The event will be taken out of the rowing programme after the Paris Olympics, with beach sprints introduced in their place at Los Angeles in four years' time.
So Craig and Grant will forever be enshrined in Olympic history after surging to gold at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, three years on from the most painful of near-misses at the delayed Tokyo Games.
The pair missed out on a medal in Japan by just 0.01 seconds, significant motivation for an incredible unbeaten 23-race run that brought them to Paris among the biggest of favourites at these Games.
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