Happy Friday for British rowers
Friday, 15 Aug 2008 13:04
Team GB to have representatives in ten of 12 available rowing medal matches this weekend
Britain will have representatives in ten out of the 12 available rowing finals this weekend after two more teams qualified on Friday.
Team GB's lightweight men's four and lightweight men's double scull both made the grade to compete in Sunday's medal matches at the Shunyi white water park.
At the Athens Games in 2004 Britain had four rowing teams qualify for the finals of their respective events, with all four picking up a medal.
The men's coxless fours and double sculls, the women's eight and Alan Campbell in the single sculls, as well as the men's eight, the women's quad and the women's double sculls and the women's coxless pair are all in contention for medals this weekend.