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Women's rowing pair Helen Glover and Heather Stanning have won Team GB's first gold medal of the London Olympics.
The duo also became the first British women to take an Olympic rowing gold in front of an ecstatic crowd at Eton Dorney.
They led from the front in a dominant performance which saw the opposition trail in their wake.
After crossing the line they hugged each other with joy and then saluted the crowd, which included Princes William and Harry and the Princess Royal.
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