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Tokyo Olympics: Nice Britain rowers win silver in males's quadruple sculls

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Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8Protection: Watch stay on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Pink Button and on-line; Pay attention on BBC Radio 5 Reside, Sports activities Additional and Sounds; stay textual content and video clips on BBC Sport web site and app.

Nice Britain’s rowers gained their first Olympic medal within the males’s quadruple sculls as Harry Leask, Angus Groom, Tom Barras and Jack Beaumont claimed silver in a decent race at Tokyo 2020.

The British crew held off late prices from Australia and Poland, sparking jubilant celebrations on the water.

It was Britain’s first rowing medal on the Sea Forest Waterway in these Video games.

The Netherlands added Olympic gold to their World Championship title, profitable in a world finest time.

The Dutch crew clinched victory in 5 minutes and 32.03 seconds with the British crew 1.72 seconds behind.

The success of Leask, Groom, Barras and Beaumont offered welcome reduction for the British crew after the nation’s rowers missed out on medals in three different finals on Wednesday.

The most important disappointment was the top of their dominance within the males’s 4 as Ollie Cook dinner, Matt Rossiter, Rory Gibbs and Sholto Carnegie completed fourth.

Going for Britain’s sixth straight Olympic gold within the occasion, they had been considered the nation’s finest hope of a gold medal.

Britain had been second going into the ultimate 500m of the two,000m race however light and likewise veered offline in direction of the Italian boat as they laboured.

All 4 of the British crew had been making their Olympic debuts.

Australia took gold, with Romania and Italy additionally on the rostrum.

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