Saturday, November 06, 2010

Oncoming Olympian oarsmen...


Congratulations to Great Britain's rowers: not only did GB's lightweight men's four of win gold - marking the moment when GB won a hat-trick of Olympic-class golds at a World Championships for the first time in history - but they also broke GB's world championships gold medal record. This gold adds to the lightweight men's double scull and the women's quadruple scull golds plus further medals: two silvers and a bronze to their overall tally today. GB has more chances of medals tomorrow 7th November when the last seven medal finals will be decided on the closing day of the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro (NZ): both eights will be racing as well as both double sculls and the lightweight men's single scull final.

Update Sunday 7th: a further gold and two silvers put GB on top. "Great Britain finished the event, 21 months from the start of London 2012, with four gold medals, four silvers and a bronze from the 14 Olympic-class events, plus a gold and silver from Paralympic events." [BBC]

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4 comments:

Paul said...

Good news indeed and a little poignant coming just ten days after Andy Holmes death at only 51

Span Ows said...

Indeed...maybe they were geed up just that little bit more! I used to play rugby against his school but he was a couple of years above...not that I knew that then! And by coincidence I was at college near Henley and Marlow (Redgrave's haunt) when they won in LA in 1984.

P.S. Steve Redgrave and Martin Cross (another from LA) are at the NZ tourny now

Paul said...

No doubt checking out the artwork in public toilets (although not together).

Holmes life post Olympic success was very strange and quite sad.

Span Ows said...

Only a tiny percent go to other 'public' things. Most just go "back to life" which in itself seems sad but that is how it always was I guess, like the amateurs back at work on a Monday. At least Holmes got back to what he loved for a coupe of years but the irony is that it is that may have killed him!