USA Today · Aug 12, 2016
The Latest: British rowers defended pairs gold.
(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
11:25 a.m.
British rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning have successfully defended their Olympic gold in the women's pair.
The Brits, world champions in the event, came out of the blocks the quickest and never lost their lead on the 2-kilometer course.
New Zealand's Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown were in last place after 500 meters but fought back to grab the silver ahead of Denmark's Hedvig Rasmussen and Anne Andersen.
The United States remains without rowing medals in Rio after Felice Mueller and Grace Luczak dropped to fourth place after a strong start.
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