Aggar defends title. GB women’s eight and light four take bronzes
Tom Aggar extended his unbeaten run to take the World title for a fourth time in the arms-only single scull and the women’s eight celebrated crew member Katie Solesbury‘s birthday to raise their game and take a bronze.
But the lightweight men’s four lost their World crown when they took bronze and overnight sickness for Marcus Bateman showed when the 2010 world silver medallists came home sixth in their men’s double scull final.
So Slovenia’s Lake Bled was the scene of another day of contrasting fortunes for the GB Rowing Team.
“The women’s eight were exceptional today and raised their game to win a bronze. We also celebrated Tom Aggar‘s gold and the maintenance of his remarkable unbeaten record since 2007. Sadly, we had a bit of illness in the men’s double which affected their performance but we have also qualified more boats into tomorrow’s final and have taken four Olympic class medals from our six shots so far”, said GB Rowing Team Performance Director today.
Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger, in the women’s double scull, Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs Hodge, in the men’s pair and single sculler Alan Campbell all won their semi-finals today and race finals tomorrow.
Britain will also feature in the lightweight women’s quadruple scull final and in through Nick Beighton and Sam Scowen in the mixed adaptive double scull final.
There are also semi-finals of the women’s single, both lightweight double sculls – featuring Olympic champions Mark [newsimage=1]Hunter and Zac Purchase as well as Sophie Hosking and Hester Goodsell – and the mixed adaptive coxed four.
The long wait will also be over for Alex Gregory, Ric Egington, Matt Langridge and Tom James since they won their heat last Sunday. They contest their semi, too, with a final on Sunday.
Finally the British men’s quadruple scull will seek to put today’s fourth-placed semi-final finish behind them and win the boat an Olympic qualifying place by finishing fifth or better in their B final tomorrow.
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RACE REPORTS
Tom Aggar was the first GB Rowing Team finalist today. He set a marker by taking gold in 4:58.01.
Aggar was pushed hard by the Russian Alexey Chuvashev. At the halfway point the Londoner only had a few feet advantage.
[newsimage=2]At that point he said he “had faith in the training I’ve done”. Gradually he pulled out to a length lead and went on to win.“Yes that was a fairly close race. Obviously the rest of the guys are improving every year and with the Paralympics next year everyone’s going to get hotter again. It was a tough race but I’m pleased to come out on top.
“Asked about being so laid back and seemingly unexcited by his win he said: “I love it. It’s a fantastic atmosphere both and the start and obviously down here at the medal area. That makes up for the fact that we finish half-way”.
At the opposite end of the programme the GB women’s eight sprung the nicest surprise of the day by taking bronze, helping crew member Katie Solesbury celebrate her birthday in style.
At halfway they were fifth but, urged on by cox Caroline O’Connor, they found the strength to come back first at the Dutch and then the Romanians in the final 300m to win their medal and give a significant boost to the whole team.
Natasha Page said: “It’s really hard to remember what was happening in the race. I recall Caroline [O’Connor – the cox] calling that we were half a seat off bronze and I remember thinking no way, no way am I going to give up.
“It’s my best ever row. I’ve never won a senior medal before. I’ve won them at world junior and world U23 level but never at senior level. This is just so special with these guys”.
Jess Eddie said: “I think we’ve had a lot more trust and confidence in each other in the crew this time round. We’ve got it back and it makes a huge difference”.
Katie Solesbury added: “Yes, it’s fantastic. It’s brilliant. Now I’m really looking forward to next year.
Louisa Reeve: “Fantastic! It’s been a good year and this will set us up so well for next year.”
Jo Cook said: “We’d done some fast times in training and that is important because it is positive proof rather than just in our heads. During the race we expected the whole field to be side by side all the way down the course and I just kept saying to myself that every stroke counts. There are huge expectations in the team – we are all going for gold and we really do that every day in training”.
“Before we went out today I kept saying ‘make it happen, make it happen’ and it did”, said Thornley. “It’s fantastic, it feels so good”.
[newsimage=3]By contrast Marcus Bateman and Matt Wells were sixth in their final of the men’s double. Bateman was ill in the night before the race and the 2010 World sliver medallists looked under par. Whilst not using it as an excuse the GB double were off the pace from the 1000m onwards and limped home rather than unleashing their customary sprint.I got woken in the night by Marcus being sick”, said Wells. “I only got three hours sleep and he got much less, there was no fuel left in him. I went out this morning to train with the spare and we weren’t sure if we could race but we made the decision as a team.
