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Brazil were level when Marta was sent off just before half-time, with Spain scoring in the 68th minute and then the 17th minute of second-half injury time – an extension prompted by multiple injury delays.
It looked like the Dutch had taken victory with 250 metres remaining but Scott, along with team-mates Lauren Henry, Lola Anderson and Georgie Brayshaw, snatched victory in a dramatic photo finish.
The crew was in disbelief as they realised what they had achieved, with Coleraine rower Scott wiping tears away from her eyes after adding Olympic gold to her world title.
Scott joins swimmers Daniel Wiffen and Jack McMillan as gold medallists from Northern Ireland in Paris after their success in the pool on Tuesday.
Then, in a dramatic conclusion, a well-timed kick from GB in the final 100 metres pushed them past the Dutch on the line.
“We knew we had it, the confidence,” added Scott.
“We’ve done so many hard miles in training. For anyone out there, just go for it because if you think you can you might just one day and that’s the really cool thing about the Olympics.”
The death toll from the massive landslides that have hit the southern Indian state of Kerala has now crossed 166, with officials saying more than 192 people are still missing.
Pan Zhanle has delivered a new 100m freestyle world record of 46.40, the first swimming world record of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Marchand made a last-minute move to pass Hungary’s Kristof Milak, the defending Olympic gold medallist and world record holder, who settled for silver with a time of 1:51.75, a mere 0.54 seconds behind. Canada’s Ilya Kharun took bronze, a first medal for Canada in this event.
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