Rutherford wins Olympic long jump gold

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Rutherford wins Olympic long jump gold

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Britain Greg Rutherford won the Olympic long jump gold with a leap of 8.31 metres.

05 August,2012 05:23 am

Greg Rutherford rode the atmosphere of a vocal, capacity crowd to win the long jump Saturday and deliver Britain its second Olympic track and field gold medal in a matter of minutes.Rutherford collected his first medal in a major international meet with a best leap of 8.31 metres.Mitchell Watt of Australia took silver in 8.16 and Will Claye of the United States secured bronze with a mark of 8.12.Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon for Britain about 20 minutes before the mens long jump finished.