1.   Yet at least he had since enjoyed the status of becoming a world champion, courtesy of this coxless fours win.

2.   GREAT Britain won their first gold medal of the world rowing championships today through lightweight coxless four, Alison Brownless, Jane Hall, Annamarie Dryden and Tonia Williams.

3.   After talking it over with his family, Redgrave decided to concentrate on coxless fours.

4.   Cracknell won the coxless fours at Sydney.

5.   Earlier, Italy also took the open coxless four and had two bronze medals in the non-Olympic lightweight four-man events.

6.   Four-time Olympic champion Steve Redgrave received a jolt when the British coxless four finished fourth.

7.   He began hinting at retirement minutes after winning the coxless fours in Sydney.

8.   In the top race of the day, four-time Olympic gold medalist Steve Redgrave led the British coxless four to victory in a close duel with France.

9.   Jony and Greg Searle, Rupert Obholzer and Tim Foster, who compete in the coxless fours, moved with Redgrave and Pinsent, Bromley said.

10.   Olympic champion Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent capped off the inaugural World Cup rowing season by winning the coxless four on Sunday at the Rotsee Rowing Regatta.