James Ready to Emulate Cooke with Olympic Gold ; Beijing 2008
Western Mail › August 17, 2008
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WELSH rower Tom James has vowed to give it everything to follow Nicole Cooke onto the top of the Olympic podium after his GB flagship four powered into Saturday's final in the fastest qualifying time.
"It's brilliant that Nicole has won the first Olympic gold medal for Wales in years," said the Cardiff-born world medallist after coming home with three-quarters of a length to spare on second- placed Australia.See the full content of this document
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James Ready to Emulate Cooke with Olympic Gold ; Beijing 2008
"As a patriotic Welshman, it was fantastic to see Nicole land gold.
"Because we haven't got too many gold medals in the national trophy cabinet."It was a real boost to see a Welsh athlete on the podium so early in the Games, a...See the full content of this document
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