - do I start this

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as a hem games, we won, is that the best I'm going to do, should I get

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out now while the going is good? Copeland and Rio know their Olympics

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has come to a disappointing finish. This time, I knew in the second week

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the fact I could still be around the Olympics, and be in the - although

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we have had a terrible result, I still thought - this is just

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awesome. That made me think - we'll carry on. The World Championships is

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the biggest event for the international rowing scene this

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year. Almost three big steps towards the Olympics in four years 'time. I

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assume it is still the overriding focus? It is it is scary saying that

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four years out. Three-and-a-half years out now. It is a long time. I

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don't know what is going to happen. But that's why I came back. The

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Olympics is everything for me. Talking us through the start of the

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racing season until now? It is not how I thought it would be at the

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beginning of the year, but that is anticipate fine. It never is. The

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second World Cup. We were disappointed. This is the last one

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and the last race for a while. I'm really keen to get out and see where

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we can punch out at. anticipate fine. It never is. The

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second World Cup. We were we can punch out at.

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TRANSLATION: 1,000 m coming up. Brits have been left in New

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Zealand's wash. 20 strokes into 1,000 m was

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critical, as I said for Great Britain here. But as some crews lead

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in the way, New Zealand have pushed in. Great Britain are waiting for

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the mark and now will be on the back foot in an important third 500,

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because that's where you are pushing to get into contention or you are

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leading and pushing to move away. Clearly you want to be in the

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stronger of the two positions. New Zealand doing it. Look at that. We

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are right down on the lakes. Lake level. How the boats move A sweet

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rhythm coming from New Zealand and further this race goes on, the most

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important thing for Copeland and Craig is to keep their heads up.

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They are fighting or the minor medal, the bronze. We are panning

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out. Great Britain lane 4 to the left of the picture. They are

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fighting now for silver. They are in bronze. They have moved back up. At

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34 strokes per minute, you can see that bottom right of the picture.

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But looking superb today on the lake of the gods. Zoe McBride and Jackie

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

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the speed. The Poles had a great first half but they can't live

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through the middle. The Brits are going to challenge the Poles who

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could be dying. The last 250 hasn't been great for Great Britain. They

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are coming back off it. They have been left by Russia in lane 5. Being

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pushed hard by the Italians. The Italians an under-23, stepping up

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for the first time in this combination in 2017. But the stroke

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seat there for New Zealand. They are right on the edge. Confidence high.

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Boat moving on underneath. The best feeling in the world on water like

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this when your boat is moving. The best feeling is they are sending the

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opposition away before the World Championships and all their memories

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will be of a New Zealand boat rowing off into the horizon. That's what

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they are sending down. Every inch they can get down ahead of the

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Poles, the Swiss, the Brits is just going to hurt them before the World

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Championships. Poland going through, the last 250. They were the European

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Championships. They are second at the last World Cup regatta. They are

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getting a shock here. Deresz and Mikolajczak. The home crowd now are

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rising to the challenge. It is almost like having an extra person

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in the vote here. They need an extra person right now. It is

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Great Britain will struggle to get on to the poed yu. Look at the

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difference, the class, Zoe McBride and Jackie Kiddle from New Zealand

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making it look easy. They've laid the marker down. Second place is

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Poland, Russia into bronze and Great Britain coming in last position, as

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I said only a minute or so ago, they are fighting the Iovtchev tallians

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and in that mini battle, the Italians won. They were fighting the

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Italians. We've been talking to some of the athletes, and from my

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experience, I know how hard it is to get on the Lucerne poed yu. We were

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talking about at Henley how you would be disappointed if you didn't

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make the podium. How are you feeling now? Disappointed. So at least I was

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right about that. Yeah, pretty disappointed but not - um, but it

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doesn't really knock my confidence. Like we know what we are doing, and

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we know what we have to do between now and a couple of months' time. We

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just have to make sure we do do it. Did the race feel different today

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than it did at previous World Cups? In terms of how we were rowing, I

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think similar to the others, good bits, and bits we really have to

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work on. The top end, with the key Kiwis, it is hard to work.

