Blades, Sweat and Tears

The men's and women's 8, and Lauren Henry in the single, all strike gold in Varese

It's a huge year for the GB Rowing team. They finished their winter training in Caversham and headed out to Varese in Italy for the first World Cup regatta of the season. Here are the medal winners and all the highlights reflecting on a top of the table performance to get Olympic year underway.

It's the Paralympics in Paris this summer. The Rowing Finals will be held on September 1st.

Traditionally the GB rowers win lots of medals at the Paralympics. They train in Caversham and at Bisham Abbey, but this weekend are heading away to a training camp in Europe.

Tim Dellor has been to meet GB Rowers Ben Pritchard, Lauren Rowles and Gregg Stevenson, to find out how preparations are going, how they became a para-athlete, and their thoughts on Paris 2024.

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As the Paris 2024 gets closer, and with Olympic qualifiers next, the GB Rowing Team hit form in Lucerne. Commentary, interviews and analysis with Olympic medallists Sarah Winckless and Martin Cross. Presented by Tim Dellor.

In a coxes special, Tim speak to Henry Fieldman, Matilda Horn and Erin Kennedy about how lockdown is affecting the training of those who don't physically row.

Meanwhile, triple Olympic medalist Greg Searle joins for a chat.

Lockdown training continues as attention turns to when some normality may return.

The British Rowing team discuss how a delay to the Tokyo Olympic may actually be a good thing, and when returning to their Caversham training base may occur.

Tim Dellor catches up with some of the British Rowing squad as lockdown continues.

CEO Andy Parkinson talks about supporting rowing clubs all over the country, Dr Polly Swann explains what it's like to juggle training and working for the NHS, and Lauren Rowles reveals how her new training partner is her mum!

Tim Dellor finds out how the rowers continue to train from home, and volunteer locally.

Tim Dellor catches up with John Collins, Karen Bennett and Ellen Buttrick about life under lockdown, whilst Buttrick tells him how she's volunteering to help local residents.

Also, journalist Rachel Quarrell gives her assessment of where the British Rowing squad currently is, and whether an Olympic Games delay could actually be a good thing.

Tim Dellor catches up with Tom George, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Polly Swann, Rowan McKellar and Tom Ransley, as the Olympics postponement and COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect day-to-day training.

Tim Dellor catches up John Collins, Karen Bennett and Moe Sbihi from the British Rowing squad as Tokyo 2020 gets postponed, and all training is moved to athlete's homes.

Double Olympian Martin Cross also joins the discussion.