Emotional times: Team GB’s rowers embrace on an incredible day for them and their familiesThe British women’s eight were unable to match the power and speed of the dominant US crew in the Olympic final, but they created a little piece of their own history. In winning a silver medal behind the all-conquering US boat, they claimed the first Olympic medal by a British women’s eight. The only slight flutter of disappointment, quickly banished once the girls had reached dry land, was that they had gone out to match the Americans and had never really given themselves a chance. It is part of the culture of the squad that the bar is set high…

Source: The Times August 13, 2016 23:15 UTC