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Good evening, welcome to Wales Today him at the Olympic Park. The

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first medal for one of how old Welsh Olympians as Wrexham's Chris

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Bartley wins silver. It goes down to the last few

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strokes in the men's and lightweight four. Have they missed

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out on gold. After the race, complete exhaustion. Every last

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effort to win a medal. I do not remember much of the last

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500, to be honest! I knew we had got a medal, had I was pleased to

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be on the podium. Back at his old school, a nervous

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Tonight's other headlines, a 15- year-old boy has died after falling

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off rocks near Llangennith beach. He was fishing with his brother.

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One of a haul of illegal weapons seized that cos if -- Cardiff

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Airport. Passengers said many were bought as souvenirs.

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You are now going to be issued with a �75 fine.

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More enforcement officers on the street as a council crackdown on

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littering and dog mess. It is disgusting if you leave it.

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Welcome to Wales -- Wales Today at the Olympic Park. Day six of the

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Games, and Team GB are climbing up the medal table. One Welsh manager,

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he has certainly paid his part today. -- one Welshman. It happened

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on the water at Eton Dorney, about 40 miles west of us here. Wrexham's

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Chris Bartley won silver in the lightweight four. It was a

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thrilling final, and they missed out on gold by just a quarter of a

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second. It was a race that certainly pushed them to the very

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limit. The moment Chris Bartley will never

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forget. Years of training rewarded with an Olympic medal. Gold was the

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aim, but after a brutal race, the Roma from Wrexham had to settle for

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silver. It has not sunk in. I am happy, my

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dad had a bulge flag up there. I do not really know what to say. We are

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proud of ourselves, Prada outperformance, and the support has

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been amazing. With world champions Australia and

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Olympic champions Denmark in the running, a close race was expected.

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Britain struggled early on, but Chris and his team-mates fought

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back. As the fishing line approached, any of the four boats

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in front could have got gold. Just centimetres the difference between

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them. More than 30,000 fans cheered them over the line. Elation for

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South Africa, exhaustion for the British boat.

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What a moment for Chris Bartley. Relatively unknown before these

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games, but now a hero of GB with a silver medal in front of a home

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crowd. Chris had pushed his body to the

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limit. He had to be held from the boat.

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I felt incredibly sick and had a banging headache! I gave it all I

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had physically. It took me just a while to recover, and it has not

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sunk in yet that I have got a medal at a home games. It is amazing,

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really. And a present from the podium from

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the pet -- for the parents. Because he was quite small, he was

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asked by one of the coaches at the school, would you like to be a Cox?

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And he said if he was going to be a Cox, he would not do with!

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I have been to so many rivers in the middle of winter, added has

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come to this. It is the icing on the cake, super.

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And there was plenty of support back where he learned to row. This

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is Chris and another famous former pupil, Tom James, 12 years ago at

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school in Chester. He did really well, because you

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wondered if they were going to do it, and they pulled it out of the

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back. It was such a close race, such an exciting event to watch.

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It makes you think you can get there, because other people have

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done it from where you are. No such celebrations for Victoria

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Thornley in the women's 8. She had barely set foot in a boat for years

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ago, but finished outside the medals. -- four ideas.

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He would not bet against Tom James getting a medal this weekend, after

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he booked a place in Saturday's final. Britain finished ahead of

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favourites Australia, but on set this will have no bearing on the

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fight for gold in two days. -- but on said.

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I think the Australians are very smart. They will come back faster,

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and we have got to make sure we are faster as well. It is tough racing,

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it is close, it would not be easy. We cannot be complacent, there is a

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tough job ahead of us and we have got to be relaxed about it, but

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focused and confident. But today belongs to Chris Bartley,

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the first Welsh athlete to win a medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.

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We were all left pretty breathless after the race, and watching the

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action was five-times Olympic gold medallist says Steve Redgrave. He

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had tipped the crew for gold, and afterwards, we caught up with him.

