British Rowing bosses are eyeing up even greater dominance of the Paralympics after winning four medals in Paris.

Every ParalympicsGB crew that took to the water in Vaires-sur-Marne won a medal, including golds for the mixed coxed four and the mixed double sculls of Lauren Rowles and Gregg Stevenson, extending long unbeaten records.

Single sculler BenjamIn Pritchard put in a stunning breakthrough performance to claim gold while the new crew of Sam Murray and Annie Caddick took silver.

“It’s one thing having the potential, it’s another thing delivering on the day,” said Director of Performance Louise Kingsley.

“The success we’ve had is a credit to the system and the structure that sits around our athletes, the coaching, the support powered by The National Lottery.”

“Every single athlete, the way they are supported and helped, all of that contributes to a team performance that we are incredibly proud of.”

More than £80M in National Lottery funding has gone into and enhanced grassroots and community rowing projects across the UK, that feeds the success of the para squad.

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UK Sport’s World Class Programme, which is funded by The National Lottery, allows athletes to train full time, have access to the world’s best coaches and benefit from pioneering medical support.

“We simply wouldn’t be here without the funding made possible by National Lottery players and it means everything to us,” said Kinglsey.

“We’re reliant on it to be able to train and without it, our athletes wouldn’t get the opportunity to do incredible things.

“Each athlete has their own story and their own impairment and somewhere along the way, someone will look at them and think ‘I can do that.’

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“Our aim is to inspire more people to take up sport and be active, even if that isn’t reaching the Paralympics, and that’s what National Lottery funding enables us to do.”

Despite the extraordinary morning of success at the Games, Kingsley and the team led by Tom Dyson are far from resting on their laurels.

GB did not field an athlete in the women’s PR1 single sculls category and to do so at LA 2028 is a burning ambition.

“As a team, we’re never satisfied,” said Kingsley.

“We only got three golds and a silver, we’ve got to be striving for more and finding that PR1 woman. It’s about what is next, how we recover and prepare better and that takes time, effort and money.

“I hope the Games has inspired people and helped us fight this perception that rowing is only a sport for posh kids. It is one of the great accessible sports because you can sit down doing it - rowing clubs are friendly places that are open to all.”

Thanks to National Lottery players our Olympic & Paralympic athletes are supported to live their dreams and make the nation proud. With more than £30M a week raised for Good Causes, The National Lottery has enabled ParalympicsGB to become a global force in Para Rowing and has provided more opportunities for people inspired to take part in the sport. For details visit www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk