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great britain have finished top of the medals table at the world rowing championships in the czech republic. the men s eight won gold on the final day, with a tally of seven gold, one silver and four microbe runs in the end. double olympic champion eliud kipchoge gay has beaten his own world marathon record by 30 seconds despite playing down his chances of doing so before the race this morning. he crossed the line in a time of two hours one minute and nine seconds to beat his previous best that was set four years ago, also in the german capital. he has actually run in under two hours before, but that effort was not recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition and he used a team of rotating pacemakers. england have taken a wicket in the cricket. i will take credit for that for jinxing the opening partnership of

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