Greg Rutherford joined the British gold rush at the London Games on Saturday night when he clinched the long jump title with a leap of 8.31 metres, the shortest to win an Olympics in 40 years.

It was here that, in collaboration with Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden, Rutherford carried out the “gold foil experiment” that would establish the structure of the atom as we know it.

Greg Rutherford became the first man from Great Britain to win gold in the long jump in 48 years, taking the competition at the London Games with a jump of 8.31 meters.Rutherford posted the ...

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Greg Rutherford joined the British gold rush at the London Games on Saturday night when he clinched the long jump title with a leap of 8.31 meters, the shortest to win an Olympics in 40 years.