“For two fifths of the race, we were really there and even to finish five seconds off the bronze when not totally fit is impressive. We were missing half the boat and for the last 500m it was all me. It would have been incredible if we could have beaten one of the other crews. I think there are seven boats that can win gold next year.”
World Champions Richard Chambers, Chris Bartley, Paul
Mattick and Rob Williams were in the midst of a six-boat
chase at 500m gone in their final today. Nothing much
separated the crews in this tight final.
By halfway they were eight tenths of a second down on the leaders Italy with Australia in second and China third. In the third 500m Australia moved into the lead and the GB boat moved up to third, passing the Chinese. If the split timings were correct GB had left themselves too much to do in the final 500m. They were two seconds adrift with Australia leading.
A massive sprint saw GB beat the Danes to bronze but they could not catch the Italians in silver nor Australia in gold.
Chris Bartley said: “We knew everyone else would go out hard. We’ve been in that situation before but today we just couldn’t bring it back.
Rob Williams said: “Ours is such a hard event. We want to win but I don’t think you can take it for granted so if you get a medal you should be happy with it. But we want to go better next time”.
Paul Mattick added: “I’m very proud. This crew’s been very good over the past two years. We’ve won 18 out of 22 and we’ve been in the top three the rest of the time. We’ll go on next time.
Richard Chambers said: “You know we’re disappointed that we’re not world champions again but next year’s the big one”.
Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs Hodge, reigning Olympic champions in the men’s four and twice world silver medallists in the men’s pair, headed an almost perfect racing chevron in the semis of the men’s pair today through the first 800m.
Canada, the Beijing Olympic silver medallists, and Germany were tracking them and the USA were in fourth.
The boats came down the shimmering surface of the lake towards the British supporters who could see that “their” men had clearwater over Scott Frandsen and Dave Calder of Canada by 1200m. These two crews, then, were definitely going to qualify. Germany launched an attack on the Canadians in the final 200m but to no avail. The USA took fourth.
Reed and Hodge have now set up a season’s finale clash with reigning world champions New Zealand who won the other heat. The GB boat is also now qualified for London.
“Our plan is to be challenging for a top place and Olympic qualification is part of that. If we do our job properly it should be a “given”. But we’re still happy to have qualified the boat. It’s a great position for us.
“We’re very excited about the Olympic Games. but the job is now the Kiwis and the final and I think we showed that our last two months have made a huge difference to our racing. I’m always very wary of comparing times from semis.
“Pete and I are really, really positive about what we are doing and I’m sure we can step on and produce one of our best races tomorrow and that’s all we can do.
“No-one’s going to lie down, no one’s going to give it to anyone else. Bring on the fight”.
Reed added: “I’m really pleased to qualify the pair for the Games. Our very biggest job here is now done formally. That semi was very tactical from all the crews and we handled the situation with real confidence. I can’t wait to show what we can do in the final. I’m sure all the crews will step up but we’re going for gold”.
Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins were in the lead of their women’s double scull almost form the first stroke. The reigning world champions were keeping an eye on New Zealand in second and the Czech Republic, out in lane 1, in third.
By halfway the British combination were over three seconds – virtually two lengths – in the lead over Fiona Paterson and and Anna Reymer. China and Irelands appeared to be dropping off the pack with the Czechs still in third and Serbia fourth.
Grainger and Watkins lowered their stroke rate and settled in for the row to the line to win in 6:59.72 and book their boat’s slot at the Olympic Games next year.
Russia led the pack as the first semi-final of the day came down the course in the men’s quadruple scull.
Britain has not won a men’s single scull medal at the Olympic Games since 1928. Alan Campbell would dearly love to change that. Today he was racing in the semi-finals of the World Championships. A top three placing today would not only put Campbell into the final but also qualify a slot for this GB boat in the Olympic Games next year.
In the opening 500m Campbell took the lead from the mercurial Marcel Hacker of Germany and the wily Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic.
