GB take gold in men’s coxless four

Updated 12/08/2016 at 14:44 GMT

Great Britain edged Australia to take gold in the men’s coxless four – just minutes after Helen Glover and Heather Stanning had won gold in the women’s coxless pair.

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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.

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 opening 1500m, but their lead disintegrated in the final quarter as New Zealand threatened a huge upset.

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