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Gold for Scots

Scotland's top touch rugby players returned home from France as European champions and medal-winners after the country's most successful international tournament to date.
 
The national squad is returning from the 2008 European Touch Championships, held in Paris, with the Scotland mixed open side having won their division, the country's two men's age group teams winning silver medals and the women's open side winning bronze.
 
The mixed team overcame injuries to several players to beat the favourites England by 12 touchdowns to 9 in an action-packed final at Massy, Paris, on Sunday, winning Scotland's first ever European title and gold medals.
 
Earlier in the day, Scotland's Men's over 30s won silver, after losing 6-3 to England in that division's final, and the Men's over 35s also got silver medals, falling 6-4 to Wales. The women's open-age team came third in their division, recovering from a semi-final loss in extra-time to Wales to then beat Germany 2-1 in the bronze medal match.
 
Scotland was one of 15 European countries taking part in the tournament, which takes place every two years and involved around 600 players. Scotland came third in the tournament overall, after being narrowly beaten to second place by Wales, with England coming first.