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So it is a very busy afternoon here, there are races happening so you

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will hear the PA and you might hear the bell. Let's reflect on that

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women's double in Lucerne. will hear the PA and you might hear

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the bell. Let's reflect women's double in Lucerne.

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I expected them to be on the podium. They are fast enough. Not sure what

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happened. They were beside the Kiwis, maybe with when they went

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

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Zealanderers. From the moment they started, it almost seemed all over

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It was from that 850 marker to half way, the British lost the contact

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that would've put them in silver-bronze position by being

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beside the winning crew. They'll be frustrated because they know they

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are better than that, and they are. So the trajectory of the results,

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World Cup #1, they were second, Europeans, 2, and then 4th and 6th.

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Not great trajectory with the worlds a few months away. It no but they

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are finding their feet. They are a new combination. Cat in particular

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knows how to win and they have something to work on. You don't want

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this particular radio gat at that as your final prouct D I'm sure they'll

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come back stronger. You know Cat probably better than anyone in the

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rowing team what is she like as an individual and athlete? Formidable.

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You get her in the water and you see a look in her eyes - nobody is going

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to beat me. OK she was beaten today but she has the longevity and a

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determination and fire that burns, very fiercely. You can guarantee

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she'll go awane work as hard or harder than anybody on the training

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block. Talking about working hard, let's turn to Victoria Thornley.

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She had superb results in the Gold Cup. Last weekend at Henley t wasn't

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all a bit pear-shaped. She was drawn in the final against the German and

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for one reason or another, we weren't sure what went on. Steering

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problems. It might have been weed but it didn't go right. Let's see

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how in Lucerne, hopefully no weed or wash, if she can recover.

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The skullers just starting to stretch out. On the far side, Vicky

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Thornley in 1. And Annekatrin Thiele in 2. The Swiss culler in 3. The

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Swiss skuller coming through in first. The Austrian in second. She

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won Poznan three weeks ago setting a best time. These skullers are

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high-quality and high performance but we are watching the bows of lane

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1 coming level. Importantly coming level with Annekatrin Thiele in lane

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2. In lane 5, Mueller from the United States of America making a

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move. We have not seen here this year. She was 4th at the Olympic

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Games in the women's pairs. Dropping one place. And she's mixing it in

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against the top skullers of the world.

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There are huge Swiss rowing fans, she will anticipate want to win this

:26:40.:26:48.

more than any. Now Thornley has taken Thiele out and looks like she

:26:49.:26:54.

is hot on the heels of the Austrian. Vicky Thornley have a sensational

:26:55.:27:09.

third 500, but Mueller is there and Great Britain has to start to

:27:10.:27:13.

challenge now. She's doing that. These' three-quarter of a length up

:27:14.:27:18.

on Annekatrin Thiele from Germany but the Canadian taking it on. It is

:27:19.:27:25.

building. Another ten strokes and another for the Canadian in the

:27:26.:27:33.

third a 500 m. Here she is on the tails now. 500 m to go. 50 strokes

:27:34.:27:39.

remaining in this women's single skulls. JIC Thornley there and she

:27:40.:27:55.

was tracking the Austrian but Mueller and the others are tracking

:27:56.:28:02.

here. . Well Lobnig and Mueller are involved in a race on this side of

:28:03.:28:10.

the course with each other and that's taken them through. They'll

:28:11.:28:16.

have their own private battle. Vicky is in a battle on one side of the

:28:17.:28:23.

course. Vicky needs to switch her attention from the far side

:28:24.:28:26.

otherwise Zeeman from Canada is going to get silver. The home

:28:27.:28:30.

skuller has responded to what is going on in the left. Still, Zeeman

:28:31.:28:35.

from Canada ups the rate. Putting it right on the edge. Look at the water

:28:36.:28:40.

here. Focussing on technique and application. Technique and

:28:41.:28:42.

application. And 26 years of age, Zeeman, she was tenth in this event

:28:43.:28:50.

at the Olympic Games la last year, is pushing hard against Gmelin from

:28:51.:28:54.

