Rowing: Britain's golden girls stun Germans

5th Sep 2005, 15:41 GMT

British women's rowing was raised to the gold standard yesterday by the quadruple scullers Rebecca Romero, Sarah Winckless, Frances Houghton and Katherine Grainger. They beat the Germans by a third of a second in a race which was full of passion, seizing on a small mistake by the most experienced oarswoman in the world and exploiting it.