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-- Sir Steve Redgrave. They were favourites, so they will

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be disappointed. But they have got the silver medal, and that is a

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fantastic result. It could have been gold, silver or bronze. Any

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one of those boats could have won. They should be very proud of a

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silver medal, it is a fantastic result.

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If they had gone off a little bit quicker or pushed a little bit

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harder, although I do not think they could have, I think they put

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everything they had been to it. Chris was struggling after the race.

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You know what he has gone through. Talk about the pain you go through

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after the race. It is 12 years since I was racing

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properly, and you block it out. It must be like women with childbirth

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in some ways, it never seems that bad, but then you come back into

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that situation, and you think, that was not very nice! Your legs of

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form of lactic acid. As soon as you cross the line, they give up on you.

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Your heart is pounding, your lungs are burning. It is really a very

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unpleasant time. A word about Tom James. He finished

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ahead of Australia to reach the final. Are they favourites now?

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I would not put them as favourites now. They are level with Australia.

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I thought that would be a decisive moment, whoever won that race would

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put themselves as favourites and probably go on to win. But it is

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very cagey in some ways. They almost raced opposite race plans to

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what they normally do, so what we have learnt today is nothing. We

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have to wait till Saturday. Chris's from Wrexham, but the

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school he went to in Chester, they were gathered screaming buried out

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before him today. Matthew Richards is there for us tonight. How has

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the silver medal gone down? Up I am sure you saw the pictures.

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It is a damp evening here at -- in Chester, they were cheering on

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Chris Bartley earlier today. That is Tom James's but behind us. It

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was pretty exciting, wasn't it? It was amazing. The kids loved it,

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the coaches love did, everyone loved it.

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Running is a big part of your school. How important is it to have

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those guys to look up to? It is brilliant. We have had nine

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people going to juniors and a lot of people representing their

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country. We probably have 20 students in international

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competition, at 15 of those are brothers. Today we had a session

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for our new rulers, unprecedented numbers. We are hoping to get them

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all back next term with their medals.

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You have got four members of Team GB who went to the school, have

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achieved? Do you see applications going up?

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It would be greater they do! It must be so inspirational to have

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them, everybody in Chester now knows their names and know that

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they buy into our school, they learnt on this river in Chester and

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we are so proud of them. The excitement has not finished, we

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have Tom James competing on Saturday, and potentially more

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excitement at the school. Plenty of excitement on the water

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in the running today, and let me tell you, it has been thrilling in

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the red -- the velodrome tonight. The track cycling has got under way,

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and Geraint Thomas has made an incredible start to his games. In

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the last hour, his team pursuit quartet broke the world record in

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qualifying, justified their position as favourites for gold. He

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is going for back-to- back gold medals after winning in the same

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event in Beijing. The final, just say you know, he is about this time

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tomorrow night. One more bit of news for you tonight. A man has

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been arrested after an abusive message was sent to Tom Daley. It

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was sent on Twitter, added follows the suspension of footballer Daniel

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Thomas by Port Talbot Town FC. The man arrested have been interviewed

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by South Wales Police and arrested on bail. We will be speaking to a

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former Olympian, you then Thomas, a little later, and getting his views

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on the track and field, which The a 15-year-old boy has died

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after falling off rocks Nick Llangennith on the Gower last night.

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-- near Llangennith. They were airlifted to Morriston Hospital in

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Swansea, where the younger of the two brothers was pronounced dead.

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Caroline Evans is in Llangennith for us.

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A beautiful evening down here, people enjoying the water tonight,

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a very different picture from last night. Then, the wind was much

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stronger, the waves much higher. Fishing rods were out again today

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at the spot where the teenager was swept out to sea. Along with his

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21-year-old brother, who jumped in after him.

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I actually saw just the helicopter coming down, and the coastguard was

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here. Hearing the noise coming along here, I thought someone had

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jumped, which is very unpleasant. Two friends who were also fishing

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here ran up the cliff to raise the alarm.

