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 legend Sally Gunnell pays tribute to rowing pair
Olympic hurdling champion Sally Gunnell has paid tribute to Heather Stanning and Helen Glover - who won Britain's first Olympic gold medals yesterday.
Speaking to Daybreak, she said: "When you are favourites there is massive pressure and they just dealt with it.
"They had a game plan, they knew exactly what they needed to do and they just stuck to it."
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