Molesey Boat Club’s George Nash and Moe Sbihi’s bid to keep the men’s fours gold medal tradition going continues in the semi-final today.
The event will go ahead at 1:30pm after it was postponed due to high winds yesterday.
Britain have been Olympic champions in the event at every Games since Sydney 2000, and in order for a chance of gold in Rio, the pair will need to finish in the top three out of six progress to the final.
Nash and Sbihi — who lives in Surbiton and went to St Mary’s University — comfortably beat France, South Africa and Italy in the last heat to propel them into the semi-final.
Along with defending Olympic champion Alex Gregory and Constantine Louloudis, Nash and Sbihi are unbeaten this season in the men’s four.
The south west London duo have helped GB to multiple world championships in the last three seasons, in eights in 2013 and 2015 and as part of a four in 2014.
Team GB men’s rowing chief coach, Jurgen Grobler said: “We are here to compete and to show how we can perform.
“We have prepared well and we are now looking forward to it.”
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