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 Thursday, August 02, 2012

Rowing Success at the Olympics


Thursday 02 August 12

Liverpool Rowing club

Sir Steve Redgrave unveils Olympic Gold at Liverpool Victoria Rowing Club in 1985. Reproduced with kind permission of Liverpool Victoria Rowing Club

Ben Whittaker, Curator of Port History reports:

Yesterday Team GB got their first rowing medals.  Congratulations to Heather Glover and Helen Stanning, who won gold in the women's pair.  And with the rowing eight "Olympic Gold" on display in the Racing For Gold Olympic themed display, we were keeping a special eye on the men's eight race. And Great Britain's men did fantastically well in securing a bronze medal.  The rowing eights take about five minutes to travel the two thousand metres of an Olympic race, and the eight rowers have to be guided by a cox who steers the boat.  You can see film footage of rowing eights being rowed locally by Liverpool Victoria Rowing Club members in the Racing for Gold exhibition, and also online in the Olympic section of our website.


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