Switzerland. On the far side, Vicky Thornley is looking as though she

:28:55.:28:59.

has been raced out of the medals. Well out of the medals. In the

:29:00.:29:06.

battle with Mueller for fourth and fifth at the moment.

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Holding off an impressive second thousand metres from the Canadian,

:29:14.:29:25.

Zeeman, who is in second. Photo finish there. Just held off Muller

:29:26.:29:39.

from the USA. And the British competitor in fifth place. The first

:29:40.:29:45.

time this season you've not made the podium but how did the race feel?

:29:46.:29:52.

Good, it is always really had to win a medal in Lucerne, but I gave it my

:29:53.:30:00.

all, I just came up short. That's disappointing but, there's a lot to

:30:01.:30:04.

gain from that race. I had to be on my toes. I'm disappointed but not

:30:05.:30:13.

really upset. Fifth place for the European champion. Where is that on

:30:14.:30:21.

the spectrum of happiness or disappointment? I'm sure she will

:30:22.:30:25.

want more but it is still finding its feet. Every time they go out and

:30:26.:30:32.

race there is a different result, and they are all finding their

:30:33.:30:37.

place. I'm sure she will want more but it has been good. Looking back

:30:38.:30:46.

to last weekend, she had an absolute nightmare at Henley. To overturn

:30:47.:30:53.

that result is good. Exactly, and for her to be where she feels she

:30:54.:30:56.

should be with regard the German, that's a good event now. She will be

:30:57.:31:04.

able to move forward. There was one other singles sculler who jumped

:31:05.:31:13.

out. I know, Muller, I did not even know she could do that, and I was

:31:14.:31:17.

very impressed, to see a good result just shows that she is a racer and

:31:18.:31:26.

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

:31:27.:31:31.

block everybody has got now. What will be in her mind about a

:31:32.:31:39.

realistic result? She's demonstrated she can win medals. She will be

:31:40.:31:43.

setting her sights on that. I don't know where her site will be but I

:31:44.:31:51.

think it's open enough that she can overturn anyone in that field.

:31:52.:31:56.

Katherine Grainger is not with us, she is receiving a lifetime

:31:57.:32:03.

achievement medal. Congratulations to her. Richly deserved. Here is

:32:04.:32:10.

what is coming up in the second half of the programme. Well-deserved runs

:32:11.:32:16.

medal for the women's quad in the European Championships. Can they

:32:17.:32:28.

build on that? This is a good race. The British men's four has

:32:29.:32:30.

dominated. Will he be part of the next batch? I want to be part of

:32:31.:32:41.

that legacy. Can the women go one better? Before that I've come down

:32:42.:32:44.

to meet with some of the people of this wonderful rowing club. You're

:32:45.:32:49.

not actually racing today. Why is that? I am going to the Welsh trials

:32:50.:32:57.

in half an hour. What does that entail? We're doing singles and

:32:58.:33:04.

cord. How did you get into it? My school does not roll, me and my

:33:05.:33:09.

friend played hockey, the seasons are very short, so we decided to

:33:10.:33:16.

come down. In common with a lot of other clubs we have a big junior

:33:17.:33:21.

section and that is increasing exponentially every year. There is a

:33:22.:33:24.

great demand for it. That's a great thing to see. At the other end of

:33:25.:33:27.

the scale there is a big demand for Masters rowing which is great to

:33:28.:33:40.

see. You are racing today. How do you feel? A little nervous at the

:33:41.:33:44.

moment. We just saw our competition and he's a big boy. But just looking

:33:45.:33:49.

forward to it now. Looking forward to getting out there. Is this your

:33:50.:33:54.

favourite event? This is the first race I've ever done in a pair but it

:33:55.:34:01.

is becoming my favourite. Being part of this club is very special, a lot

:34:02.:34:06.

of history. How do you feel about the fact that rowing is growing as a

:34:07.:34:13.

sport and encouraging more youngsters? Yes. Definitely. We got

:34:14.:34:17.

so many younger ones coming through, it is so great to see. What would

:34:18.:34:26.

you say to anybody thinking about joining their local club?

:34:27.:34:31.

