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4 Sep 2024 | |
Written by Sue Carpenter | |
OP News |
Prior to leaving for Paris, Frankie and some of her fellow GB team mates received a phone call from Prime Minister Keir Starmer wishing them good luck, as it turned out no luck was necessary, the hardwork and dedication of the crew took them over the line to bring home a Paralympic Gold Medal. Frankie, already a double World Champion, took to the water for the first time on 30th August in the heats. The crew of the PR3 Mixed coxed four (PR3 Mix4+), Great Britain’s most successful boat, continued their 13 year winning streak in their first heat also clocking up a World and Paralympic Best Time of 6:43.68. The crew were the fastest across both heats, and went straight through to the A Final on Sunday.1st September.
The very last race of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Regatta saw the crew pitted against the USA, France Germany, Australia and Italy. At the 250m mark all six crews were within half a length of each other with GB up 40 strokes per minute. The USA, France and Germany were all still vying for medals as the race entered its second quarter. Frankie's crew had a half length lead at the halfway stage ahead of the USA and France. In the final stages the USA pushed team GB all the way but were unable to break the winning streak that the GB boat has held in this class since 2010. On behalf of everyone across the Pangbournian community we send our heartiest congratulations to Frankie and the crew for a magnificent achievement. A truly golden performance.
To see more photographs of the event, take a look at the gallery below. We'd like to thank OP Benedict Tufnell 1999 - 2006) for these fantastic photos. Ben is the official photographer of the British Olympic and Paralympic rowing teams and has followed Frankie's progress across the globe, photographing all her amazing wins, his photographs really capture all the effort and emotion of the day
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