11.   Victories in Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta were in the coxless pairs.

12.   He and Pinsent won the coxless pairs in Barcelona.

13.   He is due to defend the coxless pairs title with Old Etonian Matthew Pinsent.

14.   And after successfully defending his coxless pairs title with Pinsent at Lake Lanier last July, Redgrave confirmed his pre-Games vow to retire from the sport.

15.   Banovic, who spoke to AFP over the telephone from the States, will be rowing for Croatia in the Olympics as half of a coxless pair.

16.   But the BOA will have to answer to the government because only one title was won, by coxless pairs rowers Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent.

17.   Coxless pairs Olympic and World champions Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent left Belgians Jaak van Driessche and Luc Goirias trailing in the Silver Goblets final here on Sunday.

18.   Redgrave wrote himself into the history books when he and Pinsent retained their Olympic coxless pairs title on Lake Lanier in Atlanta.

19.   Rowers Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent took the sports team trophy after winning the coxless pairs title at the world championships and Commonwealth Regatta.