The men’s eight from Great Britain enhanced their global reputation by securing the Olympic title at Paris 2024.
Morgan Bolding, Sholto Carnegie, Jacob Dawson, Tom Digby, Charlie Elwes, Tom Ford, Rory Gibbs, and James Rudkin faced tough competition from the Netherlands and the United States, finishing with a time of five minutes 22.88 seconds. Both teams set a fast pace from the outset, remaining neck and neck at the halfway mark of 1,000 metres.
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The squad, double champions of Europe and the world in this Olympic cycle, pulled away in the next 500 metres to secure a remarkable victory, finishing over one second ahead of the Dutch team.
This marked Britain’s second medal of the day; the women’s team also brought home a bronze in their event. The crew, consisting of Annie Campbell-Orde, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Eve Stewart, and Hattie Taylor, came in third, finishing behind world champions Romania and Canada with a time of five minutes 59.51 seconds.
Romania surged from the start, maintaining their lead throughout. The British team attempted to overtake Canada in the final 250 metres but finished 0.67 seconds behind the reigning Olympic champions.
Cox Henry Fieldman, who previously secured bronze with the GB men’s eight in Tokyo three years prior, repeated this achievement with the women’s team.
