- New Zealand win gold in final rowing event of Games
- ‘British team haven’t performed,’ says Sir Matthew Pinsent
Great Britain’s men’s eight produced a good performance to take bronze in the Olympic regatta’s final event as the inquest began over a disappointing medal return in Tokyo. The men’s eight were not considered to be realistic medal challengers but it proved a good display by Josh Bugajski, Jacob Dawson, Tom George, Mohamed Sbihi, Charles Elwes, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, James Rudkin and Tom Ford. They finished third behind the gold medallists from New Zealand, with Germany taking second.
It was Britain’s second medal of the regatta after a silver in the men’s quadruple sculls on Wednesday. The bronze medal ensured a positive end to a difficult Games for British Rowing. Earlier on Friday, Vicky Thornley agonisingly missed out on a medal in the women’s single sculls. It was Team GB’s fourth fourth-placed finish from six medal races at Sea Forest Waterway.
