1.   Henley rowers Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent are through to the coxless pairs finals in the Olympics.

2.   Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent of Great Britain won their third consecutive gold medal in coxless pairs.

3.   British heroes Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent, gold medalists in the coxless pairs at both the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics, will race only once in the regatta.

4.   Four other British medal contenders went with coxless pairs rowers Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent, British team officials said.

5.   Led by a coach from the former East Germany, Harald Jaehrling, the Australian coxless pairs crew almost pulled a major upset in Atlanta.

6.   Redgrave won the coxless pairs in the last three Olympic Games, and wants his fourth in Atlanta next year.

7.   The pair were unbeaten in the coxless pair for five seasons, winning two Olympic golds and three world titles.

8.   The two time coxless pair world champion has made a speedy recovery from surgery and follow-up radiation treatment which she underwent eight weeks ago.

9.   Under a sheet of grey clouds, British rowers Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent won the first gold of the day in the coxless pairs.

10.   Under a sheet of gray clouds, British rowers Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent won the first gold of the day, in the coxless pairs.