O'Connor ready to ride crest of wave so that British crew all pull together

From: The Independent on Sunday | Date: May 11, 2008| Author: Alan Hubbard | Copyright information

GOING FOR GOLD

Cox settles into the hot seat as women's eight try to live up to the Olympic legacy left by Redgrave and Pinsent. By Alan Hubbard

It was Victoria Pendleton who declared recently how remarkable it is what the British can achieve in sport by sitting on their backsides. She was talking, of course, about the phenomenal successes she and her fellow cyclists had obtained, but an examination of the outstanding results from recent Olympics suggests that the prolific pedal...

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