Rower’s long wait ends

Britain’s Katherine Grainger captured Olympic gold at her fourth attempt, winning the women’s double sculls with Anna Watkins at Eton Dorney yesterday.

The duo won by more than a length in six minutes 55.82 seconds. Australia took the silver medal and Poland the bronze.

Grainger sobbed after winning silver in the quadruple sculls at Beijing, the third straight Olympics where she finished runner-up.