Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Rowing - Men's Eight - Heats - Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. Coxswain Eline Berger of the Netherlands, Robert Luecken of the Netherlands, Mechiel Versluis of the Netherlands, Bram Schwarz of the Netherlands, Maarten Hurkmans of the Netherlands, Simon van Dorp of the Netherlands, Jasper Tissen of the Netherlands, Ruben Knab of the Netherlands and Bjorn van den Ende of the Netherlands in action REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's title defence in the men's eight got off to a rocky start in Tokyo on Saturday, as the Netherlands scored a stunning victory to force the reigning European Champions into Wednesday's repechage.
Making her Olympic debut, 24-year-old coxswain Eline Berger guided the Dutch men's crew to a stellar 5:30.66 performance, seizing the early lead as the heavily favoured Britain struggled to hit their stride and finished third behind New Zealand.
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