Last update on. From the section OlympicsTokyo Olympic Games on BBC Dates: 23 Jul-8 Aug Time in Tokyo: BST+8. Listen live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button; Listen live on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra, and Sounds; Live text and video clips available on BBC Sport app and website.Great Britain's rowers took home the first Olympic quadruple sculls silver medal. Harry Leask and Angus Groom won gold, while Tom Barras, Tom Barras, Jack Beaumont and Tom Barras claimed silver.The British crew resisted late charges from Australia, Poland and caused jubilant celebrations at the water's edge.This was Britain's first rowing gold at these Games in the Sea Forest Waterway.The men's four medal was not won by Britain, who came in fourth.The Netherlands won the quadruple sculls men's quadruple in the world's best time, adding Olympic gold to their World Championship title.The Dutch team won the victory in five minutes 32.03 seconds, with the British crew just 1.72 seconds behind.James Cracknell, two-time Olympic gold medallist, said on BBC television that "They took a chance and that's exactly what I was looking for from our crews."They were fifth in the rankings when they entered this competition. This put tremendous pressure on their competitors. You can achieve unexpected results if you are willing to put in the effort.Beaumont, 27 years old, was injured in a 2015 training accident in Portugal that left him afraid he wouldn't be able to walk again. He had four fractured vertebrae in the back, two broken bones, and a torn hipflexor muscle.He said, "I'm so glad," We decided that we were in Lane 1, and had a chance to win a medal. So we took it to them. We did it."It was wild out, there were conditions with a tailwind, but it was what we are used too back home."Cook apologizes for men's four dominance endingsAfter Wednesday's disappointment in the finals, British rowers felt relief with the success of Beaumont, Groom and Barras.Their dominance in the four men's divisions was ended, which was their biggest disappointment.On a busy day on the water, Ollie Cook, Matt Rossiter and Rory Gibbs were considered the best hopes of winning a gold medal.They finished second in the 500m final race of the 2,000m, but they faded and drifted towards the Italian boat.The British team (in the second lane) turns towards the Italian boat during the Olympic men's four."I am responsible for the steering. "I screwed up," Cook admitted, awestruck by the incident. He cried in post-race interview but was consoled afterwards by Carnegie."I mistook the steering a bit, and that cost us a medal." "To the lads, I am sorry that I didn't steer them in the right direction at the end."The four British crew members were making their Olympic debuts. Australia won gold while Romania and Italy were also on the podium."I would never have predicted those 300m," stated 2012 gold medallist Dame Katherine Grainger."I don’t remember the last time I saw a crew veer off-road at this level. The British had problems steering near the beginning of the race, but it was fine at the finish.Cook (right), was part of the British squad for four seasons leading up to Rio 2016, but was not selectedThe women's fours saw Rowan McKellar and Hattie Taylor from Britain, Karen Bennett, Rebecca Shorten, and Karen Bennett win bronze. This was Ireland's first medal at the Games.Aifric Keogh (Eimear Lambe), Fiona Murtagh, Emily Hegarty, and Fiona Murtagh from Ireland were able to time their sprint for the line perfectly so that they finished behind Australia and the Netherlands, who have gold medals.After being unable late to claim a medal, the British pair of Graeme Thomas & John Collins came in fourth place in the men's singles sculls.Thomas said, "Fourth is just a terrible place to end."Collins said, "I felt if we did it right, we could finish on the top and a gold medal would be very possible."France's Hugo Boucheron, Matthieu Androdias won the gold medal, 0.20 seconds ahead Melvin Twellaar of the Netherlands and Stef Broenink from the Netherlands. Bronze was taken by Chinese couple Liu Zhiyu & Zhang Liang.
