Cambridge rower Imogen Grant stands ready to make history in her Olympic final. 

Grant and partner Emily Craig will race for medals in the last-ever final of the lightweight women's double sculls.

The event is being removed from the Games programme for LA 2028 and beyond, meaning they have a chance to be Olympic champions forever.

"I think we're ready," said Grant. 

"We’ve been super lucky to be supported by the National Lottery for the last six years, and being able to just focus on our training, especially when it’s so hard and so voluminous, like our programme is, it’s been a privilege."

The pair are heavy favourites and on the brink of avenging their fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics. After Tokyo, Randell took the reins of the women's squad and Craig feels he has helped turn her career around.

Whatever happens in the final, Craig and Grant have created a remarkable body of work in the lightweight double.

They are unbeaten in 11 international regattas and the 2023 World Rowing Crew of the Year. 

On the turnaround since Tokyo, Grant said: "It’s been really interesting seeing it from the outside actually. I wasn’t there full-time for the first two years of the Olympiad and the changes are huge. 

"Andrew had so much vision and belief in this entire squad, taking us from a squad which didn’t win any medals in Tokyo, to a squad that has numerous World Championships at this point.

"It’s a testament to his programme and the belief he has instilled in all of us."

Randell's revolution was vindicated at the first time of asking with Team GB earning their first-ever gold medal in the women's quad in one of the greatest rowing races of all time.

Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson, Georgie Brayshaw and Lauren Henry to get their team off the medal mark in the most cinematic way imaginable.
The Netherlands led for 1,999 metres but not that one that mattered as the British quartet launched a fearsome sprint finish, throwing their bow ball over the finish line first by a third of a canvas.

"There is so much talent in the GB squad at the moment," said Craig.

"I have so much faith in the training I've done and we've all done that. I take a lot of positivity from that, but I think also we have to race our own races, we have to do our own thing. We'll celebrate with them a little bit today, but it's about focusing on our final as well."

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