11-08-2016 17:56 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Katherine Grainger Is Britain's Most Successful Female Olympian

Rower Katherine Grainger has become Team GB's most decorated female Olympian, after claiming a silver medal in the women's double sculls. Grainger and teammate Victoria Thornley came close to winning but were narrowly beaten by Poland's Magdalena Fularczyk and Natalia Madaj in Rio. Grainger, 40, won silver in Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, and gold in front of her home crowd in London 2012.
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