‘No words’ – Smiling Scott savours golden moment
Hannah Scott says there are “no words” after becoming an Olympic champion with her Team GB crew-mates in the women’s quad sculls in Paris.
The smile that lit up Hannah Scott’s face is unlikely to disappear anytime soon.
The Coleraine rower looked down at the shiny gold medal around her neck, the enormity of winning one of the most thrilling Olympic finals of all time still to sink in.
“No words. I can’t quite believe it, to be honest. I think I’m still in disbelief,” said Scott.
“I’m not adding up right now. I was keeping everyone on their toes, that’s all I was doing there.
“To come through the line and be standing here with one of these, I actually still can’t take it in.
Over the 2000m course, Scott and her Team GB crew mates Georgie Brayshaw, Lola Anderson and Lauren Henry trailed the Netherlands crew until the final stroke.
Fifteen-hundredths of a second was the difference.
“I know it sounds strange but ten strokes from the line, I know we weren’t up, but I was like, we got this,” added Scott, who became the first rower from Northern Ireland to win Olympic gold.
“I could just feel the power coming through and I was just like, heads in, go.”
After the photo finish, Scott and her team-mates slammed the water in ecstasy.
“I mean, I had to look up because it was quite close, but it was a relief to be honest as well because it’s one thing to have the belief, but to actually go out and do it is another thing.
“It just shows, it doesn’t matter where you come from, we can do this.”
