After the discoveryofBacksbody on Boxing day, Langridge posted a message on her daughterspagethat reads: "MydaughterSimonepassed awaytodaysopleaseleaveher alone now."
The men's quad of Stephen Rowbotham, Matt Langridge, Matt Wells and Alan Campbell felt they had a realistic chance of becoming the first men's sculling boat since the seventies to win a medal at a World Championships.