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Wilson takes gold in shooting

Team GB shooter Peter Wilson has claimed the gold medal in the men's double trap with a score of 188.

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Wilson's shooting gold on stamp

Shooter Peter Wilson's gold medal will be celebrated on a Royal Mail stamp today.

Peter Wilson won gold in the shotgun men's double trap. Credit: Royal Mail/PA Wire

Victorious Britons who win the top accolade at London 2012 will be commemorated with a series of special stamps and have a post box painted gold in their home towns to celebrate their wins.

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Stars celebrate Wilson's gold medal

Peter Wilson presented with gold medal

The sun shone as Peter Wilson was presented with a gold medal for shooting. The stand was packed by his relatives who said they were delighted to watch his win. His cousin Robbie Wilson said:

Just the mental concentration and focus that he showed (to win) was unbelievable. I am incredibly proud. It was a fantastic effort.

Thankfully for us the suffering is over. It has just been such a rollercoaster. It was a fantastic effort.

Another cousin, David Wilson, said his heart was thumping the whole way through the final.

It was an absolute privilege to be here to watch a member of my family shoot in the Olympic Games and to get the gold medal on his first try. I had that classic thing right up to the finish where my heart was thumping all the way, right up until I knew that he had won.

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