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SUPER SATURDAY It’s a gold rush! he world could only women’s team pursuit cyclists, MO-ment of Glory T watch in awe as Team Joanna Rowsell, Dani King The crowd rose to their feet GB just kept on winning and Laura Trott stormed to one more time as Mo Farah and winning. Yesterday victory in the Velodrome powered to 10,000m glory. was ‘Super Saturday’ – the setting a new world record. Talking to the BBC, he said: ‘This day that Team GB won an The gold rush hurtled on right is the best moment of my life.’ astonishing six Gold medals. to the end of Super Saturday He then went on to claim Gold with Team GB’s athletics in the 5000m. Our best Olympic day in a stars putting in a brilliant century got off to an ‘oarsome’ performance. start with the men’s coxless fours, Pete Reed, Andy Triggs ‘I am so happy’ Hodge, Tom James and Alex Jessica Ennis led the field in Gregory, beating arch rivals the 800m to become Olympic Australia to claim Gold. Minutes heptathlon champion. After later, Sophie Hosking and Kat the race, she told reporters, ‘I Copeland claimed another am so shocked, I can’t believe Gold for the rowing team in the it. I am so happy.’ women’s lightweight double A few minutes later, long sculls. jumper Greg Rutherford Hardly had we had time claimed Gold with a jump of to draw breath when the 8.31 metres. 1 What is the headline? Highlight one of the subheadings What is the main message of the story? Why is it near the beginning? Highlight the quotations. How many are there? What is your favourite sentence? 2.

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