Nick Mead can’t quite locate the right word. Maybe “sheepish” will do. It’s the second week of the 2024 Olympics. Mead is out to breakfast at a Parisian café with his fellow American rowers.

“We collectively bought in as a boat,” Nick Mead said. “We wanted to feel like there ... finishing 2.02 seconds behind Great Britain. The Olympics were 10 months away. They needed a gameplan. “We ...

Nick Mead and Justin Best discuss the U.S. men's four rowing team winning Olympic gold in Paris.