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Paul, Joanna Drinkhall edge all-English final to take gold

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Paul Drinkhall and Joanna Drinkhall beat Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho to win table tennis mixed doubles gold at the Commonwealth Games.

Paul Drinkhall and Joanna Drinkhall have won the all-English table tennis mixed doubles final at the Commonwealth Games to take gold.

England's Paul Drinkhall and Joanna Drinkhall celebrate after winning the table tennis mixed doubles gold medal match against England's Tin Tin Ho and Liam Pitchford in the Scotstoun Sports Complex at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on A© Getty Images

The husband-and-wife couple defeated Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho 3-2 at the Scotstoun centre in a match that went the whole distance.

Paul and Joanna Drinkhall raced into a two-game lead before Pitchford and Ho pulled back to level the contest at 2-2.

The Drinkhalls, who won bronze in Delhi four years ago, showed real character to win the deciding set 11-5 to take gold.

Kelly Sibley and Danny Reed had earlier won bronze to ensure a clean sweep of medals for Team England in the event.

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