Tearful Campbell Finally Lands His Olympic Medal

3rd August 2012

# ROWING: Alan Campbell took his first Olympic medal in three attempts at Eton Dorney today. The 29-year-old Coleraine man, who competes for Britain, took bronze by fighting off Sweden’s Lassi Karonen in a race which brought Mahe Drysdale gold. The New Zealander was a decisive winner in his battle at the head of the field against Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic.

Campbell had been part of the Britain quadruple scull in 2004 which finished 12th. He finished fifth in the single sculls in 2008. A knee infection had left him weakened in the run-up to that Games and he might not have competed at all. When he mounted the podium for the presentation today he was in tears.

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Liam Gorman is a writer and reporter. He is the co-author of Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean, published in the United States and Canada as Crossing the Swell. He is the rowing correspondent of the Irish Times.

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