Kent rower Emily Craig has won Olympic Gold in the women’s lightweight double sculls.
Pembury-born Craig, with partner Imogen Grant, won gold on Friday morning.
The Team GB pair narrowly missed out on a medal four years ago in Tokyo, by 0.01 seconds, finishing fourth.
The crew have been in dominant form over recent years. They have not lost since that fourth-placed finish.
They put that heartache behind them at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.
Craig and Grant made up for a slow start in the final to take the lead at the 1,500m marker in the 2,000m race.
In the end, they were well clear of their closest challengers Romania and Greece in third.
It’s the final time the lightweight event will take place at the Olympics.
Craig’s the second Kent gold medalist of the Games this week after Nathan Hales kept his cool to win in the trap shooting.
