The final day of rowing at the Paris Olympics brought brilliant success for Great Britain, as they powered to a thrilling gold in the men’s eight moments after their women’s crew won bronze. The men’s team had to trade the lead with the Netherlands before surging ahead in the third quarter of the 2,000m race. The Dutch attempted to fight back, but the British boat rose to the challenge and won by 1.08 seconds in five minutes and 22.8 seconds.
Following their win, cox Harry Brightmore climbed to his feet and roared with delight as the team celebrated their magnificent victory. Meanwhile, the eight of Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin, and Tom Ford shared an emotional embrace when they finally came to shore. Rudkin described their team ethos as “one engine, one machine,” and their victory added the Olympic title to their back-to-back world and European triumphs.
The successes on the final day of the rowing competition mean that Great Britain finishes with a record haul of eight medals for an overseas Games, and their best tally since London 2012, where they won nine on home water. This is a remarkable turnaround after the British team was only able to secure two rowing medals in Tokyo, neither of them being gold, and finished 14th in the medal table.
At the Paris Olympics, Great Britain secured three golds, two silvers, and three bronzes. They finish second in the medal table behind the Dutch, who have won the same number but four golds. The women’s bronze is only Britain’s second in the women’s eights after their silver at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Eve Stewart, Harriet Taylor, and Annie Campbell-Orde, coxed by Henry Fieldman, battled all the way to the line to finish behind champions Romania and Tokyo winners Canada
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