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Henry Fieldmanmade history bybecoming thefirst Olympian to win medals in both mens and womens events.
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The 35-year-old athlete is a coxswain.
The rowing eights are the onlyboats that still use coxes at Olympic regattas.
Before securing anOlympic medal, he won bronze at Bulgarias 2018 World Rowing Championships.
The following year, he won another bronze at Austrias 2019 World Rowing Championships.
On Saturday (August 3), he added another medal to his collection in the womens eight.
Henry and the womens team qualified for the Olympics by finishing fourth at the 2023 World Championship.
They are a really supportive group.
Weve been through a lot of ups and downs and challenges.
Rowing events in the Olympics have been held for men since 1900 and for women since 1976.
The mens eight team secured a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
They have now won medals in the eights at five consecutive Games, including gold in Rio in 2016.
We know that when were sitting at the start line, absolutely everythings been taken care of.
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