Synek moved up to second at halfway with Campbell still leading and Cuba in fourth. In the third 500m Synek and Hacker closed in on Campbell but the Coleraine 2010 World bronze medallist still had a second or so over the rest.
With 200m to go all three men looked about, decided they were through and dropped off the rate to cruise across the line. A win for Campbell in 6:50.00, Synek second and Hacker third.
Alan Campbell: “My plan today was to get in front and deliver the race. I wasn’t easy by any stretch of the imagination. I didn’t know what was going to come from Ondrej [Synek] and Marcel [Hacker] in the second. But it’s job done and now into the final. So I’m pretty pleased”.
Bill Lucas, Sam Townsend, Stephen Rowbotham and Tom Solesbury were in contention in the early phases but still lying outside the top three qualifying slots at halfway. Only three seconds separated the field, though, from first to sixth.
So there was still all to play for at halfway even if a difficult task with a second to make up on the Poles who were then holding third place. The Croatians had moved into the lead with Russia second and the USA behind GB.
As the crews battled through the last 400m the British quartet were part of a four-boat race to the line and missed out by just four tenths of a second. They now contest a B Final. Croatia, Russia and Poland progressed in that order.
Kat Copeland and Adam Freeman Pask also brought their world championships campaigns to a close here in fifth and sixth places respectively in their lightweight women’s and men’s single scull finals. Copeland, the World U23 champion, was in third at 500m gone but dropped back to fifth at the end. Freeman Pask also started well but could not keep up the pace in the final stages.
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RESULTS
(Events featuring GB Rowing Team crews only. Full results:
www.worldrowing.com)
FINALS
OPEN
WOMEN
Eight
1. USA 6:03.65
2. Canada 6:04.39
3. Alison Knowles/Jo Cook/Jessica Eddie/Louisa Reeve/
Natasha Page/Lindsey Maguire/Katie Solesbury/
Victoria Thornley/Caroline O’Connor, cox (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:06.03
4. Romania 6:06.74
5. Netherlands 6:09.94
6. China 6:16.45
MEN
Double scull
1. Nathan Cohen/Joseph Sullivan (New Zealand) 6:10.76
2. Hans Gruhne/Stephan Krueger (Germany) 6:10.82
3. Cedric Behrest/Julien Bahain (France) 6:14.67
4. David Crawshay/Scott Brennan (Australia) 6:14.67
5. Iztok Cop/Luka Spik (Slovenia) 6:15.01
6. Matthew Wells/Marcus Bateman (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:19.28
LIGHTWEIGHT
WOMEN
Single scull
1. Fabiana Beltrame (Brazil) 7:44.58
2. Pamela Weisshaupt (Switzerland) 7:48.24
3. Lena Mueller (Germany) 7:50.44
4. Ursula Grobler (USA) 7:53.72
5. Katherine Copeland (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:54.00
6. Tracy Cameron (Canada) 7:54.00
MEN
Four
1. Australia 5:55.10
2. Italy 5:56.33
3. Richard Chambers/Chris Bartley/Paul Mattick/
Rob Williams (GREAT BRITAIN) 5:57.33
4. China 5:58.18
5. Denmark 5:58.18
6. Switzerland 6:04.65
Single scull
1. Henrik Stephansen (Denmark) 6:54.73
2. Pietro Ruta (Italy) 7:01.54
3. Duncan Grant (New Zealand) 7:03.30
4. Andrew Campbell Jnr (USA) 7:06.64
5. Stany Delayre (France) 7:08.08
6. Adam Freeman-Pask (GREAT BRITAIN) 7:12.39
ADAPTIVES
