The 2023 World Rowing Championships are underway and today, in the PR3 Mixed Coxed Four, the first four boats that qualified for the A-Final also secured a quota for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Let's go behind the scenes with the GBR PR3 Mixed Coxed Four that secured a spot for Paris.
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - Okay, heads, ready, up.
00:13 Yeah, let's just put it away from the lake, just a touch.
00:17 (upbeat music)
00:20 - Oh, it's amazing.
00:24 I think this World Championships is just so different.
00:27 You know, we're all coming to qualify
00:30 and obviously, you know, we're all punching for medals
00:32 and the ideal is you punch for a medal
00:33 and then you get the qualification spot.
00:35 So yeah, we're absolutely buzzing to qualify.
00:37 That's priority job one done
00:39 and now we're on to the final
00:40 and we've got to chase those medals.
00:42 We're absolutely buzzing to qualify for Paris.
00:45 It's the primary aim of coming here,
00:47 is to go out and basically get that qualification spot.
00:49 So you've got this sort of like dual focus going on
00:52 of obviously chasing medals, but also trying to qualify.
00:54 Just hold on, they're gonna go, they're gonna go.
00:57 And then when they went, I was like, right, yes,
00:59 and it was really fun.
01:00 Thank you.
01:02 (laughing)
01:04 - I'm filming, it's like a matrix.
01:06 (upbeat music)
01:08 - We have to stand so far away.
01:16 - Aw, can we go a bit closer?
01:19 - He's blind, can't see.
01:21 Oh, wow.
01:26 - Yeah, two seconds look different
01:27 than the cost, doesn't it?
01:30 - I'm going at the top of the hill.
01:36 - Am I going next?
01:37 - Yeah.
01:38 (laughing)
01:39 - I've got the lads.
01:41 (laughing)
01:42 - Look at the camera.
01:43 - Which one? - Which one?
01:44 - I don't know where I'm catching them.
01:45 - Look at, like straight ahead.
01:47 You're safe, you can just get closer.
01:49 - I literally can't lift anymore.
01:50 - I know, that's why I'm like.
01:52 (laughing)
01:54 (laughing)
01:56 - Yay.
01:57 - Oh, hang on, no, sorry.
01:59 - I've got it.
02:01 (siren blaring)
02:04 - It's fine, we'll leave you on your board now.
02:07 (laughing)
02:09 (upbeat music)