rowing. The Australian crew dropped back and finished in fourth position. Sally's three teammates were understandably shocked, devastated and inconsolable: not at all dissimilar to the sickening re-enactment I witnessed on Sunday." In March 2006, Robbins conducted televised media interviews and expressed her goal to row for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, ultimately, Robbins did not achieve the qualification times and was omitted from the squad. In April and May 2007, Robbins' motivational problems were discussed in court by former team members Katie Foulkes (coxswain) and Kyeema Doyle when they were called upon by Sydney broadcaster Alan Jones to give evidence on his behalf in response to a defamation suit brought by Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates. On Rowing Australia athletes profile page, Robbins personal motto is recorded as "Never surrender the dream". References 1981 births Australian female rowers Living people Olympic rowers of Australia Olympic Games controversies People educated at Melville Senior High School Sportswomen from Western Australia Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Western Australian Institute of Sport alumni Rowers from Perth, Western Australia Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women