Tokyo 2020: Team GB miss rowing medal by hundredth of second in agonising photo finish for Emily Craig and Imogen Grant
TEAM GB missed out on a rowing medal by one hundredth of a second in an agonising photo finish.
Emily Craig and Imogen Grant were pipped to the bronze medal in a heartbreaking finish in the lightweight women's double sculls.
The pair led through the first 500m but looked to be rowed out by a Dutch attack and closing sprints from Italy and France.
But as Italy pushed through in the final 50m, the Dutch, defending champions from Rio, literally stopped rowing two strokes from the line.
It appeared that Grant and Craig had taken third, with the Dutch in despair, but a photo-finish went against the Brits by 0.01sec.
Katherine Grainger, who won medals at five successive Olympics, told the BBC: "Emily Craig and Imogen Grant haven't put a foot wrong but it just came down to one final stroke at the end."
It was a tough day for Team GB in the rowing with Helen Glover also missing out on a medal in fourth place.
Two-time gold medallist Glover and Polly Swann suffered the near miss in the women's pairs race.
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Team GB have now finished fourth in five events at the Sea Forest Waterway.
Britain were the most successful rowing team at Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.
But their tally so far in Tokyo stands at just one silver medal won by Harry Leask, Angus Groom, Tom Barras and Jack Beaumont in the quadruple sculls.
