Vocal superstar Adele has shown her support for the British Olympic rowing team who won a gold medal earlier today (August 1).

The songstress, who last sent out a tweet in mid-July, took to social networking site Twitter this afternoon and congratulated Helen Glover and Heather Stanning on their success in the Women's Pairs rowing finals:

"Go on girls! Congrats Helen and Heather, sooo happy for you! Our 1st gold medalists :)"

Other stars of music have been praising the teams of their home countries with pop icon Lady Gaga expressing her pride at the abilities of America's gymnastics team and One Direction publicly backing British diver Tom Daley.

Ke$ha also sent out a message of well-wishes to one of the USA's leading gymnasts on July 30: "I'm watching u right now @Kyla_Ross96! Ur so amazing! Good luck!!! Xx"