George and Wynne-Griffith slam poor execution to take silver

Tom George and Oliver Wynne-Griffith took aim at a terribly executed race plan after missing out on European gold in Munich. Cheltenham star George, 27, still claimed silver on Saturday morning but believes the duo had considerably more to give in the men's pair final. Ad George and Wynne-Griffith, 28, finished 2.24s behind champions Romania as a sluggish start proved fatal at the city's Olympic Regatta Centre.

RowingGraeme Thomas blasts «rubbish» performance despite booking final spotAN HOUR AGO Olympic bronze medallist George was in no mood to celebrate silver and hopes the setback will prove a valuable lesson ahead of the World Championships in Racice next month. He said: «It's not really good enough and the standard we've set ourselves. »We know we're faster than that and we want to put more out there, to be honest.

«I think we probably had a bit more in the tank that we didn't use – we didn't get our race plan right and didn’t settle into the rhythm we wanted. »A silver medal is obviously still great and coming second in the European Championships is amazing, but we were hoping for a bit more. «We've got a couple of weeks now to go and work hard ahead of the World Championships.» George and Wynne-Griffith cruised through their opening heat on Thursday before a similarly dominant display in Friday's semi-final marked them out as red-hot favourites for gold.

But they started slowly on Saturday and left themselves with too much to do as the Romanian crew bolted clear. Wynne-Griffith, who also bagged Olympic bronze with George in the eight last summer, corroborated his partner's assessment and wants to pivot his attention towards next month's main event in the Czech Republic. The Surrey star said: «It's