Olympics Rio 2016: Double rowing gold for Great Britain in women's pairs and men's four

ByBen Snowball

Updated 12/08/2016 at 15:05 GMT

Great Britain edged Australia to take gold in the men’s coxless four in Rio – just minutes after Helen Glover and Heather Stanning had become GB’s first female victors at this summer’s Olympic Games.

The quartet of Alex Gregory, Mohamed Sbihi, Constantine Louloudis and George Nash earned GB’s sixth gold medal of the Games, enough to propel them into fourth in the overall table.

Australia faded in the final 500m to take silver, with Italy roaring through the closing stages to snatch bronze.

Silver medalists William Lockwood (AUS) of Australia, Joshua Dunkley-Smith (AUS) of Australia, Joshua Booth (AUS) of Australia and Alexander Hill (AUS) of Australia react as gold medalists Alex Gregory (GBR) of Britain, Mohamed Sbihi (GBR) of Britain, Geo

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GB men’s eight dominate to take gold, women take silver

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Earlier, Glover and Stanning had repeated their London 2012 triumph with a remarkable row.

It had appeared they would romp to victory after opening up a huge advantage in the first 1500m, but their lead disintegrated in the final quarter as New Zealand duo Rebecca Scown and Genevieve Behrent threatened a huge upset.

However, they held on to extend their unbeaten five-year run in style. Denmark pair Hedvig Rasmussen and Anne Andersen took bronze.

The rowing elite join other British gold medallists Adam Peaty (swimming), Joe Clarke (kayak slalom), Jack Laugher and Chris Mears (diving) and the men’s team sprint (cycling).

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GB women's eight take silver in frantic finish

13/08/2016 at 14:22

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GB take gold in men’s coxless four

12/08/2016 at 14:44