Absolutely, it will be one of the best decisions you've ever made.

:34:32.:34:35.

Thank you so much and good luck to both of you. If you want to find out

:34:36.:34:44.

how to get involved in the local sport you can go on the BBC website.

:34:45.:34:51.

We are turning our attention to the women's quad, Eve had an up-and-down

:34:52.:34:56.

season. Bronze at the European Championship but then illness ruled

:34:57.:35:10.

them out. Let's see how they get on. 2016 silver medallist, as we look at

:35:11.:35:24.

Australia in lane number three. Look at the run. They get onto it and

:35:25.:35:41.

travel on. Beautiful site. They are still working hard. It'll be

:35:42.:35:50.

interesting to see who has that little bit in reserve. The Germans

:35:51.:35:56.

are moving well. It is not a battle you want to have. It is a big

:35:57.:36:01.

difference psychologically. Paul and have led from the first

:36:02.:36:15.

stroke but the pressure is continuing to be failed on them.

:36:16.:36:24.

Great Britain have been to the left of the picture, this is the quality.

:36:25.:36:32.

Looking to make it three gold medals. The pressure is on but they

:36:33.:36:49.

have responded and shown why they won the first two Mac World Cups.

:36:50.:36:58.

Zeeman continues to drive it. We come down to the last 200 metres. It

:36:59.:37:07.

is Poland and the Netherlands. The Netherlands have ten strokes. Down

:37:08.:37:15.

to 15 strokes. They know that Paul and will have a sense of victory and

:37:16.:37:19.

still the technique is tight, Poland are running into the gold medal

:37:20.:37:23.

position. They've made it three in a row in the 2017 World Cup series and

:37:24.:37:28.

they've done it in such style. The Netherlands closed them down to take

:37:29.:37:35.

silver medal. Look at the gap that opened up. Great Britain coming

:37:36.:37:39.

through in fifth place. Great Britain get the gold medal,

:37:40.:37:55.

and relief all round. Great Britain are the Olympic champions and the

:37:56.:38:00.

crowd are going mad. Gold medal, wonderful. We have done it, and we

:38:01.:38:13.

have done it in style. This is what they trained for. Incredible

:38:14.:38:22.

discipline and power. They've done enough, it is going to be five in a

:38:23.:38:35.

row. Some great history. The current line-up has had an up-and-down

:38:36.:38:43.

season. They were fifth. Last weekend, the final was Italy versus

:38:44.:38:50.

Great Britain. The Italians, where the European champions, and the

:38:51.:38:53.

Britons absolutely dominated. They never looked like getting back into

:38:54.:39:00.

the race. The British won the race by a comfortable lead. Does he think

:39:01.:39:10.

this current small boat can match the success from a year ago?

:39:11.:39:18.

Almost there, Great Britain are the men's Olympic champions.

:39:19.:39:24.

Obviously you've had a huge success in men's eights. It now has a 20

:39:25.:39:34.

year legacy. How difficult does that feel? Different to most. The

:39:35.:39:44.

camaraderie I've built has been with a different group of guys.

:39:45.:39:47.

Immediately there's a big change. It has been hard but, it is a challenge

:39:48.:39:57.

and I need that. I feel like I've done four years of this. I'm quite

:39:58.:40:08.

happy to move on to another boat. Obviously he has caused that for a

:40:09.:40:13.

very long time. Did he give you an impression of continuing the legacy,

:40:14.:40:21.

is he just lay, this is a new crew? There's always going to be that

:40:22.:40:28.

legacy, he is the most successful Olympic coach of all time. There is

:40:29.:40:34.

a legacy of that. I want to be part of that legacy. You can see in the

:40:35.:40:39.

way that we've been growing that there is tension. There is a major

:40:40.:40:53.

upset here. This is the first season we've seen such inconsistency and

:40:54.:40:56.

the changing results. How has that been? There are so many variables.

:40:57.:41:05.

