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Golden five minutes for Team GB
4:37pm Thursday 2nd August 2012 in National News © Press Association 2013
Great Britain's judo player Gemma Gibbons weeps as she leaves the arena after qualifying for the Olympic final, where she took the silver medal
It was a golden five minutes for Team GB as sharp-shooter Peter Wilson gunned his way to Olympic glory and Etienne Stott and Tim Baillie triumphed in the two-man canoe slalom.
Stott and Baillie took gold, with fellow Britons David Florence and Richard Hounslow winning silver at the Lee Valley White Water Centre.
Just minutes later at the Royal Artillery Barracks Wilson shot his way to gold in a dramatic double trap men's finals.
And soon after there was another medal as Gemma Gibbons took a brave silver in the women's 78 kg judo final.
The victories mean that Team GB is fifth in the medal table with 14 - four gold, six silver and four bronze.
Hopes of more gold on Thursday night rose after Team GB's Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton set a team sprint world record in qualifying.
But just moments later China bettered the mark in the opening Olympic event at the London 2012 velodrome.
Four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy also begins his London 2012 campaign on Thursday night.
Hoy and Jason Kenny won team sprint gold in Beijing and are defending their title alongside newcomer Philip Hindes.