Men’s arms and shoulders single scull
1. Tom Aggar (GREAT BRITAIN) 4:58.01
2. Alexey Chuvashev (Russia) 5:00.09
3. Erik Horrie (Australia) 5:04.75
4. Ronald Harvey (USA) 5:09.60
5. Jun-Ha Park (Korea) 5:15.56
6. Edorta De Anta Lecuona (Spain) 5:18.57
SEMI-FINALS
OPEN
WOMEN
Double
1. Anna Watkins/Katherine Grainger (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:59.72
2. Fiona Paterson/Anna Reymer (New Zealand) 7:01.52
3. Lenka Antosova/Jitka Antosova (Czech Republic) 7:03.69
4. Iva Obradovic/Ivana Filipovic (Serbia) 7:06.45
5. Yan Jiang/Jingli Duan (China) 7:07.97
6. Lisa Dilleen/Sanita Puspure (Ireland) 7:25.28
MEN
Pair
1. Pete Reed/Andrew Triggs Hodge (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:31.66
2. Scott Frandsen/Dave Calder (Canada) 6:35.97
3. Maximilian Munski/Felix Drahotta (Germany) 6:36.82
4. Justin Stangel/Thomas Peszek (USA) 6:41.13
5. Adrian Juhasz/Bela Simon Jr (Hungary) 6:54.62
6. Michael Molina/Benjamin Lang (France) 7:01.13
Single scull
1. Alan Campbell (GREAT BRITAIN) 6:50.00
2. Ondrej Synek (Czech Republic) 6:53.04
3. Marcel Hacker (Germany) 6:56.40
4. Angel Fournier Rodriguez (Cuba) 7:05.80
5. Mindaugas Griskonis (Lithuania) 7:36.34
6. Georgi Bozhilov (Bulgaria) 7:44.51
Quadruple scull
1. Croatia 5:46.51
2. Russia 5:47.31
3. Poland 5:47.41
4. Tom Solesbury/Stephen Rowbotham/Sam Townsend/
USA 5:50.84
5. Switzerland 5:52.35
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GB ROWING TEAM CREW-LISTS
2011 World Rowing Championships, sponsored by Samsung
August 28 – September 4, 2011
(listed bow to stroke plus cox)
OPEN
WOMEN
Pair
Helen Glover (Minerva Bath/Penzance/17.06.86)/
Heather Stanning (Army RC/Lossiemouth/26.01.85)
Coach: Robin Williams
Eight
Alison Knowles (Thames RC/Bournemouth/27.03.82)/
Jo Cook (Leander Club/Sunbury-on-Thames/22.03.84)/
Jessica Eddie (Univ of London BC/Durham/07.10.84)/
Lindsey Maguire (Wallingford RC/Edinburgh/15.01.82)/
Natasha Page (Gloucester RC/Hartpury/30.04.85)/
Louisa Reeve (Leander Club/London/16.05.84)/
Katie Solesbury (Leander Club/Oxford/02.09.82)/
Victoria Thornley (Leander Club/Wrexham/30.11.87)/
Caroline O’Connor (cox) (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Ealing, London/25.04.83)
Coach: Nick Strange
Single scull
Frances Houghton (Leander/Oxford/19.09.80)
Coach: TBC
Double scull
Anna Watkins (Leander Club/Leek, Staffs/13.02.83)/
Katherine Grainger (St. Andrew BC/Aberdeen/12.11.75)
Coach: Paul Thompson
Quadruple scull
Debbie Flood (Leander Club/Guiseley/27.02.80)/
Beth Rodford (Gloucester RC/Gloucester/28.02.82)/
Annabel Vernon (Leander Club/Wadebridge/01.09.82)/
Melanie Wilson (Imperial College BC/London/25.06.84)/
Coach: Ade Roberts
RESERVES
Ro Bradbury (Leander/Banstead, Surrey/17.12.88)
Emily Taylor (Leander/Lincoln/28.06.87)
OPEN
MEN
Pair
Pete Reed (Leander Club/Nailsworth, Glos/27.07.81)/
Andrew Triggs Hodge (Molesey BC/Hebden, N. Yorks/03.03.79)
Coach: Jürgen Grobler
Four
Matthew Langridge (Leander Club /Northwich/20.05.83)/
Richard Egington (Leander Club/Knutsford/26.02.79)/
Tom James (Molesey BC/Wrexham/11.03.84)/
Alex Gregory (Leander Club /Wormington, Glos/11.03.84)
Coach: John West
Eight
Nathaniel Reilly O’Donnell (Univ of London BC/Durham/13.04.88)/
Cameron Nichol (Molesey BC/Glastonbury/26.06.87)/
James Foad (Molesey BC/Southampton/20.03.87)/
