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London 2012 Day 8: Best Olympic regatta of all time for GB
Britain closed out the 2012 Olympic regatta with two golds and a silver on the final day of racing to bring their overall tally to four golds, two silvers and three bronzes – a best ever.
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Di Ellis: A glittering finale to Olympic Regatta
As the London 2012 Olympic Rowing Regatta ends, British Rowing Chairman Di Ellis has declared it “second to none” with Britain winning a record nine medals – four golds, two silvers and three bronze. Attending her sixth Olympics, Di said, […]
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Sir John Major applauds GB rowers
Sir John Major, the former Conservative Prime Minister, has joined the thousands of spectators at Eton Dorney this week to cheer on the British rowers. The architect behind the National Lottery, launched in 1994, Sir John has been thrilled to […]
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GB Rowing tops the medal table
Thank you Eton Dorney – you’ve been one of the Olympic Games outstanding venues! In the shadow of Windsor Castle London 2012’s volunteers have extended the warmest of welcomes to the fifty eight nations who have entered crews for […]
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London 2012 Day 7: Gold for Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins
It was Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins’ day after all. Three previous silvers for Grainger and a bronze for Watkins were turned into gold on Eton-Dorney lake in the space of six and a half epic minutes.
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Golden Grainger – she’s done it!
Friday 3rd August – for British rowers and rowing supporters a place at Eton Dorney for today’s programme was without a doubt the sport’s ‘hot ticket’. Katherine Grainger’s fifteen year quest for a Gold medal finally ended this morning on home territory, amidst […]
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London 2012 Day 7: GB has 47 rowers in the top six in the world
As the final two days of rowing begin at Eton-Dorney David Tanner, GB Rowing Team Performance Director, has expressed his pride in a squad where every single rower has qualified for the Olympic finals.
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Dorney’s multi-coloured ‘Wall of Sound’
With 58 nations represented at Eton Dorney, it’s not surprising that there are so many different flags on display as supporters wear their own with pride around the venue. Peter Cookson, High Performance Director of Rowing Canada, is here with […]
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Three in a pair – the coach behind Team GB’s first gold medal
Eton Dorney was the scene of emotional celebrations on Wednesday as Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won a historic first women’s Olympic rowing gold for GB – also the first gold on the board for Team GB at London 2012. […]
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Size isn’t everything for lightweight rowers
Team GB’s lightweight men’s four claimed silver in one of the tightest races of the Olympic Regatta to date, as people of all sizes continued to flock to try rowing for themselves at the Get Involved tent. The lightweight four […]
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