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.
Olympic gold medallist Heather Stanning 'to deploy to Afghanistan next year'
Olympic gold medal winner Heather Stanning has told Daybreak that she could be deployed to Afghanistan next year.
Fellow gold medallist Helen Glover also admitted to have stood on her tip-toes while being measured to reach the height requirement to join Steve Redgrave’s ‘sporting giants’ programme.
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