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This is a popular place with holidaymakers. It is surrounded by

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holiday parks, but like all coastal areas, there are treacherous bogs,

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and local people say they would not have the vision on those rocks last

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night in those conditions. -- they would not have been fishing.

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The emergency response was swift, but too late to save the life of

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the teenager. It was very rough. The wind had

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picked up in the afternoon, and the swell was about three or four

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metres. He was distressed, knowing that his younger brother was out

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there, but he was conscious enough to give us the information, had we

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continued our search. Unfortunately, we were not able to get there in

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time. This is a popular holiday spot. The

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family of the teenager are said to have been staying at one of the

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campsite which dot the coastline. But they may not have known the

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area when enough to recognise the potential dangers.

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Not many people go fishing there. The people who come from another

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country and have not been here before, they sometimes do. It is

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very sad. A tragic and anxious time for the

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family involved, and a tough time for the rescuers. They are all

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volunteers, and some new recruits. I have been speaking with someone

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who knows this area very well this evening, had he told me that they -

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- they used to to be a warning sign of where the incident happened. He

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said that when that signage had to be replaced because of age, a new

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sign was put up in a different part of the beach, in his view, the

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wrong part of the beach. That is something I will be looking into.

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A swimmer has died after getting into difficulties in the sea at

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Aberystwyth this morning. The alarm was raised after he was spotted by

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a member of the public who was staying in a hotel overlooking the

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seafront. It has been said that he was a rabbi from north London. A

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lot of Jewish families holiday in Aberystwyth each summer.

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Ferries and planes were missed and a trial had to be adjourned for the

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day. Now business leaders say steps must be taken to ensure there is no

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repeat of yesterday's traffic chaos in north-west Wales. The A55 was

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closed for 12 hours after a lorry overturned. The Welsh government

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Gridlock. Chaos. Shambles. What they are saying about the A5

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yesterday. An overturned lorry. A spill of diesel, and 12 hours of

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traffic misery. The problem is road transport in North Wales is a

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hostage to geography. There is the sea to the north, mountains to the

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south. If the coast road gets blocked, it is a very long way

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around. With the A55 closed, the diversion took travellers on the A5

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through bottlenecks and then north up the A470, where there were long

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delays. It wasn't until 8.15pm that the road re-opened. These are some

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of the comments sent to BBC Wales: , "I missed my flight. Ridiculous"

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David said the incident had been handled in a shambolic way."

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business leaders are unhappy too. They want a contingency plan.

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drool believe there needs to be some sort of dialogue with

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transport operators, the Highways Agency, just to try and get some

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sort of protocol where these things are speeded up What I think this

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accidents does is focus our minds on what should be a long-term

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strategy for transport in North Wales. Because the A55 is our main

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arterial route. This afternoon there were fresh tailbacks as work

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continued to fix the damage done yesterday. We asked the police,

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Traffic Wales and the Welsh Government to explain what happened.

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None would give us an interview. Eventually in a statement we were

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told there would be an investigation.

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Still to come on Wales Today: Clearing up your dog's mess - if

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you don't, you face a �75 fine. We're out with the officers

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Knuckle-dusters, flick knives, Samurai swords and snakeskin

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slippers - just some of the illegal items found at Cardiff Airport. All

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confiscated from passengers' suitcases. Many said they'd bought

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them as souvenirs, not realising they were against the law here.

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There were no problems with passengers or their luggage on this

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flight from Majorca at Cardiff airport this lunchtime. But over

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the past six months officers doing customs checks have confiscated

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dozens of weapons found on suitcases on inbound flights. They

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are all illegal in the UK. These are three knuckle-dusters, which

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were taken from a 71-year-old man, who had come in from Larnaca on

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Cyprus. When asked what he was going to do with these offensive

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weapons, he intended to weld them together and use them in his garden.

