1.   Rudolf Nierlich, double gold medallist at the Vail World Championships, was third.

2.   The Commonwealth triple gold medallist was tipped to win gold again in Barcelona.

3.   Their strongest challenge is likely to come from a Leander quad containing the Olympic gold medallist Steve Redgrave.

4.   ...the Olympic gold medallists.

5.   Only Matthew Pinsent the Boat Club President, an Olympic gold medallist, a world champion, really knows.

6.   Meanwhile, Olympic gold medallists Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pincent have won a sponsorship lifeline that will keep their Atlanta dreams alive.

7.   A gold medallist of yesteryear on the lookout for an Olympic champion of the future.

8.   Through his training, he met Olympic javelin gold medallist Tessa Sanderson.

9.   OLYMPIC gold medallist Chris Boardman used a bit of pedal power to launch a new Merseyside surgery.