BRITISH rowing underlined their greatness in Paris as Imogen Grant and Emily Craig triumphed to win Team GB’s SEVENTH gold medal.
The unbeaten women’s lightweight double sculls duo raced to a dominant victory as Romania and Greece bagged silver and bronze.
Grant and Craig were pushed and challenged every single stroke of the way – but answered every single question.
They delivered as favourites, after having dominated the lightweight double sculls for the past three seasons, beating the Romanian’s by almost two seconds.
That’s Team GB’s sixth rowing medal of Paris 2024, more than any other nation, although their Dutch rivals head the table with three golds.
Paris represented lightweight rowing’s last stand at the Games, after organisers axed it from the Olympic programme moving forward.
In Los Angeles 2028, it will be replaced by the more inclusive discipline of beach sprints, which does not need a rowing lake.
The British duo were heartbroken to miss out on a medal by 0.01 seconds at Tokyo 2020.
But have since remained UNBEATEN – landing back-to-back World Championships.
It comes 30 minutes after Brits Oliver Wynne-Griffith and Tom George claimed silver in the men’s pair final.
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Grant previously told The Sun: “It does mean the stakes are slightly higher. You could become Olympic champions forever.
“It’s somewhat bittersweet. I’ve had really good memories as a lightweight, and I only took rowing seriously because of it.”
Grant also admitted to feeling a certain level of pressure as a result of Team GB’s huge success in rowing in the past.
