Rowing pair win Olympic gold
Rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won Team GB's first gold today in the women pairs final. The men's eight, featuring 40-year-old Greg Searle, won bronze.
Camp Bastion celebrates Captain Stanning's win
Colleagues of Captain Heather Stanning celebrated her gold medal in Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. Stanning and her partner Helen Glover won Team GB's first gold medal this morning.
Her army colleagues, who sent her a good luck message before the event, said she had achieved a "magnificent result."
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