Sport | OlympicsRio 2016 Olympics rowing: Team GB quadruple sculls final called off due to bad weatherMade to wait: Team GB's Heather Stanning and Helen Glover are aiming to secure a place in the women's pair final(Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images)Sam Long10 August 2016Rowing has been postponed for the day in Rio due to high winds.Team GB's Heather Stanning and Helen Glover are aiming to secure a place in the women's pair final while Jack Beaumont, Sam Townsend, Peter Lambert and Angus Groom will also have to wait to compete in the men’s quadruple sculls final.The Lagoa morning session was initially postponed but the decision has now been taken to call off the entire event until tomorrow, with a new schedule expected to be announced soon."No racing will take place today," a media officer announced.Read MoreAquatics GB 'immensely disappointed' as Proud joins Enhanced GamesSports quiz of 2024: 100 hard questions on an incredible year Keely Hodgkinson reveals Grand Slam Track decision and 2025 ambitionsSponsoredThe new face of whisky investment Organisers and team managers were meeting to discuss a revised schedule for Thursday.The first of the rowing finals, the women's quadruple sculls and the men's quadruple sculls, had been due to be contested on Wednesday.The rowing competition has been dogged by bad weather. Races on Sunday were postponed for a day when winds roiled the waters of the lagoon.Mist shrouded the mountains that flank the lagoon on Wednesday morning and rain fell steadily as winds again whipped up the water.MORE ABOUTOlympics 2016
