![]() ![]() And don’t, whatever you do, get rid of Jürgen Gröbler while there is still a chance the greatest asset British rowing ever invested in – the man who has nurtured an entire culture of success, beloved of his athletes, obsessively committed as ever – might stick around for another Games. The choice to allow Jürgen Gröbler to leave a year before these Games, a decision made by men who can only guess vaguely at Grobler’s depth of fine-point expertise, looks as rash and as damaging now as it did at the time. As Britain’s Olympic rowers reeled off a series of wholehearted but ultimately disappointing finishes at the Tokyo 2020 waterfront it was hard to avoid the sense the men’s coxless four had dished up its own slightly hammy, if unavoidably persuasive image in its final race.īy the end of Wednesday’s programme one thing did seem uncomfortably clear. ![]() Swerving off course, veering out of its lane at the last. Rowing: Barney Ronay was at the Sea Forest Waterway today to see Britain win one silver medal (and finish fourth three times) in six events. When you have such a change of temperature and go out on the hot court, you can fully cramp and it finishes the match for you, or you feel better. So I went under the cold, freezing shower. It helped that I won the first set, so I knew there was a 10-minute break. I was ready to just fall down on the court. The ObserverTokyo Olympic Games 2020 Fluid Fiji defeat Team GB in Olympic rugby sevens bronze medal match Fiji win 21-12 to leave Great Britain in fourth place ‘They just learned rugby. I was bending over and I couldn’t get my breathing together. Between every point I didn’t know what to do to feel better. “Then, in the second set, I just had darkness in my eyes. ![]() I think it was the most humid day we have had so far. The men’s second seed Daniil Medvedev complained about the heat during and after his third-round win over Fabio Fognini: “Even from the first set, I didn’t feel good enough with my breathing. Paula Badosa of Spain is helped off the court in a wheelchair after retiring due to illness during the quarter-finals of the women’s singles tennis at the Tokyo Olympics. FASANOC’s Executive Board is making the following recommendations for Athletes and Officials to represent Team Fiji at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo Olympic Games on the BBC Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra. ![]()
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