http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/british_rowers_rule_the_regatt.html en-gb 30 Wed 16 Dec 2009 14:01:10 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/british_rowers_rule_the_regatt.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/british_rowers_rule_the_regatt.html?page=16#comment5 Writersworld, in a word, yes!Everybody else, you're spot on about the Chinese crew. But what a race. And I have rarely seen four people so devastated afterwards. It was really quite moving to see these bright, intelligent women with lots going for them absolutely heartbroken about this defeat. What a contrast with the men's four or Purchase and Hunter.....but then that's sport. Fine lines and all that. Mon 18 Aug 2008 06:12:34 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/british_rowers_rule_the_regatt.html?page=13#comment4 dazzlingBestinshow I agreee wholeheartedly with your comment. Ultimately they were beaten by a better crew-Defeat is tough to handle, but undoubtedly they gave it their all. I don't think they should have been quite as dissappointed as they were!! Plus the Chinese had home advatage!! Sun 17 Aug 2008 21:46:47 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/british_rowers_rule_the_regatt.html?page=10#comment3 I'm not a rowing fan normally. However, I watch the typical big events as and when they're on and I always watch the Olympic finals.It is an awesome spectacle of sport. Just look at the faces of all the competitors after they have finished. Utter exhaustion, to the point of barely being able to congratulate team mates. These people have my every respect, win or lose because of the sheer volume of training they put in, but it also, perhaps, demonstrates better than any other sport what the difference between winning and losing can be, physically and emotionally.Talking of emotion, I don't think you'll find a better comentator than Garry Herbert. You can tell he knows what it means to win when his voice quakes, typically when a GB team are stealing a lead about 200m from the line. Watch this link to the i-player from about 1h 17m in and you'll see what I mean http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00csyc5/b00csy1w/.Great coverage, great commentary and great sport. Awesome. Sun 17 Aug 2008 19:39:34 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/british_rowers_rule_the_regatt.html?page=6#comment2 dazzlingBestinshow .... Spot on! Strive for Gold , smile for silver , if you didn't win you were beaten by someone better. Sun 17 Aug 2008 18:34:29 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/british_rowers_rule_the_regatt.html?page=3#comment1 Dear Matt,Do you think we do not see countries like Russie and the former Eastern block countries not getting anything like the numberof medals they used to get is through tougher drug testing and they knew this time around they would get caught out.Kind regards,Graham Cook Sun 17 Aug 2008 18:00:44 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/british_rowers_rule_the_regatt.html?page=0#comment0 I think the rowers on a whole did well.However, after watching the heats of the womens quad, the chinese looked awesome and the British team looked pushed, even though they said it was easy, their body language said different.I think its easy to come to terms with silver if you were beaten by a better team, and they were. They didnt lose gold, the chinese won it. Sun 17 Aug 2008 17:42:18 GMT+1