Golden Girls
West Country rowers Heather Stanning and Helen Glover have won Great Britain's first gold medal in the London 2012 Olympics.
Gold for West Country pair
Team GB claimed its first gold medal of London 2012 today, thanks to a pair of rowers from the West Country.
Helen Glover, from Penzance, and Yeovil-born Heather Stanning became the first British women to take an Olympic rowing gold in front of an ecstatic crowd at Eton Dorney.
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