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.
Rowing gold medal celebrated on stamps
Royal Mail have released a gold medal stamp to celebrate Helen Glover and Heather Stanning's gold medal win in the women's pairs rowing final.
The stamp will be available from tomorrow afternoon and is being sold in more than 500 Post Offices branches, including Penzance, where Helen comes from, and Reading, where the pair live.
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