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Leyden and Britain's rowing quad to take on the worlds after European gold

Jess Leyden and Britain's quadruple scullers waltzed to multi-sport European Championship glory then roared — bring on the Worlds. Todmorden rower Leyden, 27, joined forces with Lucy Glover, Lola Anderson and Georgie Brayshaw to beat the Netherlands in Munich on a super Saturday for British Rowing. Ad Their gold medal marked one of four won by Britain on the day — including three in a row — as the women's quadruple scullers' dominant display built further momentum ahead of next month's World Championships in Racice.

Emotional Kennedy leads Britain's para rowers to glory in Munich

Erin Kennedy and Britain's para rowers delivered a remarkable display of fortitude to grab mixed coxed four gold at the multi-sport European Championships. Plymouth cox Kennedy, 30, was diagnosed with breast cancer three months ago and had two rounds of chemotherapy before being named in the squad for Munich. Ad But she refused to let that stop her steering Britain to glory as she joined forces with Francesca Allen, Oliver Stanhope, Edward Fuller and Giedre Rakauskaite to help cap a memorable weekend for British Rowing at Munich's 1972 Olympic Regatta Centre.

Shorten credits radical restructure with boosting Britain's rowing fortunes

Rebecca Shorten reckons radical restructuring within British Rowing is already reaping rewards after a memorable Munich morning at the multi-sport European Championships. British stars racked up a red-hot four gold medals on Saturday morning — including three in a row — in the women's and men's four, women's quadruple sculls and men's eight events at the city's 1972 Olympic Regatta Centre. Ad And they followed it up on Sunday as Belfast star Shorten also helped Britain to soar to silver in the women's eight event.

McKellar describes silver as 'redemption' for women's eight

Rowan McKellar and Britain's women's eight rowers admit their multi-sport European Championship silver felt like 'redemption' after navigating a choppy 12 months both on and off the water. Glasgow star McKellar, 28, helped fire Britain's women's four to one of four gold medals won on Saturday and followed up those heroics by clinching a silver on Sunday in Munich.

‘Abdominal strains are dangerous’ – Rafael Nadal vows to be cautious on tennis return after latest injury

Rafael Nadal admits he has had a lack of practice ahead of his return to tennis at this week’s Cincinnati Masters due to his abdominal tear. Nadal will play his first competitive tennis match, since withdrawing from his semi-final with Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon last month, on Wednesday. Ad The Spaniard suffered a 7mm tear to his abdominal muscle and admits he will be cautious after his latest injury.

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Leyden and Britain's rowing quad to take on the worlds after European gold

Emotional Kennedy leads Britain's para rowers to glory in Munich

Shorten credits radical restructure with boosting Britain's rowing fortunes

McKellar describes silver as 'redemption' for women's eight

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