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He had three knuckle dusters and this extendable baton. If you step

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to your left I will show you how it operates. We didn't get a rational

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explanation as to why he want this. He said they were for gardening

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purposes. It is unbelievable that people think they can get away with

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bringing these weapons back. Security is so strict these days at

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airports. They probably didn't know, but they might have known. They

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shouldn't be bringing them in. iguana handbag is one of a number

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of illegal items confiscated because it is made from an

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endangered species. Others include snakeskin slippers and Chinese

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medicines containing powdered tiger organs. The summer holidays under

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way the message from the Border Force is simple: don't buy anything

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illegal on holiday. Will it be confiscated and you could face

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pruefplgts -- prosecution.

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The organiser of a literary festival with a �10,000 prize in

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Carmarthenshire has said he'll have to consider holding it elsewhere

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next year, after a dismal turnout. The Kidwelly Festival was held at

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Ffos Las race course last weekend, and billed as the first in the UK

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to celebrate the e-book and self- publishing, but it had to be

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cancelled when fewer than 100 people turned up. My argument is

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this, that we had to start somewhere. We were the first one in

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the UK and the first book award of �10,000 in the world, so if nothing

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else we've been very brave. If nothing else, at least we've been

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brave and given it a good shot. And we'll give it another shot and it

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will be bigger next time. Rhondda Cynon Taff Council is

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doubling the number of enforcement officers it employs to tackle

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litter and dog fouling. In the past year they've sent warning letters

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to nearly 3,000 people. They're also handing out special pouches

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for people to put their cigarette butts in, rather than throwing them

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on the pavement and being fined �75. Pounding the beat in Pontypridd

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Andrew Denis and Christingle are law enforcement officers with a

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difference. Basically, it is an offence, a litter offence... They

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were the litter police. Although they have no powers of arrest they

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can issue �75 fixed penalties. Mostly cigarettes, so where we can

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we advise people. We give these out to the public for them to place

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cigarettes in rather than throw them on the floor. You can put them

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in, seal it, press it and put it out. But to be safe I would clip it

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before putt it in,? More than 2,800 people have been sent warning

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letters for dropping litter in the last year. Of those 523 are find.

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Have committed a littering offence for through a cigarette, so we are

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issuing a �5 fine. We work with schools, residents, community

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groups and hopefully we'll see a steady improvement. But another

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focus of this new campaign is dog fouling, and owners who don't clean

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up after their pets are being targeted. With children playing on

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the same fields where dogs are being exercised fouling is also a

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health issue. For Emma Edwards and her Yorkshire Terrier Pickles a

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walk in the park is a daily ritual, but Emma ensures they leave nothing

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behind. It is disgusting if you just leave it. It can cause

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diseases and shoe pick it up. It only take two minutes. Rhondda

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Cynon Taff Council is confident the system of enforcement officers

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changing people's attitudes and behaviour. Though it is clear some

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animal owners may need to carry bigger clean-up bags than others.

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That's all from me. Let's head back to the Olympic Park, where Claire

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has news of another Welshman starting his bid for Olympic glory.

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Thank you Lucy. Track and field begins tomorrow. For many it's the

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highlight of the Olympics here, all happening in the Olympic Park just

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behind me. Two Welshmen are involved tomorrow, Dai, Greene, a

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world champion, starts his bid for Olympic glory, alongside fellow

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Welshman Rhys Williams in the 400 metres hurledles. I will keep

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talking, but basically today I caught up with a former Olympian,

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Iwan Thomas, to find out his thoughts on how our hurdlers may

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fare tomorrow. Rhys Williams and Dai Greene in action tomorrow. It

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is a mouth watering prospect isn't? I can't wait to watch. I'm a

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spectator for once, and a happy one. Both of them have had great years.

