Raynsford back in GB rowing team
Paralympic champion Helene Raynsford comes out of retirement and is named in the GB squad for the World Rowing Championships in New Zealand.
London 2012 – Triathlon want more medals in Rio
There should be more triathlon medals available at the 2016 Olympic Games to reflect the sport’s growing popularity, according to the ITU.
Olympic golds boost local rowing
The captains of Gloucestershire’s two rowing clubs believe Olympic success is having an effect at grass roots level.
Usain Bolt: Fast and loose | Athletics | Simon Hattenstone
He can run 100m in 9.58 seconds, but says he’s lazy. He’s the best sprinter on the planet, but fancies turning his hand to professional football. And as for settling down? Forget that. Usain Bolt is a freak of nature. There’s the size, for starters: 6ft 5in with size 13 feet (ideal sprinters are thought [...]
GB juniors follow rowing tradition
Ore Oduba sees more success for young Brits in Singapore
Hicks eyes up London 2012 chance
Aspiring British star Ben Hicks says the thought of competing at the London Olympics is the main motivation behind his switch to rowing.
Rowing amid gunshots and bomb blasts
The BBC joins two Iraqi Olympic hopefuls as they train on the River Tigris in Baghdad.
Boats and blazers down by the Thames
The elite of the rowing world have been fighting it out this week under the scrutiny of royalty ladies in summer hats and men in stripy blazers telling of glories past.
2012 Olympic rowing venue 'ready'
Construction work at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing venue at Eton Dorney Lake is completed on time and on budget.
Second London 2012 venue completed on time and on budget
The enhanced facilities for Rowing and Canoe Sprint events during the London 2012 Games have been completed on time and on budget.
