Canada's McBean looks back at rowing career on 25th anniversary of triple gold. MORE:
Twenty-five years later at another Olympics half a world away and sadly neither are present. Heddle succumbed to cancer earlier this year and because of COVID-19 precautions in Japan fans are not allowed to watch any events in person at the Tokyo Games.
McBean still laughs at the memory of how their fatigue from the race made it hard to disentangle themselves after that victory hug. Because Heddle had leaned so far back in their boat McBean had to try and push her partner forward, something she barely had the strength to do after their gold-medal performance.
"I know that's kind of in stark contrast to what we're doing right here. I feel badly as I say it. But if you ask me what I think about 25 years ago, that's what comes out." Heddle and McBean also won gold in eights and coxless pair at the 1992 Barcelona Games, making the pair Canada’s only triple gold medallists in Summer Olympic history. They also won bronze in quadruple sculls in Atlanta.
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