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Purchase eyeing return and gold at Rio

Zac Purchase insists he will only return to the water in order to win gold at Rio 2016 as the rower contemplates a comeback.

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Triggs Hodge looks for positives after mixed Essen displays

Olympic champion Andrew Triggs Hodge stroked Great Britain's men's eight to victory at rowing's Essen International - but he conceded there was ...

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Copeland itching for return to action

Katherine Copeland insists that while she might be out of sight rowing is not out of her mind with the London 2012 Olympic gold medallist alread...

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Memory of London 2012 still fresh in Purchase's mind

Rower Zac Purchase insists he is doing his upmost to get over the disappointment of missing out on gold at London 2012.

The 27-year-old h...

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Gold-medal winning rowers prepare for Eton Dorney return

Three of Team GB’s London 2012 gold-medal winning rowers will prepare for next month’s World Cup event at Eton Dorney by competing at the 97th I...

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Biography

Alastair Heathcote was selected in the men's eight for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and won a silver medal, finishing in front of the Americans and behind the Canadians. Heathcote started rowing at the age of 15 at Eton College however; he decided not to pursue the sport beyond high school. Instead, he decided on a different path, and moved to New Zealand to work on a farm sheering sheep. After a year abroad Heathcote moved back to Great Britain where he went to study at Newcastle University. To offset his studies, he began rowing for fun. What was supposed to be recreational activity rekindled his passion, and Heathcoat began working towards his Master’s degree at Oxford Brooke University so that he could row on the team there.