The team is different. I don't know if they've had an effect. Every time

:41:06.:41:13.

we've raced we've gone away. I'm all for that. It is the right thing to

:41:14.:41:18.

do, finding the right place. We have underperformed but I want to win. It

:41:19.:41:25.

is about trying to take it back to simplicity. That is the same as the

:41:26.:41:31.

technique as well. What is the potential of the boat? I think we

:41:32.:41:40.

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

:41:41.:41:52.

are new guys. Final, here we go. The leak of the gods. A few crews will

:41:53.:42:05.

be seeking divine intervention. Will Saxon is leading off, one of the

:42:06.:42:13.

strongest men out there. It's all about the first 50 metres. Having

:42:14.:42:20.

technique but relying on explosive power. You will be on the front foot

:42:21.:42:27.

as you come off red. As you come towards rhythm on the front foot,

:42:28.:42:33.

making a marker so that the cruise around you are having to adjust what

:42:34.:42:37.

they are doing. You want to be laying it down but then alongside

:42:38.:42:44.

the Netherlands. They qualify with the fastest time. Sixth in the

:42:45.:42:54.

European Championships. Here they are leading. Heading towards the

:42:55.:43:02.

first mark which will be 500 metres. Easy to get sidetracked. He's one of

:43:03.:43:12.

the best athletes in the world. It's a definite rear-wheel drive. He is

:43:13.:43:16.

aggressive and he will lead the charge. Two very good athletes in

:43:17.:43:23.

this boat. You've been in this position before. It's the transition

:43:24.:43:27.

period. The race is under way. Talk us through the next 100. It is

:43:28.:43:43.

vital not to let your speed drop. They were very quick out of the

:43:44.:43:49.

blocks but it is always lower than the first. You've got speed, don't

:43:50.:44:00.

rest and go again. I like the way he strokes, it might not be the

:44:01.:44:07.

smoothest but he drives it on. They were about I'm going through 100 but

:44:08.:44:13.

they've gone through again ahead. Keep it long and long and long

:44:14.:44:18.

again. Let the ball travel for you. -- let the boat. As you see they are

:44:19.:44:25.

out, they are going towards a third of the length, they don't want to

:44:26.:44:30.

squeeze out by working harder but by letting the boat travel. They were

:44:31.:44:43.

the third fastest qualifiers as the teams come towards it. Britain have

:44:44.:44:49.

moved out of half a length. Consolidating well in the second 500

:44:50.:44:55.

and now they just want to turn the screw a little bit more. They want

:44:56.:45:04.

to make them work and not overwork. Here comes Lane number five. The

:45:05.:45:18.

Italians have one thing they always had, they will not roll over, they

:45:19.:45:22.

will go and they will go and they will go. This Italian crew won the

:45:23.:45:34.

European Championships. They are a length behind and they are not going

:45:35.:45:42.

to come back against our guys. They look very relaxed and that is what

:45:43.:45:45.

you want. It will not bode well for the second half of the race. He can

:45:46.:45:51.

take the weight off and sprinkle the line. I don't see anyone but us

:45:52.:45:56.

winning this race and our boys can watch Italy and low for blondes -- a

:45:57.:46:06.

low for bronze and silver. They've just nailed this 500 metres as we

:46:07.:46:15.

come towards the last 500. Clearwater over the rest of the

:46:16.:46:21.

field. This is what the crew will want them. Keep it long, keep the

:46:22.:46:26.

pressure, because the Italians will lift it again. When you've broken

:46:27.:46:33.

clear, it is huge, you've got to work so hard to get the overlap,

:46:34.:46:41.

much less wrote them down. Great Britain are 400 out from the line.

:46:42.:46:46.

Commanding position. This is where they send a message because the

:46:47.:46:49.

Australians are bracing in the eighth and the British will win this

:46:50.:46:55.

but convincingly enough that it makes the Australians stay. They can

:46:56.:47:02.

clear them out by dominating the Italians. It looks ugly from the

:47:03.:47:19.

