Team GB Rowers are believed to be
feeling incredible levels of pressure as a result of the overwhelming lack of
attention they are receiving whilst performing at their home Olympics.
Team GB Medal Hopefuls Andy Thingy and Pete Whatshisname
Team GB Rowing
coach Lord Walter Smythington-Brown of East Rochester told World of Sports: “Rowing
can be very stressful for the competitors. But try to imagine performing at the
highest level when you have to contend with crowds in excess of 35, many of
whom would rather be at the tennis. Throw 1 or 2 local residents taking their
dogs for a walk along the bank into the mix and you have a classic ‘pressure
cooker’ environment.”
The atmosphere
at the Eton Dorney Rowing Centre is believed to be increasingly super-duper tense
as Team GB look to satisfy the unrealistic expectations of the excitedly sparse
crowds.
One unnamed member
of the team said “To be honest if it’s not Oxford, Cambridge, or bloody Sir
Steve Redgrave it seems the British public couldn’t give a toss. I don’t know
why we bother.”
History has
shown that every Olympics herald the arrival of a new sporting superstar that
becomes a household name seemingly overnight, but it is highly unlikely they
will come from the 2012 GB Rowing Team.
Rowing legend
Matthew Pinsent said: “If you get it right you are instantly thrust into the
public consciousness. I mean I’ve lost count of number of times I’ve been asked
by members of the public if I’m Ben Fogle, or Prince William.”
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