Eight GB crews in their rowing finals

[JTG]

Men's lightweight double sculls - they cruised it

 

[JTG]

Lightweight fours are off

 

[JTG]

Third but it's so close...

 

[JTG]

Hanging on to third...

 

[JTG]

They're slipping

 

[JTG]

Ah well - fifth but Denmark just smashed that

 

[ScallyWag II]

Men's lightweight double sculls - they cruised it

Watching the medal ceremony, hope they show a bit of the race so i can catch up

What a good morning so far!

 

[JTG]

The lightweight four was a bit of a disappointment tbf, they're good enough to win but the last few months they've been badly out of form

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Watching the medal ceremony, hope they show a bit of the race so i can catch up

What a good morning so far!

I was quite weepy watching that

 

[JTG]

Here we go again...

 

[JTG]

Halfway and we're half a length up

 

[JTG]

Come on, China are catching us

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Could be a tense finish...

 

[JTG]

Are we pulling away?

 

[JTG]

Come Oooooon

 

[TrippyLondoner]

fuck fuck fuck

 

[JTG]

shit

 

[TrippyLondoner]

fuck china got it

 

[JTG]

bollocks

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Silver - that Chinese crew were strong

 

[ScallyWag II]

Come on, oh no, China have got it. Silver for GB.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Still beat the germans.

 

[JTG]

says it all when you're gutted to only get silver

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Oh stop interviewing them - they are too upset. Don't like this, leave them be for a bit

 

[JTG]

I know, they're absolutely distraught. Leave them alone

 

[JTG]

They still look destroyed on the podium

 

[TrippyLondoner]

I dunno how china snatched it from us.

 

[JTG]

women's eight got nothing, not sure where exactly we finished

edit: fifth

 

[TrippyLondoner]

come on GB!(again)

 

[JTG]

Last event - men's eight.

five medals out of nine finalists so far