Italians. They are at 45 right now. The right of your screen. The speed

:47:20.:47:25.

is with Great Britain and the British are turning around and up

:47:26.:47:31.

and down season. They are finishing this on a major high. If you want to

:47:32.:47:39.

win the gold medal you've got the final length just easing off like

:47:40.:47:44.

they can do. Great Britain have turned around and up and down

:47:45.:48:00.

season. That is what it's all about. Did a fabulous job. This is a crew

:48:01.:48:08.

that is coming together very nicely. That was a good job, they dominated

:48:09.:48:11.

that race from 400 metres to the finish line. It was never in doubt.

:48:12.:48:19.

I like how they just don't let the pressure off. They can bang away on

:48:20.:48:24.

the inside but they are not coming out. It's a good message to send

:48:25.:48:29.

out. You've got to beat us, they are not going to give it. How did it

:48:30.:48:37.

feel? It felt great. We knew they would go out hard, we listened to

:48:38.:48:49.

them, I cannot see anything past Mo's enormous back! Once you're

:48:50.:48:53.

there, trying to cover all the moves and hang on for dear life. The last

:48:54.:49:00.

time we met you were talking about the changes you are making with the

:49:01.:49:06.

crew. Is it a finished product yet? Not quite. Yesterday of the day

:49:07.:49:13.

before we are progressing. Our midway space was the clear factor.

:49:14.:49:18.

To get that right is a real confidence booster. To open that up

:49:19.:49:27.

was a really nice feeling. And more from the outside. You had a length

:49:28.:49:31.

of lead from the start of that. Oh come doubled does it feel? It feels

:49:32.:49:40.

comfortable having that distance. I was aware that you had four crews

:49:41.:49:44.

fighting out for two spots behind us. Often the race can come back

:49:45.:49:51.

onto you. But I felt like I had plenty left in the tank. It was

:49:52.:49:55.

lovely to sit there and watch the race behind us. Is that how lovely

:49:56.:50:03.

it was, just watching it? It was relaxed, there was another gear.

:50:04.:50:07.

We've had an up-and-down season but we've come away with two victories

:50:08.:50:13.

and a silver. It has not been too bad. Looking forward to some

:50:14.:50:23.

relaxation. Is the confidence growing with each race? Very much. I

:50:24.:50:31.

have been saying how special it is to win. The tally is quite low so to

:50:32.:50:48.

come away with this win, you've seen the competitive races. It puts us in

:50:49.:50:52.

a good stead for the next few months. There was a ripple of

:50:53.:50:59.

applause for that performance. That was more like it, wasn't it? It was.

:51:00.:51:08.

Those guys did not take their eyes off it. The crews were looking

:51:09.:51:11.

around and expecting Great Britain to go ahead as they did. They will

:51:12.:51:17.

enjoy that this fight was going on behind them, and everybody has shown

:51:18.:51:24.

what they've got and they still beat them. The Australian four is about

:51:25.:51:32.

to race. The choice about which bought you roll in, you've had this

:51:33.:51:37.

with some of the cruise your racing. Every race is a chance to push them

:51:38.:51:43.

away, push them away. It is like a shop window. You show them what you

:51:44.:51:52.

can do. You show them that you don't want to be beaten by the British.

:51:53.:52:01.

That was a very solid performance. There was a lovely shot, you could

:52:02.:52:09.

see them easing away, they were taking a few inches every stroke.

:52:10.:52:16.

Within three strokes you suddenly saw a change in the crew and that

:52:17.:52:19.

was the point they were going to win from. We have not got time to show

:52:20.:52:27.

you all the races. Here is Gary with a round-up of how some of the others

:52:28.:52:35.

got on. When I Holly Norton and Karen Bennett only managed fourth

:52:36.:52:39.

place behind New Zealand and Denmark. Great Britain finished in a

:52:40.:52:47.

disappointing six. In the lightweight men's doubles, Great

:52:48.:52:56.

Britain did not make the final. The Donovan Brothers of Ireland's dead

:52:57.:53:04.

and managed a bronze medal. Now it is time for the women's eight and

:53:05.:53:10.

one of the members, special shout out to her. Six months ago she was a

:53:11.:53:15.

clubgoer at Imperial College and was working part-time in a shop and now

:53:16.:53:21.

she's doing her stuff in World Cup kit for Great Britain. Great Britain

:53:22.:53:32.

had a very good start. They are at the halfway mark. In third place.

