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Stanning ovation for golden girl Heather

OLYMPIC rowing champ Heather Stanning got a hero’s welcome as she brought her
gold medal home to Scotland yesterday.

Hundreds of people — including school pupils — greeted Heather, 27, as she
paraded through Elgin and Lossiemouth in Moray.

The Royal Artillery captain — who was driven around in an Army Land Rover by
Sapper Dean GOLD — said: “It’s lovely to be home. It felt surreal
coming down the High Street and seeing all the kids.”

Heather Stanning and Helen Glover

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Heather — who won Team GB’s first gold of London 2012 with rowing partner
Helen Glover — also saw the post box in Lossiemouth painted gold to mark her
medal.

She said: “It’s very cool.”

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