British crews banish Olympic blues by topping medal table at the World Rowing Championships

Britain's rowers put the past behind them and left the rest of the world trailing in their wake at the World Championships. British crews romped to seven medals in just three hours across Olympic and Paralympic boat classes in RaÄice, Czech Republic. Ad They swept the board at the European Championships but this session was a gold-dusted quantum leap for an Olympic squad that struggled in Tokyo.

RowingRowing bosses amazed by British success at World ChampionshipsAN HOUR AGO World titles for the men's and women's four, lightweight women's double and PR3 mixed four will rightly set rowing pulses racing for Paris 2024. «There was a surge of amazing talent ready for the Paris Olympiad, not all of them were in Tokyo,» said double Olympic champion Helen Glover. «We had so many athletes with so much talent ready to go and we've had a head start.

We're getting to the top of their game at the right time.» Dame Katherine Grainger added: «Tokyo was such an odd Games, the Paris team was always there waiting. Britain were ready for Paris last year when the rest of the world wasn't.» Britain dominated the Tokyo Paralympics and haven't missed a beat since, bedding in two new crew members to win a ninth successive world title in the mixed four. Oliver Stanhope and Edward Fuller won gold in the men's pair and Gierdre Rakauskaite and Frankie Allen in the women's, combining to win the four in a world record time a day later.