Moment furious speedboat driver ‘tries to ram into Olympic rower’ on the Thames and threatens him in river rage row

A British Olympic silver medallist bravely intervened to stop a river rage row on Sunday.

Rowing star Jack Beaumont, 32, was out on the River Thames this morning when a speedboat allegedly rammed into a rower from Maidenhead Rowing Club.

Mr Beaumont asked the skipper of the speedboat what he was doing charging into the small vessels – known as sculls – in his 18-foot vessel.

The owner of the speedboat, understood to be called the Mayfair Lady, then accelerated towards Mr Beaumont. 

Footage obtained by the Daily Mail captured the captain underleashing a volley of verbal abuse towards Mr Beaumont, as he called

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