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Ten years ago they were united by Olympic glory in Sydney. Now Sir Steve Redgrave speaks of his good friend James Cracknell's horrific cycling accident
Daily Mail
22 August, 2010
Sir Steve Redgrave shakes his head as he talks about the terrible injuries suffered by the man who helped him make Olympic history.
Redgrave is at pains to remain calm, but the horror of the accident that left fellow Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell facing a six-month battle to recover from head and brain injuries caused when he was hit by a passing truck while filming in the United States cannot hide the emotion in his words.
‘I want him to get back to the James know and love,’ said Redgrave last week.
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Sir Steve travels to India with PM in largest official visit since 1947
Bucks Free Press
29th July 2010
Sir Steve Redgrave has travelled to India as part of a huge delegation led by prime minister David Cameron.
The five-time Olympic champion has joined fellow athletes Lord Coe and Dame Kelly Holmes on the largest official visit since the British Raj fell in 1947.
The delegation arrived yesterday for the two day visit, aimed at strengthening relations with India.... [more]
How surgeons rebuilt Sir Steve Redgrave after his bike crash
Daily Mail
18th July 2010
While some of the world's most luminous celebrities volunteer their handprints to Hollywood's Walk of Fame, Sir Steve Redgrave, Britain's five-times Olympic gold medallist, preferred a different method of commemoration.
Last month, he embedded his face in the tarmac of a town in Maryland, USA. The dent to the road is undoubtedly still there. That was 18 stone of sporting knight hitting the deck. It would not have escaped lightly.... [more]
Redgrave is hurt in crash
Mirror.co.uk
23rd June 2010
Olympic hero Sir Steve Redgrave suffered several broken bones after being thrown from his bike in a race across America.
Redgrave, 48, who won five gold medals in rowing, broke two ribs, a cheek bone and a wrist.
He suffered a puncture in the Appalachian Mountains on the fundraiser. Redgrave said; 'Of all the things that could have stopped me - tiredness, fatigue, diabetes - a simple blowout on the front wheel at a corner can cause such pain.'
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Sir Steve Redgrave in hospital after U.S. bike crash just hours from finish of 3,000-mile race
Mail online
23rd June 2010
Olympic hero Sir Steve Redgrave suffered multiple broken bones after being thrown from a bike during a gruelling 3,000 mile race across America.
The 48-year-old, who won a record five gold medals in rowing, spent two nights in hospital after fracturing two ribs, his wrist and a cheek bone.
He was left with blood pouring down his face after he was sent flying head first over the handlebars of his mountain bike when he suffered a blow-out puncture.
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Broken bones for Sir Steve in American bike race
Bucks Free Press
Tuesday 22nd June 2010
A CHALLENGE dubbed The World’s Toughest Bike Race has lived up to its tag after Sir Steve Redgrave broke various bones in an accident.
Sir Steve's team yesterday completed the 3,000 mile Race Across America - but with the record gold medal winner cheering his mates on from his stretcher.
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Sir Steve Redgrave injured in charity race
The Telegraph
Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Sir Steve Redgrave, the Olympic rowing champion, has been injured after crashing during a charity cycling race in America. The athlete suffered a fractured cheek bone, wrist and ribs after his front tyre blew in the Appalachian Mountains. He spent two nights in hospital recovering. ... [more]
Sir Steve Redgrave injured during charity cycling event
BBC Sport
Monday 21st June 2010
Sir Steve Redgrave has been injured after crashing during a charity cycling event in the United States.
