The Late Eight
With Russia ruled out, Australia’s women got the Olympic call with only nine days to prepare
WORDS ROSANNAH SNELSON//PHOTOGRAPHY ROWING AUSTRALIA

Meaghan Volker, Charlotte Sutherland, Sarah Banting, Molly Goodman, Fiona Albert, Jessica Morrison, Lucy Stephan, Olympia Alderney and Alexandra Hagen of the AUS W8+ competing in Rio.
Being told that you’ll be competing at the Olympic Games just nine days prior is the stuff nightmares are made of. It’s like being told that you have to sit an exam with no time to study. For the women of the Australian eight this is exactly what happened.