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Wednesday, 1 August 2012

STOP PRESS: BRITAIN WINS FIRST GOLD!

OLYMPICS SPECIAL 2

WE must be a lucky charm here at Weekly Sport Towers!

No sooner do I start banging out the column (12noon, Wednesday) than Great Britain finally goes and breaks their duck and grabs an Olympic gold!

Yes, many congratulations to Helen Glover and Heather Stanning for finishing first in the final of the rowing women's pair.

The achievement is all the more remarkable as Helen and Heather are the first female British rowers to be crowned Olympic champions.


Now let's hope the golds start to flow - beginning with Bradley Wiggins in this afternoon's cycling time trials at 3pm.

I am glad the girls broke our duck as it was beginning to feel like we would be hosts who put on a great opening ceremony and then failed miserably in the events themselves - like say Austria and Poland who hosted the Euro 2012 football finals.

Now we need to build on the momentum set by Helen and Heather to avoid ending up with that overall verdict.

FRANK WORRALL

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