Silver service: Chris Bartley, Richard Chambers, Rob Williams and Peter Chambers won came second in the lightweight coxless fours"
The British crew gave everything as they tried to reel in South Africa"
In a thrilling finale to the race, South Africa (second from bottom) held off Denmark (just behind them) and Britain (far side)
The victorious South African crew of (from right) James Thompson, Matthew Brittain, John Smith and Sizwe Ndlovu can't quite believe they've won"
The Danish crew in lane four had set the early pace but tired and were gradually hauled in by Great Britain and South Africa"
Great Britain picked up their tenth medal at the London Olympics with a silver in the men's lightweight fours rowing at Eton Dorney this lunchtime.The quartet of Chris Bartley, Peter Chambers, Richard Chambers and Rob Williams pushed gold medallists South Africa every stroke of the way, but couldn't quite overtake.
Denmark, who burst out of the start to establish a length lead at half-way, took bronze.
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