Hartpury's Natasha Page believes the Women's Eight can mount a serious medal challenge at the Beijing Olympics.

Page and Gloucester's Beth Rodford are in the crew's training camp in Germany, and have been confirmed in the final boat after Alice Freeman was omitted.

Page told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: "In China the water will be a lot warmer, and that generally means the times are a lot quicker.

"We go off really quickly so it's going to be a very exciting race to be in."