Alex Partridge (Leander Club /Alton, Hants/25.01.81)/
Mohamed Sbihi (Molesey BC/Surbiton/27.03.88)/
Greg Searle (Molesey BC/Marlow/20.03.72)/
Tom Ransley (York City RC/Cambridge/06.09.85)/
Daniel Ritchie (Leander Club/Herne Bay/06.01.87)/
Phelan Hill (cox) (Leander Club/Bedford/21.07.79)
Single scull
Alan Campbell (Tideway Scullers/Coleraine/09.05.83)
Coach: Bill Barry
Double scull
Matthew Wells (Leander Club/Hexham, Northumberland/19.04.79)/
Marcus Bateman (Leander Club/Torquay/16.09.82)
Coach: Mark Earnshaw
Quadruple scull
Tom Solesbury (Leander Club/Petts Wood, Kent/23.09.80)/
Stephen Rowbotham (Leander Club/Winscombe, Somerset/11.11.81)/
Sam Townsend (Reading Univ BC/Reading/26.11.85)/
Bill Lucas (London RC/Kingswear/13.09.87)/
Coach: Mark Banks
RESERVES
Tom Broadway (Leander Club/Newport Pagnell/21.08.82)
Constantine Louloudis (Isis BC/London/15.09.91)/
George Nash (Cambridge Uni BC/Guildford/02.10.89)
LIGHTWEIGHT
WOMEN
Single scull
Katherine Copeland (Tees RC/Ingelby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees/01.12.90)
Coach: James Harris
Double scull
Hester Goodsell (Imperial College BC/London/27.06.84)/
Sophie Hosking (London RC/Wimbledon/25.01.86)
Coach: Paul Reedy
Quadruple scull
Steph Cullen (London RC/Bury, Lancs/27.11.80)/
Imogen Walsh (London RC/Inverness/17.01.84)/
Kathryn Twyman (OUWBC/Edmonton, Canada/29.03.87)/
Andrea Dennis (Imperial College BC/Oxford/03.01.82)/
Coach: Ben Reed
LIGHTWEIGHT
MEN
Pair
Peter Chambers (Oxford Brookes Uni BC/Coleraine/14.03.90)/
Kieren Emery (Leander Club/Newcastle-upon-Tyne/01.06.1990)
Coach: Peter Sheppard
Four
Richard Chambers (Leander Club /Coleraine/10.06.85)/
Chris Bartley (Leander/Wrexham/02.02.84)/
Paul Mattick (Leander Club /Frome, Somerset/25.04.78)/
Rob Williams (London RC/Maidenhead/21.01.85)/
Coach: Rob Morgan
Single scull
Adam Freeman-Pask (Imperial College BC/Windsor/19.06.85)
Coach: Darren Whiter
Double scull
Zac Purchase (Marlow RC/Tewkesbury/02.05.86)/
Mark Hunter (Leander Club /Romford, Essex/01.07.78)
Coach: Darren Whiter
ADAPTIVES
MEN
Arms & shoulders single scull (ASM1x)
Tom Aggar (Royal Docks RC/London/24.05.84)
Coach: Tom Dyson
Trunk & arms mixed double scull (TAMix2x)
Nick Beighton (Guildford RC/Yateley/29.09.81)/
Sam Scowen (Dorney BC/Wokingham/29.10.87)
Coach: Tom Dyson
Legs, trunk & arms mixed coxed four (LTAMix4+)
Pamela Relph (Birmingham Uni BC/Aylesbury/14.11.89)/
Naomi Riches (Marlow RC/Harrow/15.06.83)/
James Roe (Stratford upon Avon BC/ Stratford upon Avon/28.03.88)/
David Smith (Reading Uni BC/Dunfermline/21.04.78)/
Lily van den Broecke (cox) (Headington School BC/Oxford/08.01.92)
Coach: Mary McLachlan
SUPPORT STAFF
Performance:
Team Manager: David Tanner
Chief Coach Men: Jürgen Grobler
Chief Coach Women & Lightweights: Paul Thompson
Assistant Team Manager (Adaptive): Louise Kingsley
Medical & Sports Science:
Doctor: Ann Redgrave
Lead Physio: Mark Edgar
Physios: Liz Arnold, Sally Brown
Psychologist: Chris Shambrook
Physiologists: Craig Williams
Nutritionist: Wendy Martinson
Media/Admin/Logistics:
Assistant Team Manager (admin): Maggie Netto
Resources Manager: Maurice Hayes
Boatman: John Tetley
Sponsorship Liaison: Fran Bullock
Press Officer: Caroline Searle
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SCHEDULE OF MEDALS/EVENTS IN BLED
WHEN ARE THE MEDALS DECIDED?
