PLYMOUTH'S Jacob Dawson has revealed that Great Britain's men's eight golden charge at Paris 2024 on Saturday was inspired by videos from Team GB's Olympic-winning crew at Sydney 24 years ago.
The eight capped off a successful regatta for Britain at Vaires-surMarne with a third gold, taking the overall medal total to eight after the women's eight had won bronze 20 minutes earlier.
Coach Steve Trapmore was a member of Britain's victorious Sydney 2000 eight, and gathered the current squad together to watch videos from his former teammates.
"As they were sending us the videos they might have felt a bit awkward and not really sure if it would mean much to us," said Dawson, who won bronze in the men's eight at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics before suffering a life-threatening blood clot on his lungs two years later.
"But it really did kick us into gear and brought another level in the last few days coming into the final. They told us how to be fierce and don't give an inch.
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