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Britain wins Olympic gold in women's double sculls
OLY_ROW Headlines
- Danes win gold in lightweight men's double sculls
- Knapkova wins Olympic gold in women's single
- Britain wins women's lightweight double sculls
- Britain wins Olympic gold in women's double sculls
- Brazilian rower suspended for failing doping test
- Britain wins Olympic rowing gold in men's 4
- Britain wins Olympic rowing gold in men's four
- Australian rower sent home for damaging shops
- Australian rower sent home from Olympics
- Report in Germany prompts rower to leave Olympics
Updated August 4, 2012
WINDSOR, England (AP) Kat Copeland and Sophie Hosking became the third female British crew to capture gold in the Olympic rowing regatta, winning the lightweight women's double sculls at Dorney Lake on Saturday.
The British boat pulled clear in the last 750 meters to win in a time of 7 minutes, 9,30 seconds, a length and a half ahead of China. Greece took bronze.
No British woman had ever won rowing gold at an Olympics before this regatta, but Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins eased to victory in the double sculls Friday, and Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won the pair on Wednesday.
With the men's four winning their final earlier Saturday, the host nation has four golds and is set to top the rowing medals table.
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