Double gold rowing success
Great Britain celebrated double gold medal glory on an historic Super Saturday with the men's four and the lightweight women's double sculls winning Olympic titles in sensational style.
Olympic champion: 'We just won the Olympics!'
Speaking to BBC Sport, Gold medal-winning rowers Kat Copeland and Sophie Hosking were still to fully take in the scale of their achievements:
Kat Copeland: "I can't believe this is real, that we just won. We just won the Olympics! We're going to be on a stamp tomorrow! I've been trying all week not to think about it because it made me cry. I know this isn't the Oscars, but can I thank my mum and dad?"
Sophie Hosking: "It's something that we've been working on for so long, and there are so many people to thank. I just can't believe it's happened."
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