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was it sir steve redgrave? but i think the fact that he got those five golds over 20 years is particularly impressive. and actually what you'll find this morning and steve is one of them. a lot of the retired rowers actually work here as stewards. they work carrying official capacity. they give back to their sport actually the sport that gave so much to them. so i'm going to be catching up with them a little bit later. and i think we're going to be talking as well in not long into some female crew members who've i think just been victorious at the finish line. so we will go and see how they're getting on as well. >> great stuff. that's bev turner. we'll hear lots more from her in henley. and of course it is a politics free day today because it is general election day . up next, we're election day. up next, we're getting quite sporty, quite unusual for me because sir andy murray, no less, is taking centre stage at wimbledon today with his brother jamie in the with his brotherjamie in the doubles. but while i wan
was it sir steve redgrave? but i think the fact that he got those five golds over 20 years is particularly impressive. and actually what you'll find this morning and steve is one of them. a lot of the retired rowers actually work here as stewards. they work carrying official capacity. they give back to their sport actually the sport that gave so much to them. so i'm going to be catching up with them a little bit later. and i think we're going to be talking as well in not long into some female...
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sir steve redgrave speaking to me earlier.m the british quartet and afterwards we heard from dame katherine grainger — double sculls gold medallist at london 2012 — she says she believes this gold will inspire the rest of team gb�*s rowing team. we've talked quite a lot about how different the team feels, three years ago in tokyo there were no gold medals at all, no gold medals gold medals at all, no medals for the women and a lot of fourth places. you can see the team itself feeling a little bit unsure of itself, here we've arrived and even before the final started, they feel confident, they're behaving, a bounce in their step to see that first gold medal come in will really ignite the rest of the team. we've got finals every single day now right through to saturday and a gold medal chance every single day. i think we'll see enthusiasm, excitement, which actually saw some of the crews rolling down, and their training as the national anthem was just finishing. that thinking, "tomorrow is my chance", that will do a lot for the
sir steve redgrave speaking to me earlier.m the british quartet and afterwards we heard from dame katherine grainger — double sculls gold medallist at london 2012 — she says she believes this gold will inspire the rest of team gb�*s rowing team. we've talked quite a lot about how different the team feels, three years ago in tokyo there were no gold medals at all, no gold medals gold medals at all, no medals for the women and a lot of fourth places. you can see the team itself feeling a...
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>> yeah , steve redgrave and >> yeah, steve redgrave and cagey cumbria , says bobby moore. cagey cumbriather sir steve redgrave is the greatest sportsman from tony. >> so no andy murray yet. and no mark ba.2. >> john wilkinson says andy murray came back from retirement as an achieved nothing and jonathan taylor says jonny wilkinson county jonny wilkinson was the greatest british sportsperson of all time. >> yeah, well that's very interesting. okay. got that. mr and mrs. wilkinson, i'm not really sure you've got them all going. >> well. >> well. >> andy murray, andy murray is making his comeback today. so he's playing in the doubles, with his brother jamie. it's the with his brotherjamie. it's the first time that the doubles have been in. well been on centre court in the first week because obviously everybody wants to see andy. we assume that it was going to be the end of his singles career . going to be the end of his singles career. he was going to play singles career. he was going to play on tuesday, then pulled out at the last minute. so he's going to play doubles. can it be okay with
>> yeah , steve redgrave and >> yeah, steve redgrave and cagey cumbria , says bobby moore. cagey cumbriather sir steve redgrave is the greatest sportsman from tony. >> so no andy murray yet. and no mark ba.2. >> john wilkinson says andy murray came back from retirement as an achieved nothing and jonathan taylor says jonny wilkinson county jonny wilkinson was the greatest british sportsperson of all time. >> yeah, well that's very interesting. okay. got that. mr and...
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here he is looking redgrave. here he is looking very relaxed here. steve.n just be here in a relaxed capacity rather than racing? >> as you can see from my tie, it's quite windy today, but the problem was with outdoor sports that, yeah, pretty relaxed. is that, yeah, pretty relaxed. is that for me as chair, it's the preparation and getting everything ready in time, the amount of entries we've had, our biggest ever entry, biggest overseas entry of getting them through all qualifiers. and then there's a very short time from qualifiers finishing to getting the draw down, programming. and that once all that's done, then i can relax a little bit . i can relax a little bit. >> oh. it's beautiful, down there this morning, of course it's an olympics in only three weeks. i think . aidan, isn't it? weeks. i think. aidan, isn't it? in paris, steve was suggesting that we're going to do well in rowing. i imagine we'll do well in the traditional sports that we do well. rowing cycling, i imagine possibly get some medals in the pool as well, usually we do one of the athlet
here he is looking redgrave. here he is looking very relaxed here. steve.n just be here in a relaxed capacity rather than racing? >> as you can see from my tie, it's quite windy today, but the problem was with outdoor sports that, yeah, pretty relaxed. is that, yeah, pretty relaxed. is that for me as chair, it's the preparation and getting everything ready in time, the amount of entries we've had, our biggest ever entry, biggest overseas entry of getting them through all qualifiers. and...
