With five gold medals at five consecutive Games, the indomitable Steve Redgrave -- now Sir Steve Redgrave -- is Britain's greatest ever Olympian, and one of the all-time great Olympic athletes.
Great Britain's team pursuiters broke the world record as they successfully defended their title at the track cycling world championships in Manchester on Thursday evening.
Britain's Edward Clancy, Thomas Geraint, Paul Manning and Bradley Wiggins recorded an emphatic win over Ukraine in the men's team pursuit at the world track championships in Palma de Mallorca on Friday.
London's bid to host the 2012 Games comes under the scrutiny of the Olympics evaluation commission on Wednesday as it began its inspection of the British capital.
Matthew Pinsent won the fourth gold medal of his Olympic career on Saturday as the British men's coxless four edged world champions Canada in one of the closest rowing finals in the history of the Games.
Monday's racing at the Olympic rowing regatta has been cancelled because of expected bad weather, organizers said, after a year of warnings that Schinias was the wrong choice of venue for two of the watersports.
When the world's top athletes take on their rivals at the summer Olympics this month, they'll also be taking on the intense heat of the Athens climate -- and the British rowing team might just beat the latter, thanks to a high-tech silver uniform.
With five gold medals at five consecutive Games, the indomitable Steve Redgrave -- now Sir Steve Redgrave -- is Britain's greatest ever Olympian, and one of the all-time great Olympic athletes.
Great Britain's team pursuiters broke the world record as they successfully defended their title at the track cycling world championships in Manchester on Thursday evening.
Britain's Edward Clancy, Thomas Geraint, Paul Manning and Bradley Wiggins recorded an emphatic win over Ukraine in the men's team pursuit at the world track championships in Palma de Mallorca on Friday.
London's bid to host the 2012 Games comes under the scrutiny of the Olympics evaluation commission on Wednesday as it began its inspection of the British capital.
Matthew Pinsent won the fourth gold medal of his Olympic career on Saturday as the British men's coxless four edged world champions Canada in one of the closest rowing finals in the history of the Games.
Monday's racing at the Olympic rowing regatta has been cancelled because of expected bad weather, organizers said, after a year of warnings that Schinias was the wrong choice of venue for two of the watersports.
When the world's top athletes take on their rivals at the summer Olympics this month, they'll also be taking on the intense heat of the Athens climate -- and the British rowing team might just beat the latter, thanks to a high-tech silver uniform.
Moroccan distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj, British rower Matthew Pinsent and Greek sprinter Konstantinos Kenteris are among 32 athletes vying for spots on the IOC athletes' commission.
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