Rowers Emily Craig and Imogen Grant secured Nice Britain’s seventh gold of the Paris Video games after a dominant win within the girls’s light-weight double sculls.
Craig and Grant – unbeaten on this occasion since an agonising fourth-placed end in Tokyo three years in the past once they missed out on a medal by simply 0.01 seconds – triumphed in a time of 6:47.06, over a second forward of Romania (6:48.78) with Greece (6:49.28) in third.
Fellow rowers Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George claimed silver within the males’s pairs – taking GB’s rowing medal haul in these Video games to 6 (two gold, two silver, two bronze) – whereas divers Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding took bronze within the males’s 3m synchro.
Males’s rowers take silver after being pipped by Croatia late on
Wynne-Griffith and George – a part of the GB males’s eight that gained bronze in Tokyo in 2021 – have been pipped late on by Croatian brothers Valent and Martin Sinkovic having led for nearly the whole race.
Crew GB completed lower than half a second behind Croatia’s successful time of 6:23.66 with Switzerland taking the bronze.
George stated: “I do not assume I need to watch that again it was so shut! We did an superior race, precisely what we stated we needed to do and we’re pleased with what we achieved. These items occur.
“We came in as favourites. All season whenever we’ve won we’ve reminded ourselves that we’re going to be hunted and we tried to go well and we did – just three strokes short. I’m proud.”
Wynne-Griffith added: “I made a mistake on the line and that’s racing for you [but] Olympic silver medallists – I’m so proud of what we did. I can’t fault the passion and grit. I’ve enjoyed the ride.”
Success continues for British divers in Paris
Laugher, in the meantime, secured the fourth Olympic diving medal of his profession as his and Harding’s rating of 438.15 was ok for third, behind China (446.10) and Mexico (444.03).
Laugher had gained gold within the 3m synchro in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 with Chris Mears, in addition to particular person medals within the particular person 3m springboard in Rio (silver) after which in Tokyo (bronze).
Britain have now gained 4 diving medals in Paris, with Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper beginning the success once they took bronze within the girls’s 3m synchro springboard on the opening day.
Tom Daley and Noah Williams claimed silver within the males’s 10m synchro platform, with Andrea Spendolini-Sireiex and Louis Toulson then bagging bronze within the girls’s occasion.
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