Olympic rowing: Great Britain win men’s eight gold and women’s eight bronze at Paris 2024 Olympics
Great Britain powered to a thrilling gold in the men’s eight, moments after the women’s crew won bronze on the final day of rowing at the Paris Olympics.
The men traded the lead with the Netherlands before surging ahead at the halfway stage of the 2,000m race.
The Netherlands tried to fight back but the British boat rose to the challenge and won by 1.08 seconds in five minutes and 22.8 seconds.
Cox Harry Brightmore climbed to his feet and roared with delight as the team celebrated adding the Olympic title to their back-to-back world and European successes.
The women’s medal 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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