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Staffordshire's Joe Clarke wins Britain's second gold medal of the Olympic Games
Stafford's Joe Clarke wins Britain's second gold medal.
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Staffordshire the 'gold medal' county
Staffordshire's Joe Clarke wins a gold medal in the canoe slalom
Joe Clarke from Stone in Staffordshire wins Great Britain's second gold medal of the Olympic Games.
He won the final of the Canoe Slalom K1.
Clarke, 23, not only won Britain's first Olympic medal in the men's K1 since Campbell Walsh at Athens 2004 but secured gold in a time of 88.53 seconds.
It is Britain's second gold medal, the first won by Midlands swimmer Adam Peaty.
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