00:00 Isn't that an incredible shot? Everyone completely motionless, all of the indoor rowers lined
00:05 up and the gun about to go off. You can see it in anticipation. All of these women are
00:11 really starting off strong here. Charlotte Dixon closing down on the lead. She really
00:17 came off the gun very strong here. Once again, it's 10 meters separating all of these competitors.
00:24 No one is tied currently, so we'll just be looking at that 10 digit, the 10, 20, 30,
00:30 40 to see if they're moving up or moving down from their initial deficit or bonus here in
00:37 this race. But 250 meters in and they're all looking quite strong. Yeah, all of them maintaining
00:43 those gaps mostly, you know, only a meter or so in it between each of their starting
00:48 positions. One thing I will say, no mind games in this one, Natasha, right? Like this is
00:53 an all or nothing. You either get to it, the post or not. So maybe it's a bit of a relief
00:59 for these guys having that sort of, you know, stress of thinking, do I have to go faster,
01:04 slower, conserve energy? This is just executing a race plan with no other prerogative other
01:10 than being atop the leaderboard, if not on the podium. Exactly. They're just thinking
01:16 all I have. That's what they're doing here. Taryn Sharp, actually, with a very strong
01:23 performance, she's gaining on her initial deficit. So really good job from her. And
01:28 we saw Lina Belanger move up a place. So she's also very, very strong here. This is Ella
01:35 Fox, who just got passed by Lina Belanger, but she's still very much in this thing, nice
01:40 and consistent, almost same pace as Elizabeth Gilmore here. A one forty seven one forty
01:46 eight. Very solid, a really low stroke rate. I would see from her a twenty eight twenty
01:53 nine. Do we expect her to keep this throughout the rest of the race? Do you think? Yeah,
01:58 I think if she's at this straight right now at thirteen hundred meters to go, I think
02:04 that we'll see that until at least six hundred to go. So for the next block of a few minutes,
02:09 Elizabeth Gilmore has found a rhythm and so has Charlotte Dixon. Now, Dixon has let the
02:13 gap grow a little bit. She's allowing the American to sort of run away with this a little
02:19 bit. And she's the only person I think within reach of taking that title. But Gilmore with
02:26 so much confidence and it's a bit like any race, right? Rowing is one of those races
02:31 where you can look back at your competition when you're out on the water and it gives
02:35 you that sense of confidence that you can hold them at bay almost. You know, you're
02:40 not the one on the back foot chasing down. And so that will be an additional advantage
02:45 for all that hard work Gilmore's put in through the previous four challenges. Blimey, look
02:49 at this. This is some speed here. This is a huge push going on. And look at this exchange
02:56 between Anna Muller and Jessica Eddy as well in the centre of the board. They're matched
03:01 a piece 42 metres back from our race leader Gilmore. Anna Muller is going up. She knows
03:07 she got second last year and she knows she only has less than 20 metres between her and
03:13 second place this year. So, you know, she's a competitor and she's gunning for it. But
03:17 Morgan McGrath might hold her off. She's looking very strong here as well. Still 30 metres
03:23 back from the leader, Elizabeth Gilmore, but not letting Anna Muller gain any more ground.
03:31 She can see her start to creep up on her screen. But look at that face of determination. I'm
03:37 not counting Anna Muller out of this podium position. I think she has a lot of strength
03:42 and I think we'll see it during the latter bit of this race. Sarah Pidgeon looking long
03:46 and strong, really jumping off that catch thing nice and consistent. She's under that
03:51 1.55 split. She's looking to go under 7.40 in this race. So very solid rowing, pacing
03:59 with Taryn Sharp, who's next to her as well. And we see Heather Petrasco, who is under
04:06 that two minute pace, around a 1.56, hoping to bring that down probably to a 1.55-ish
04:12 by the end of this race. Remember, she is doing the full 2,000 metres here as we head
04:18 to the last about 700 metres of this race and of our day. Well, one of the races I'm
04:24 keeping my eye on here is between Charlotte Dixon and Morgan McGrath for that silver medal.
04:30 McGrath's been silently creeping, gaining metre by metre, and she's currently the faster
04:35 person on the race floor, 16.5 kilometres per hour to Dixon's 16.3. And we could see
04:42 that close in these next couple of hundred metres. And like we were saying in some of
04:47 the other races today, Natasha, anything less than sort of 20 metres, and that's sprinting
04:52 distance, right? So I think that might push Dixon on and it might close that lead up to
04:57 Gilmore. But we're running out of room here now, 500 metres to go. McGrath now within
05:02 four metres of Dixon. This is coming right down to the wire for that silver medal. And
05:07 Jess Eddy also still in contention here. She's only six or seven metres off Morgan McGrath.
05:13 We're in for a fight for the podium. What a tussle. She's really clawed back, hasn't
05:18 she? Her sprint is showing her stamina and endurance in a whole new way. She's only five
05:24 metres back. If she continues this sprint in this high speed, we might see her in podium
05:29 contention. It's really anyone's game right now. Looking down, we see Ella Fox and Marcia
05:34 Caniglio as well. They're within about five metres of each other. So it's going to come
05:39 down to the ending sprint for them as well. We're hoping that the crowd is just cheering
05:44 them on here. This is some of the toughest part of the race, this last 500 metres. They
05:49 have two minutes to go. They can do it. We see Charlotte Dixon, 1.46. Very impressive
05:57 splits. She's starting her sprint. She can see she's four metres ahead, and I don't think
06:01 she wants to let that go. Jess Eddy is coming for Morgan McGrath here. They're just so,
06:07 so close to switching places. You can see it ticking down, and that is the line between
06:13 standing on the podium and not having a medal around your neck or not. 150 metres to go
06:19 for our race leader. I think in the same vein as Yolnda Carina, Elizabeth Gilmour is going
06:24 to win this in style for a back-to-back versus a challenge. But here goes Jess Eddy. She's
06:29 moved into bronze medal position ahead of Morgan McGrath. What can the American do to
06:34 respond here? They're level pegging, moving into this final sprint. Gilmour's also taking
06:40 the rate up to win this in style. She's only got five strokes to go, but look at this.
06:44 Jed Ellesey now has Dixon in her sights with these final few metres. She's going to pull
06:50 as hard as she can, push as hard as she can. This podium, I think, will have two British
06:57 athletes standing on it in silver and bronze. Oh, we'll wait to see that final result, but
07:02 Gilmour is elated, and she cheers on the remainder of her competitors. Look at that. Her first
07:09 thought is to turn around, start screaming, start shouting for everyone else. But wow,
07:14 I think my racer of the afternoon goes to Jess Eddy because she just closed in, timed
07:22 it to perfection and moved into that bronze medal position with a matter of minutes to
07:26 go. But Dixon looks so happy with that improved performance from 2023. She will stand next
07:32 to Gilmour on the podium as a silver medalist, and Jess Eddy will join her. The two British
07:39 athletes there will bookend Gilmour.
07:42 [END]
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