Great Britain rowers have praised the enthusiasm and noise made by the home crowd throughout the Games, but for the Australian rowing team the sheer volume created by the fans has apparently made the journey to Wednesday's finals increasingly more difficult.
Jason Lane, coach of the Australian women's quadruple sculls, who won their repechage to qualify for the final on Wednesday, said that the niose was a new element to which the rowers must become accustomed.
He said that his crew claimed it was "quite hard to hear calls inside the boat" and adding: "You don't often see that in rowing normally."
Lane declared that unless his crew - Dana Faletic, Kerry Hore, Pauline Frasca and Amy Clay - prepares for the noise, the enthusiams of spectators would only serve to hinder their performance.
Toby Lister, cox of the Australian men's heavyweight eight, also mentioned the noise trouble and he is preparing for even higher volume on Wednesday's final.
"The gyus have got to be really tunnel-visioned and just listen to my voice," Lister said.
"It's not too bad the first half of the race, you can't really hear the crowd, you hear a slight buzzing noise but nothing overly exhausting, but I think come Wednesday it will be pretty wild, so we will have to be prepared for that."
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