onE ovEr THE
EiGHT for lUcy
at six foot four and just over While Britain put their top rowers in “It has been very disruptive with
14 stone Tom lucy is an the four, many countries see the eight injuries in the squad, but you just have
unlikely baby for the GB as the premier boat and the Canadians to deal with that as best you can and
rowing squad, but he is the will go into the Olympics as favourites. we have come out of it quite well.”
youngest competitor in the
team going to Beijing. However the British eight won the While Lucy’s future success seems
last World Cup event in Posnan and assured, his rapid arrival in time for
The Monmouth School product may are strong medal contenders, with the Beijing has taken many by surprise -
have only come into the squad last chance of going for gold. including himself to a degree.
year, but the 20-year-old is strongly
tipped as one of the stars of the future “It is a relief to get it confi rmed that “It has been quite a strange couple of
as his early progress would suggest. I am in the team. I have always been years, because two years ago I would
going for the eight and would rather never have seen myself in this position
The only real debate for Beijing was be in that than the pair,” said Lucy. - even though it was an aim, it seemed
not whether he would be selected or a long shot,” said Lucy.
not but whether he would be picked “It has been going really well, I have
in the eight or the pair, he even spent only been in the eight in the last World “It was a stroke of luck two years ago
much of the season fi lling in with Cup at Posnan because I was in the coming into the team and it has been a
the coxless four Blue Riband boat in four before that, I am really pleased dream since then.
British rowing. with the speed we are showing.
“People have been commenting that
Certainly Welsh teammate Tom James “We won at Posnam but only had the team maybe has not been as
has earmarked Lucy as an impressive the Polish eight and the Germans to strong without Redgrave and Pinsent
talent and one of the core team compete against, so we will have to go but I think we are as strong and we
members come the 2012 Olympics better in the Olympics because the have to prove that.”
in London, while Lucy himself is Canadians have won every race they
determined to get a medal this time have entered in the last two years and The eight is the most powerful boat,
round. that is the standard we have to aim for. with Lucy in the number three seat.
Welsh olympians - Tom lucy
Tom Lucy fi lled in with the four this season
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