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Greg Searle, David Florence and Olympic motivation

Great Britain's rowers enjoyed mixed fortunes in the last competition before the Olympics, winning three golds but seeing two leading hopes beaten. Jonathan Legard speaks to a...

Great Britain's rowers enjoyed mixed fortunes in the last competition before the Olympics, winning three golds but seeing two leading hopes beaten. Jonathan Legard speaks to a disappointed Greg Searle after the men鈥檚 eight only managed to secure a bronze medal. After the Canoe Slalom World Cup, David Florence tells 大象传媒 World Service how it felt to make history by becoming the first man to win two gold medals across two classes. Team GB鈥檚 Alex Stott speaks about her career in football. 大象传媒 Radio 4鈥檚 鈥淎ll in the Mind鈥 investigates if watching big sporting events like the Olympics encourages people to take up sport. British gymnast Beth Tweddle tells 大象传媒 5 about her overcoming her knee injury. Mark Houlton was one a Britain鈥檚 best hurdlers, he competed in the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the 1984 LA Games. He rarely mentions his former life as a sportsman but Mark recounts this world to his daughter Sophie for Radio 4鈥檚 鈥淟istening Project鈥.

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