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sir steve redgrave did it twice in 1992 and 1996, where he and matthew pinsent won britain's only goldact, i think only one. i can't remember who actually got that one! but with the national lottery then coming on board and pumping money into elite sports, as well as general sport right the way through, it's really built the team up. and that really builds a great atmosphere for the athletes to be able to compete. obviously, the better the athletes compete, the better the general public enjoy the games itself. but i think that's what the national lottery has really done, it's really crossed the board of almost every sport that we're competing right at the highest level. we used to rely on rowing and track cycling and a little bit of athletics to where the most of the medals come. now, swimming's been up there for the last three orfour games. across the board with cycling, notjust on the track, but road and mountain biking. boxing, we look to be doing very well this time, with the six athletes that we've got. almost every sport you can think of we are highly competitive at. from a man w
sir steve redgrave did it twice in 1992 and 1996, where he and matthew pinsent won britain's only goldact, i think only one. i can't remember who actually got that one! but with the national lottery then coming on board and pumping money into elite sports, as well as general sport right the way through, it's really built the team up. and that really builds a great atmosphere for the athletes to be able to compete. obviously, the better the athletes compete, the better the general public enjoy...
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i remember steve redgrave winning sir steve redgrave actually winning, winning golds back in the backt. but who are the big names to watch out for this olympics. >> well this is, this is the thing because i was thinking i was i posed this question to myself, i do talk to myself sometimes, about who the who, the who, the stellar names are because you're talking about that era back in the 80s and 90s of. >> yeah, okay. we weren't hugely successful, but i can reel off the names even now linford christie, sally gunnell, kriss akabusi, who comes in the studio quite, quite often, steve ovett, tom mckean, seb coe, all these guys were household names. they'd they'd be opening a supermarket when they're out of competition nowadays. i mean, i think zharnel hughes is one that we can look after, look out for and louis hinchcliffe is one that we need to look out for as well, because he's been coached by carl lewis, none other than carl lewis. well, i think that hopesin carl lewis. well, i think that hopes in the short distances for sure. >> yeah, i saw on linkedin the other day, i happened to be o
i remember steve redgrave winning sir steve redgrave actually winning, winning golds back in the backt. but who are the big names to watch out for this olympics. >> well this is, this is the thing because i was thinking i was i posed this question to myself, i do talk to myself sometimes, about who the who, the who, the stellar names are because you're talking about that era back in the 80s and 90s of. >> yeah, okay. we weren't hugely successful, but i can reel off the names even...
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steve redgrave, for instance, got five olympic gold medals.use he won every single, olympic games. he went to from 1984 to 2000. that's how you speak to people. okay, then you speak to people. okay, then you can take whatever topic you want , but be good at what you do. >> yeah. all right. look, both of you. thank you very, very much. we've definitely got both sides of that. so as alex story there, former olympic rower and former olympian and commonwealth games champion in gymnastics lisa mason, who also did do her best a good couple of years ago now to try to teach me gymnastics. there is a horrific old clip on gb news of that which anyone, if you fancy a laugh and wants to be put off your dinner, you can go and watch that. but who do you agree with? as british athletes are trained to use their fame for social change at the paris olympics, should they just stick to sport? so spade on x says maybe politics has become the new sport. mike on your say says there will only be allowed to use their platform for woke ideology. imagine if one of them
steve redgrave, for instance, got five olympic gold medals.use he won every single, olympic games. he went to from 1984 to 2000. that's how you speak to people. okay, then you speak to people. okay, then you can take whatever topic you want , but be good at what you do. >> yeah. all right. look, both of you. thank you very, very much. we've definitely got both sides of that. so as alex story there, former olympic rower and former olympian and commonwealth games champion in gymnastics lisa...
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of how close he was to being steve redgrave. oh, chris hoy, you know one of those ephemeral guys. there's nothing you can do. it's all over. it's all over. it's all over. it's all over. it's done. he might be good enough to come back in four years time, but now it's done. crack on. and actually no no no no no no it's not done because he has got other events to do this week hasn't he. so he's got to recollect himself and make sure he delivers in the relays for the rest of his team . for the rest of his team. >> and i'm sure he will. chris, looking ahead to the rest of the games, what are your thoughts on team gb? how are they looking? there's a school of thought that we're expected to win 55 medals this games. do you think that's a realistic aim ? a realistic aim? >> i think it's very realistic. so it's going to be behind the 67 we got in london. and the 65 i think it was that we got in tokyo. but this is the thing. there's something called social facilitation in london. every single athlete rode on the wave of energy and goodwill from the home crowd. you know, in any sport, when y
of how close he was to being steve redgrave. oh, chris hoy, you know one of those ephemeral guys. there's nothing you can do. it's all over. it's all over. it's all over. it's all over. it's done. he might be good enough to come back in four years time, but now it's done. crack on. and actually no no no no no no it's not done because he has got other events to do this week hasn't he. so he's got to recollect himself and make sure he delivers in the relays for the rest of his team . for the rest...