Minnesota mom overjoyed with daughter's Olympic medal
U.S. rowers, from left, Natalie Dell, Kara Kohler, Megan Kalmoe (a Minnesota native) and Adrienne Martelli display the bronze medals they won in the women's rowing quadruple sculls in Eton Dorney, near Windsor, England, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012.
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The U.S. women's quadruple sculls rowing team has won a bronze medal at the Olympics in London. Ukraine took the gold and Germany the silver in the competion.
South St. Paul native Megan Kalmoe was one of the four rowers on the U.S. team which won the bronze. Megan's mother, Mary Martin, is in London and has been blogging about the experience.
MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Martin from Dorney Lake where the competition took place.
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