:53:33.:53:36.

They had a transition in that second 500. Romania have brought New

:53:37.:53:47.

Zealand on the far side. There is the stretch out. Britain are sitting

:53:48.:53:52.

in lane number four. They are keeping the overlap. We are into

:53:53.:53:59.

1200 metres already on the final. It goes back in the blink of an eyelid.

:54:00.:54:05.

Every stroke, every ten strokes, every 50 metres. What will happen

:54:06.:54:11.

now is rather than thinking New Zealand or Rumania, the Dutch are

:54:12.:54:18.

going to inch back to our guys and get into fighting the Dutch rather

:54:19.:54:21.

than fighting the crews ahead of them. They want to aim high, don't

:54:22.:54:29.

look back. This group is so special, they could do so much special

:54:30.:54:36.

things. But it is learning from things, learning how to roll, a race

:54:37.:54:42.

where the action is going on over there. There's a lane of nothing,

:54:43.:54:48.

really, pushing hard between them and Romania. New Zealand in Lane

:54:49.:54:54.

number one are going at them as well. World Cup winners last time

:54:55.:55:01.

out, they are really hunting the European champions. 50 strokes in

:55:02.:55:10.

the final. Clearwater back to third position for Great Britain. They

:55:11.:55:16.

have Clearwater over the Netherlands in Lane number three. It will be

:55:17.:55:24.

very hard. The British are in no man's land. There is a jewel going

:55:25.:55:28.

on and it is very close and very aggressive. The British are a long

:55:29.:55:35.

way ahead of the Dutch but also significantly behind New Zealand.

:55:36.:55:41.

You can see the grit and determination. In isolation you will

:55:42.:55:56.

slip down. This is cracking stuff. It is going to the line. Romania

:55:57.:56:06.

have gone. They will have had a hold on the legs. Stretching out to the

:56:07.:56:16.

half length. New Zealand are planning a tin, throwing everything

:56:17.:56:21.

at Romania. The European champions in Lane number two. Getting back to

:56:22.:56:28.

the top of women's rowing. They used to dominate back in the day. Up to

:56:29.:56:33.

the line for them. The European champions, the World Cup winners

:56:34.:56:37.

here. They are the crew to watch the World Championships as Britain come

:56:38.:56:43.

through into third place. It's a worthy bronze medal. They did that

:56:44.:56:50.

damage in the first hundred metres. They were forth at the European

:56:51.:56:54.

Championships, and on that occasion they were beaten. They've turned

:56:55.:57:07.

that around. The last medal performance was in the women's

:57:08.:57:13.

eight. You've got information about the Romanians. I saw them in the gym

:57:14.:57:26.

doing hard training. The British won a bronze medal. Small field but

:57:27.:57:32.

there were quite big gaps. We still got the Americans to come in and

:57:33.:57:36.

that is significant but the British girls, a lot of them will be

:57:37.:57:38.

training full-time for the first time in their careers so they will

:57:39.:57:42.

definitely get faster as well. When you look at the whole British team,

:57:43.:57:46.

what do you make of the results? Solid enough, all the crews will be

:57:47.:57:52.

wanting more about four years ago the British team won bronze at the

:57:53.:57:57.

gold and this time we have a bronze, silver and gold. And we were

:57:58.:58:04.

hovering about nine, and the results in Rio de Janiero were really good.

:58:05.:58:09.

We got back to top rowing nation. The next you will see is the World

:58:10.:58:20.

Championships from Sarasota. Don't worry if you are missing the tennis,

:58:21.:58:25.

it's back tomorrow. Andy Murray is on second. That is it from here.

:58:26.:58:32.

We've done absolutely no rowing but we've gone home with this spot.

:58:33.:58:38.

Thanks very much to them and we will see you next time. Great Britain and

:58:39.:58:51.

silver medal. Great Britain finishing this on a major five.

:58:52.:58:56.

This is what it takes to get her to come home, you know?

:58:57.:59:12.

Do you ever think about what happened all them years ago?

:59:13.:59:16.

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