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I’m inclined to agree, rowing IS dominated by kids from privileged backgrounds and that needs to change but that isn’t why he failed.
By and large I’ve felt pretty positive towards Wiggins for most of his career but the rowing idea was doomed from the beginning. I don’t care how good his engine is or was, but I never believed he’d be able to pick up the “feel” you need to row in a good crew in sufficient time. Plus I don’t know what incentive GB rowing would have had to support him? His erg would have had to have been insane (comfortably sub6) before they even considered disrupting the progression of an established crew while he flapped around rocking the boat and sucking up the rhythm.
Wiggo’s comments just sound like sour grapes.