Turning silver into gold "This is the Holy Grail, nothing compares to Olympic gold."

"I knew we were still down, but the biggest thing about that finish for me was TJ shouting, 'we're moving on them, we're going through' with 300m to go," said three man [James, Peter Reed]. "And I thought, I'm not settling for silver, let's have the gold....

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Published inWestern mail (Cardiff, Wales : 1956)
Main Authors Gold, Tom James, Coxless fours rowing
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cardiff (UK) MGN Ltd 23.08.2008
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James, Peter Reed
Lucy, Tom
Pinsent, Matt
Redgrave, Steven
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Summary:"I knew we were still down, but the biggest thing about that finish for me was TJ shouting, 'we're moving on them, we're going through' with 300m to go," said three man [James, Peter Reed]. "And I thought, I'm not settling for silver, let's have the gold." "It's incredible to be Olympic champion. I don't know if I'm going to go on to London 2012, but I'd like to be there and I think GB can make it four titles in four years' time!" Look at the success here in Beijing, six medals - two golds in the four and lightweight double, silver in the eight and women's quad and bronze in the men's heavy double and women's double. That's just amazing. I don't know whether I'll be on board the four or whether I'll be competing."