(events featuring GB crews only)
Thursday 1 September
Women’s pair and quad;
Men’s eight
Lightweight men’s pair
Friday 2 September
Women’s eight and quad;
Men’s double
Lightweight men’s four
Lightweight men’s and women’s single sculls
Men’s adaptive single scull
Saturday 3 September
Women’s double
Men’s pair, single and squad
Lightweight women’s quad
Mixed adaptive double scull
Sunday 4 September
Women’s single
Men’s four
Lightweight men’s and women’s double sculls
Mixed adaptive coxed four
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Sunday 28 August- Morning
Heats of the:
Women’s pair, double and quadruple scull;
Men’s pair, eight, double and quadruple scull;
Lightweight men’s single, pair and four.
Sunday 28 August – Afternoon
Heats of the:
Women’s single;
Men’s four and single scull;
Lightweight men’s double scull
Monday 29 August – morning
Heats of the:
Women’s eight,
Men’s coxed pair;
Lightweight women’s double and quadruple scull
Adaptive women’s and men’s single sculls; mixed double and coxed four
Repechages of the:
Women’s pair and single and quadruple scull;
Men’s four, eight and single and double scull;
Lightweight men’s pair, four and single and double scull
Tuesday 30 August – morning
Repechages of the:
Women’s double
Men’s pair and quad
Lightweight women’s single
Adaptive men’s and women’s single, mixed double and coxed four
Quarterfinals of the:
Men’s double
LIghtweight men’s four and single
Wednesday 31 August – Morning
Repechages of the:
Women’s eight and single
Men’s coxed pair
Lightweight women’s double and quad and men’s quad
Quarter-finals of the:
Men’s four and single
Lightweight men’s double scull
Semi-finals of the:
Women’s pair and quadruple scull
Men’s eight
LIghtweight men’s pair
Adaptive women’s single scull
Thursday 1 September – Morning
Semi-finals of:
Men’s double scull
Lightweight men’s four and single scull
LIghtweight women’s single scull
Adaptive men’s single scull
B Finals of the:
Women’s pair and quadruple scull
Men’s eight
Lightweight men’s pair
FINALS OF THE:
Women’s pair and quadruple scull
Men’s eight
Lightweight men’s pair
Adaptive women’s single scull and mixed ID coxed four
Friday 2 September – morning
Semi-finals of the:
Women’s double
Men’s pair, single and quadruple scull
Adaptive mixed double scull
B-Finals of the:
Women’s eight
Men’s double and coxed pair
Lightweight men’s four and women’s and men’s single scull
Adaptive men’s single scull
FINALS of the:
Women’s eight
Men’s double and coxed pair
Lightweight men’s four, men’s and women’s single scull
Adaptive men’s single scull
Saturday 3 September – Morning
Semi-finals of the:
Women’s single
Men’s four
Lightweight men’s and women’s double scull
Adaptive mixed coxed four
B Finals of the:
Women’s double scull
Men’s pair and single and quadruple scull
Mixed adaptive double scull
FINALS of the:
Women’s four and double scull
Men’s pair and single and quadruple scull
Lightweight women’s quadruple scull
Mixed adaptive double scull
Sunday 4 September
B Finals of the:
Women’s single scull
Men’s four
Lightweight men’s and women’s double scull
Adaptive mixed coxed four
FINALS of the:
Women’s single scull
Men’s four
Lightweight men’s and women’s double scull, men’s quadruple
scull and eight
Adaptive mixed coxed four
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BBC TV and Radio Coverage from Bled
TV
Thursday 1 and Friday 2 September
Red button coverage -more details to follow
Saturday 3 September
1400-1630, BBC One/online
Sunday 4 September
1545-1700, BBC Two/online
RADIO 5 Live Sports Extra on DAB Radio
Thursday 1 September
From 11.15
Friday 2 September
From 10.55
Saturday 3 September
From midday live on 5 Live (not 5 Live Sports Extra)
Sunday 4 September
From 10.55
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FINAL DIARY DATE
SEPTEMBER
16-18
European Rowing Championships, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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