James Cracknell, Steve Redgrave, Tim Foster and Matthew Pinsent won the first of five successive men's fours Olympic golds for Britain at Sydney 2000 "You could argue that they should have won it earlier in the race, that it didn't necessarily come down to that moment. "It is going to be very hard to come to terms with because Ollie is the elder statesman in the boat. "In that moment at the finish, when you are beyond exhausted and having to make very fast decisions, you aren't always thinking straight. Near the start of the race the British were having problems with steering but at the end it was out of control," said London 2012 double sculls gold medallist Dame Katherine Grainger.
"I don't know the last time I saw at this level. To the lads, I'm sorry I didn't steer us the best line at the end."Ĭook controls the boat's direction via a thin wire attached to his foot. "I forgot the steering a little bit and that cost us a medal. I screwed up," said an emotional bow Ollie Cook, who wiped away tears in the post-race television interview. Great Britain, having covered more distance via their erratic line, finished fourth. The boat veered towards Australia in one lane, before swerving the other way and appearing to clash oars with the Italian boat. However it was Britain who instead lost their way in the closing stages. They were second, 1.62 seconds down and closing on an Australian crew that had started fast. With 500 metres of the 2,000-metre race to go, Britain looked well set to chase down a sixth successive gold medal in the event, one of the most prestigious of the whole Olympic regatta. Herbert was the cox steering brothers Greg and Johnny Searle to coxed pairs gold at the Barcelona Games in 1992.īut in the men's four final in Tokyo, Britain got their navigation badly wrong. What's happened so far on day five in Tokyo?.
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