An ambitious move to shift the focus from one of Australia’s most long-standing Olympic traditions to chase gold in a blue riband event has already come at a heavy price.
An ambitious move to stack Australia’s rowing men’s eight with three Olympic champions in hope of finally securing an elusive gold medal in the blue riband event faces its judgment day on Saturday after the much-hyped team scraped through to the final.
Alex Hill, the only remaining member of the Tokyo team who was also part of the silver medal-winning crew in Rio, played down any suggestions the selection had backfired after his own disappointing finish. He also backed the men’s eight to improve on their sketchy form ahead the final. When Rowing Australia’s performance director Paul Thompson announced his play in March he said: “The eights are the nation’s boats and both of those are still a nut we have got to crack”.But the decision to prioritise gold in the bigger boat looked on shaky ground after the Australians finished fourth in the repechage race, scraping into the final with the slowest qualifying time.
“I think ultimately having a race that we can walk away from saying that’s the best that we could do,” Brodie said. “If that lands us medal, then awesome.”
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