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Rhys has become European champion. Dai is of course a European,

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Commonwealth and current world champion. His big rival is unbeaten,

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but Dai is rung faster than he's run before. He's a personal best

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before. Although he isn't ranked number one in the world, he has a

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good mentality. Both of the boys will be itching to go. And so are

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other Olympians, Brett Morse, Christian Malcolm. Christian is

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towards the end of his career. Still a fantastic athlete and a

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great chance to progress through the 200 metres. He made the final

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in Beijing. He is up against Bolt, Blake and the great American, so it

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will be tough to get a medal. If Brett was to make the final that's

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an awesome achievement. Warburton protested, put in an appeal. That

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was overturned. He tweeted me the other day saying he is raring to go.

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It's a funny time for the athletes. They will have seen the other

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sports start, the cyclists and the swimmers, they'll be thinking,

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"Come on, when sit our turn?" And their time is now. The atmosphere

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has been building all week. What is it like waiting in the wings

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getting ready for your competition to start. It is about keeping your

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mind and focus. All the athletes are as physically fit as they can

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be. It is all about telling themselves you've done all the hard

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work and maintaining that excitement. Don't gate excited

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before. You need to keep the nerves in. They will have watched Bradley

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wiggins storming to a medal, and the rowers. It is like I can relate

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to those guys, if they can do it, I can do it. Der heartache the rowing

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:24:10.:24:14.

It is nice and calm here this evening. Good conditions for the

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rowers. There are a few rowers on the water this evening. Who knows?

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Maybe in four years' time one of the guys here will be taking part

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in the Olympics and winding a medal for us down in Brazil, in Rio de

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Janeiro., in 2016. Chris Bartley on top form today. Getting his silver

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medal, but the weather isn't on top form, unfortunately. We've had a

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few showers, light winds. That's the story for the next few days.

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Sunny intervals, rain and heavy showers. This evening scattered

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showers in place. Sunny for some of us. Overnight most of the country

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is dry, bar one or two showers in the south and west. Lowest

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temperatures tonight 10 Celsius in Llangollen and 14 in Narberth.

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Tomorrow, low pressure is near Ireland. That means unstable air,

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towering clouds, rain, heavy showers and gusty winds as well.

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Tomorrow some dry weather, some sunshine, but again a few showers

:25:17.:25:22.

around, heavy in place. Rain will reach Pembrokeshire mid morning.

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This will spread east in the afternoon, heavy in places. Top

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temperatures 16-20 Celsius, 16-68 Fahrenheit, with a south-

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southwesterly breeze that. Wind quite brisk and gusty on the south

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Pembrokeshire coast. If you are heading to the Millennium Stadium

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tomorrow afternoon for the women's football, Japan versus Brazil, I

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wouldn't rule out a shower. The pollen count is low. Tomorrow

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evening and overnight there'll be rain and showers affecting most of

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the country. That could be heavy. For example in parts of Powys and

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Conwy. For the weekend, very hit Conwy. For the weekend, very hit

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and miss. Some sunshine but more heavy showers, torrential downpours

:26:11.:26:15.

in places. A risk of hail, thunder and gusty wind. Some places could

:26:15.:26:19.

get a real soaking over the weekend. The Met Office has issued a yellow

:26:19.:26:25.

warning for heavy rain on Saturday. Next week - a bit mixed, sunshine

:26:25.:26:28.

and shower, but there is the prospect of fine and warmer weather

:26:28.:26:36.

for a time. That would be good news for the Eisteddfod. Lots of

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excitement and drama at the Olympics today. Back to Clare today

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in London. Thank you. News coming in that

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Chris Hoy has just won his fifth Olympic gold med A today is one day

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one Welshman will never forget. At Eton Dorney today in the rowing,

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Wrexham's Chris Bartley won silver in the lightweight four. Missing

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gold by just a quarter of a second. It was a nail-biting finish and one

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that pushed them to the limit. I didn't really feel that much

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I didn't really feel that much emotion afterwards. I felt sick and

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had a bang headache. I had pretty much given it all I had physically.

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It took me a while to recover. It hasn't sunk in that I have got a

:27:24.:27:29.

medal at a home Games. I'm starting to feel myself now. Chris started

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rowing at the age of 14 and today at the age of 28 he's a silver

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