DORNEY (Reuters) - Germany's eight man rowing crew bore the weight of history lightly on their shoulders after staving off challenges from Britain and Canada to win their first Olympic gold medal in 24 years on Wednesday.
The last time a "German" eight man crew struck gold at the Olympics, Helmut Kohl was Chancellor of West Germany, the Berlin Wall was still standing tall and the crew which streaked to the line at the 1988 Seoul Olympics beat the Soviet Union and its Cold War rival the United States.
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