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Christmas comes early for Olympic rowing gold medallists
Five of the triumphant Olympic gold medal-winning rowers, including Strouds Peter Reed, reunited today, 11 December, to receive an early Christmas present from Panasonic, worldwide Olympic Games partner and Team GB sponsor.
This was the first opportunity, since touching down on British soil at the end of August, for Panasonic to get the gold medallists together and reward them for the hard work that kept the UK glued to their televisions for two weeks and the successes that lifted the nation’s spirits.
The Team GB rowers were the third group of Olympic gold medallists to receive their gift from Panasonic. Three of the triumphant men’s four – Andy Triggs-Hodge, Peter Reed and Tom James – were present along with the men’s lightweight double sculls gold medallists – Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase.
The five athletes met at their training ground, the Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Centre at Caversham, to receive a 32” Panasonic Viera television with HD Freesat built in and a Blu-ray player enabling them to replay their magic moments from Beijing.
Keith Evans, Managing Director of Panasonic UK said: “Panasonic is proud to present each of the gold medal winners with a latest edition high definition TV and Blu-ray player in recognition of the hard work and their fantastic achievements in Beijing. This summer, Team GB put the ‘great’ back into Great Britain and I hope that the athletes will enjoy reliving their Olympic moments on the high definition Panasonic TV for many years to come.
