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.
Helen Glover 'stays away from boyfriend' to avoid catching a cold
The parents of Helen Glover have been describing the sort of sacrifices she's had to make to become a gold medal winning Olympian. Speaking to ITV News her dad said even her boyfriend doesn't go near her when he has a cold.
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