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Newton's Gevvie Stone Takes First Place in Olympic Heat
The rower beat out Denmark's Fie Udby Erichsen by less than a second to win the Saturday race.
NEWTON, MA â Rower Gevvie Stone took first place in her race Saturday, beating out the second place finisher by less than a second on her road to victory.
Stone finished the second heat of the women's single sculls with a time of 8:29.67, pulling ahead of Denmark's Fie Udby Erichsen, who finished with 8:30.07.
Stone's time places her in fifth place among rowers in the women's single sculls following the first round of competition.
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On Saturday, Stone took to Twitter to react to the win:
Totally absurd! Now LOL'ing at pics of my race. I was sure I was going in the drink...twice! Glad I train in the Basin. #surfing
â Gevvie Stone (@gevgevs) August 6, 2016
Thanks for the support! Phew, glad to get across the line. Never mind across in first. #whataday
â Gevvie Stone (@gevgevs) August 6, 2016
Photo via Team U.S.A. Flickr page
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