An emotional Lola Anderson cried as she revealed how her late father kept her Olympics 2024 dream alive.
After winning in the women’s quadruple sculls with Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott and Georgie Brayshaw, she told the BBC: “It feels like it’s been ages working towards this. We were sticking to what comes next but it comes to the end of the cycle and it doesn’t get bigger. It’s been overwhelming to experience this but just incredible.”
Asked about writing on a piece of paper she wanted this moment to come, she replied: “13 years ago. I’d forgotten about it but a couple of years ago my dad reminded me and I know that he would be so, so proud. I’m thinking a lot about him right now.”