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Team Adidas
I am pleased to have been asked to join TEAM ADIDAS as one of their Olympic Symbols for the Beijing Olympics 2008. adidas is also the official Olympic kit supplier for Team GB. I recently took part in a photoshoot on the Thames with Jude Edgington who took some beautiful photos of all the adidas athletes in a local setting that inspires us to compete.
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Photos of Olympic rowing venue
The rowing will be held at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park at Mapo Village in the Shunyi District of Beijing. The venue opened on 28th July 2007. Water is the inspiration for the park design, which includes boat-shaped stands, oars on bridges and wave-shaped roofs. It will also be the venue for the canoe/kayak (flat-water and slalom) and marathon swimming.  View a BBC flyby video of the venue.
 
Team GB rowing announced
The GB Olympic Rowing team was announced to today at a press conference at our training facility and I'm so pleased to be part of it in the coxless four.  The full team line up can be viewed on the BOA's website
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Poznan World Cup, June 2008
The final World Cup regatta in Poland was the last opportunity for us to compare ourselves to the majority of the qualified Olympic opposition. After getting Andy and Tom back into the boat (with their injuries behind them) we knew that we had a lot to do in a short space of time.
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Poznan World Cup schedule
We're now in Poznan, Poland for the third and final World Cup of the season. It's our last race before the Olympics in 7 weeks time. You can follow the heats (Friday)and final (Sunday) of the coxless four using the live race viewer online at World Rowing. The finals will also be shown on BBC2 on Sunday at 1pm. Thanks for all your support!
 
Lucerne World Cup, May 2008
I am sure there is not a single sportsman in the world that enjoys losing. There are probably only a handful who don’t mind losing. For me, the toughest thing to take is the feeling that you were not good enough or you under-performed.
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