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Olympic Legends: From Steve Redgrave To Usain Bolt - Part 4

AFP continues its look back at the history of the Olympics to pick out some of the legends that have lit up the Games.

International Business Times · Jun 25, 2024

‘The man who used to be James Cracknell’: the Olympic rower on catastrophe, comas and comebacks

With two Olympic golds under his belt, Cracknell was building a second career as an endurance athlete when disaster struck. He discusses relentlessness, running for the Tories – and his disgust at Partygate

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024

On This Day in 2004 – Sir Matthew Pinsent announces retirement from rowing

Pinsent said he had lost his desire to train since securing his fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal.

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2023

Olympic rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave opens up on harrowing health battle

Since retiring from the sport in 2000, he has suffered a range of symptoms and was at first reluctant to seek help.

Daily Record · May 1, 2023

Olympic hero Sir Steve Redgrave's harrowing health battle as he breaks silence on diagnosis

The Olympic hero, who won a remarkable five gold medals at five consecutive Games, tells James Moore about discovering he has a testosterone deficiency

Daily Mirror · May 1, 2023

On this day in 2004 – Olympic rowing champion Matthew Pinsent retires from sport

The 34-year-old had won four Olympic gold medals.

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

‘Science, stopwatch, and a bit of art’: GB rowers’ mission to rekindle magic

Athletes seeking to restore the days of serial Olympic success have endured a testing transition to the post-Gröbler era

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2022

‘People want me to say I’m alienated’: Ingrid Pollard on the myths of art, race and landscape

The artist on the important places in her life, the rise of British Black art in the 1980s – and being inspired by Steve Redgrave’s Olympics success

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2022