Elise Laverick and
Anna Bebington brought home the bronze medal for Team GB after a thrilling finale to the women’s double scull at Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park, near Beijing, on Saturday (August 16).
The British pair staged a sprited fightback over the second half of the race, overhauling early pacesetters China and closing fast on the front two boats from Germany and New Zealand.
In a nail-biting climax, New Zealand’s twin sister pairing of Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell retained their Olympic title, finishing one-hundredth of a second in front of Germany’s Annekatrin Thiele and Christiane Huth.
Laverick and Bebington were 0.22 seconds further behind in third place to clinch a well-earned bronze.
"If you'd told us yesterday that we would have been in a position where we might have won a silver medal I would have laughed at you," said Bebington, reflecting on the close finish. "We're absolutely over the moon, it's amazing."
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