[Closed] Oylimpic rowing (spoilers)

Already well out in front!
Length up!

Wooo!

Clear water... 😯
7 mins of their lives.... Try 6:30??

1 minutes left....

will it be

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It's almost like a fairytale...
😀
Enjoy it girls...

WHOOP!

The Olympics threads seem to be bringing out the dyslexics on here!

The Olympics threads seem to be bringing out the dyslexics on here!

AV IT AY IT!

Awesome. Destroyed the field. It was a race for silver after 250m.

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Take the applause ladies, you deserve it. 🙂

Bless 'em, they made it look so easy and relaxed too. Classy row.

It's goddamn frustrating to see just how easy they make it look. I'm sooooo looking forward to the men's eight later - the Aussies look like they're rowing the pub on a sunny Sunday morning.

Did we win gold then?

whos the blonde doing the random crowd interviews? 😀

don simon - Member

The Olympics threads seem to be bringing out the dyslexics on here!

And the miserable gimps too.

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Men's 8 on now!

Go Team GB!

Can we stick with them?!

Hmm...aussies not looking so good. Ze Germans a canvas ahead.

Interesting - the GB 8 are looking much longer and less chasing it than in the first round. Germany looking rather good unfortunately...

COME ON GB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go boys!

Go on Phelan!" Call it!

Germany just look silly fast now 🙁

Phew...

Bit disappointed but great race and they can't be accused of not taking the risk of going for gold rather than a relatively safe silver...

Fair dues to the Germans. Leading an 8 race for 2km is stunning.

(I put it down to the cox 🙂 )

I know the GB cox pretty well. I'll let him know that it's his fault then... 😉

Bronze is good.

But those girls..

Just destroyed the others - did they even break a sweat?

I know the GB cox pretty well. I'll let him know that it's his fault then...

I was putting the win down to the German cox you flecker!! 🙂

I know but works both ways 😉

Nah, I'm sure that he'll be gutted but I love that they went for the win. Proper race attitude.

I know but works both ways

No it bloody doesn't and you knows it!!

Agreed though, better to race for gold and get bronze than go safe. Alan Green and Cracknell are fantastic on 5Live at the rowing.

Arse! Missed it. 🙁

Greg's a legend too - would have loved to have seen him get the gold (again!)

Nice one Invers, "you came up short.... but...but..." 😆

Tidy from the 4-.

Lovely work fromt the GB ladies' double there...rowing through the Greeks after they'd built such a lead. The Greeks couldn't believe it. 🙂

Purchase and Hunter to go off in the doubles semi - let's see them put a mark down...please!

More tidyness from the lightweights.

Indeed.

I believe that is 13 boats out of 13 into A-finals. Superb stuff.

Not too shabby in the final 500m those Kiwis. 😯

Flipping hell, I think they gained a whole length and a half in that sprint didn't they? Jeebus. 😯 indeed.

Not the prettiest but by heck they gave it everything. Slow mo camera was excellent. Brut force and ignorance at its finest. 😀

The Kiwis look like brutes ,that was a quality display as they pushed for the line

Dorney water looking a bit mucky today isn't it?

Time to wind it up....

Howfreakingclose???? Top stuff from South Africa, Danes hanging on for dear life.

Jesus!!

The Danes must be gutted. Closest top 3 yet?

Awesome from the Saffers!

Difficult interview for the Brits.
Go girls.

😐

Men's quads are off.

Brave effort. 🙁

Hard fought bronze... 😀

Come on Grainger!!!!!!

Did one of the commentators just say, 'I slept with your stepmother' to one of the athletes?

😯

What a sublime exhibition of sculling. Well done girls. 😀

And who wouldn't have wanted that, eh? Wonderful stuff 🙂

fantastic effort by the girls. Campbell up next in the Mens singles - Come on the big Norn Iron man!

Good effort from Campbell and a Bronze. The Kiwi was outstanding in that race.

Another medal, this is getting a bit embarrassing. 😳

Give the guy a chance to recover FFS! I'm not interested in an interview with an athlete who's struggling to catch their breath. 🙄

He really gave it everything, poor guy is wrecked!

What an amazing night for the rowing last night - Eric and hamish then Mahe getting redemption from Beijing. Mahe particularly deserves respect - he was knocked off his bike 8 weeks ago and had a shoulder problem from that. He is a tough boy though. And yesterday's double was insane, they finish fast normally but jesushchrist that almost gave me aheart attack. And best of all as I sit here sipping a cuppa we are ahead of the Aussies on the medal table booyah 😀

What an amazing night for the rowing last night - Eric and hamish then Mahe getting redemption from Beijing. Mahe particularly deserves respect - he was knocked off his bike 8 weeks ago and had a shoulder problem from that. He is a tough boy though. And yesterday's double was insane, they finish fast normally but jesushchrist that almost gave me aheart attack.

Actually the biggest surprise last night was my wife's revelation that she had put $500 on a series of bets naming all medalists in the key races. She is an ex rower of note but it was quite a revelation, she made a decent return as well afaik.

GB v Australia plus a couple of other countries...

Gary Herbert v his larynx and blood pressure! 🙂

Nice position when you can see the next boat...

Boom the GB squad are AWEOMSE!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllld!!!!!!

Good race gb, another correctly guessed set of wins as well !

Good race gb, another correctly guessed set of wins as well !

Awesome middle 1000 from the British 4. Aussies looking left early on, Brits eyes ahead from the start. Always a good sign.

Greeks have blown it..

What a SUPERB morning for British rowing! 🙂

Loving the reaction.

Dusty in here today....

Something had gone on the eigth stroke, no?

Ah the rowing equivalent of falling off your bike. Wife is adamant he has just fallen off his seat.