GB rowers lay down Paris marker with European Championship gold

Sam Nunn says Britain’s new-look men’s four rowers laid down a significant Olympic marker after grabbing a memorable Munich gold at the European Championships. The Bexleyheath rower, 25, joined forces with Will Stewart, Matt Aldridge and Freddie Davidson to topple the Netherlands on Saturday morning and help cap a golden morning for British Rowing. Ad The youthful quartet crossed the line 2.24s ahead of the Dutch to clinch one of four gold medals won by British stars on the day.

RowingPara rower Pritchard looking to make small margins count at European ChampionshipsA DAY AGO Nunn believes the triumph stands them in perfect stead for an assault on Paris 2024 as they continue to adapt to the globetrotting international circuit. He said: «None of us have ever been to the Olympic Games. »So events like these are massively important for us to find out about the pressure of major championships, performing on multiple days, one day after another in heats, semi-finals and stepping up through the rounds.

«These are massively, massively important for us — I think we really managed to pull together as a crew and collectively work as a stepping stone for what’s to come. “I’m really pleased with what we put out there. »We know we’re maybe not the fastest starting crew so we tried to up that in the final.

«We tried to find a new gear and I think we did that well. »I think we put in a big shift and managed to really see ourselves through — when we went into that final 500m, we managed to see it home, so we’re really, really pleased." Britain breezed past Poland in Thursday’s heats to put themselves in a prime position for a medal when Saturday’s multi-sport action got underway. And they delivered in style at