Team GB jump to third in medals table

Great Britain jumped to third in the Olympic medals table on Saturday with double gold in the rowing tournament at Eton Dorney.

Going into the afternoon's event, Britain's 10 gold medals represented the highest number of victories of any country except table toppers the United States with 21 and mighty China with 20.

Team GB were fourth overnight but leapt above South Korea, who remained on nine gold medals.

Britain won a fourth successive Olympic men's four title at the rowing regatta as the home crew -- Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James and Andrew Triggs Hodge -- led from the first stroke to deny arch rivals Australia, with the United States taking bronze.

Britain had also won the men's four title in Sydney, Athens and in Beijing.

Then Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking won GB's first ever lightweight women's double sculls Olympic gold. Clear water separated the winners from China, with world champions Greece in third place.

Britain came within a whisker of a third gold medal on the final day of the rowing events as defending Olympic champions Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter led for most of the 2000 metres of the lightweight men's double sculls.

But Denmark's Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist overhauled the UK duo on the last five metres to push Purchase and Hunter down to siliver medal position. New Zealand claimed bronze.

This was sweet revenge for the Danes who had lined up in Beijing four years ago as favourites only to have to settle for third behind the British duo. There was drama on Saturday when the race had to be restarted after a seat broke on the British boat in the first 100m.

Team GB has a strong chance of more golds later in the day, when Jessica Ennis will complete her two-day heptathlon challenge and Mo Farah will be one of the favourites in the men's 10,000.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gb-clinch-fourth-successive-mens-four-title-105910333--oly.html

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