The five-time Olympic champion rower is thought to have suffered a fractured cheekbone, wrist and ribs after a tyre blew in the Appalachian Mountains. ... [more]
Lavasa ties up with rowing legend Redgrave for academy
Press Trust of India
14th June 2010
British rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave has been roped in to help India realise its dream of winning an Olympic medal in the physically exhausting sport by Lavasa Corporation for setting up a rowing academy in the Sahyadri mountains.... [more]
Land Rover to Sponsor Sir Steve Redgrave in The Race Across America Cycling Event
Truck Trend.com
Thursday 10th June 2010
Sir Steve Redgrave, one of the United Kingdom's most famous Olympic athletes, will be sponsored and assisted by Land Rover as he embarks on The Race Across America.... [more]
Sir Steve Redgrave looks forward to Marlow Regatta
Bucks Free Press
Sunday 6th June 2010
SIR Steve Redgrave has praised the “huge commitment” made by Marlovians ever since the future of the town Regatta was threatened in 2001.... [more]
Sir Steve Redgrave visit to Russia to celebrate 150 years of Russian Rowing
Day Life Publishers
30th May 2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, his wife Svetlana, right, and Sir Steven Redgrave, English rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000, attend the first presidential regatta finals in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 30, 2010. In his youth Medvedev took part in rowing competitions. ... [more]
2012 Olympic Eton Dorney Lake rowing venue 'ready'
BBC News
Friday 28th May 2010
Construction work at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic rowing venue has been completed on time and on budget, the Olympic Delivery Authority has said.
Work to prepare the Eton Dorney Lake venue, on the Berkshire-Buckinghamshire border, near Windsor, began in 2009.... [more]
BID IS STILL SOLID - COE
Sporting Life
Tuesday 18th May 2010
Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave admits Coe's charm could help repair the damage to England's 2018 World Cup bid caused by Lord Triesman's bribery claims. Redgrave, who is also an ambassador for 2018, admits that Coe's influence could help regain any lost ground. ... [more]
REDGRAVE BACKS SEARLE
Sporting Life
Tuesday 18th May 2010
Sir Steve Redgrave is backing Greg Searle to round off his remarkable comeback by clinching gold at London 2012, 20 years after he first became an Olympic champion in Barcelona.... [more]
Olympic stars hit Kent fairways for Dame Kelly charity
BBC
17th May, 2010
Olympic rowing gold medallists Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Matthew Pinsent are among sports stars hitting the fairways in Kent for charity. About 20 athletes are raising funds for fellow Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes's charity, the DKH Legacy Trust, which mentors young sports performers.... [more]
Juice Doctor Delivers Refreshing News
Talking Retail
Friday 14th May 2010
Juice Doctor, co-founded by five times Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave, is launching their range of naturally isotonic everyday hydration drinks, with a new look and improved recipes. ... [more]
PROBABLY THE BEST TEAM TALK IN THE WORLD
News of the World
Saturday 8th May 2010
BEER we go! It's probably the best team talk in the world....
A host of English sporting legends - plus semi-naked Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling - join forces in Carlsberg's latest World Cup TV advert.
The 90-second commercial, screened for the first time yesterday, features five-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave, cricket hero Sir Ian Botham, 15-times world darts champ Phil Taylor, World Cup winner Jack Charlton, former world boxing champ Nigel Benn, ex-world superbike champ Carl Fogarty, snooker great Steve Davis, world-reknowned explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and rock giants Kasabian all giving Fabio Capello's England squad an inspirational team talk. ... [more]
Diabetes won't stop Sir Steve Redgrave tackling Race Across America
Bikeradar.com
Saturday 8th May 2010
Among the riders lining up at the start of the epic Race Against America next month will be British Olympian Steve Redgrave and his seven-man crew.
With 3,000 miles of cycling ahead of them, including 100,000ft of climbing, it's no wonder RAAM is regarded as one of the toughest endurance races in the world.
To make things even harder, Sir Steve has been retired for 10 years, was always more at home in a boat than on a bike – and has Type 1 diabetes. ... [more]
New challenge for ‘decrepit’ Redgrave
Times Online
Sunday 2nd May 2010
BRITAIN’S greatest Olympian, Sir Steve Redgrave, is coming out of retirement for one more big sporting challenge a decade after he won the last of his five rowing gold medals. Redgrave, who is 48 and an insulin-dependent diabetic, is to compete in a 3,000-mile cycle relay across America in June as part of an eight-man team.... [more]
London 2012 - 60 seconds with Sir Steve Redgrave
Yahoo.com
Monday 26th April 2010
Eurosport spent 60 seconds with five-times Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave and learnt a valuable lesson about 'pregnant' women.
More StoriesThe 60 seconds archive
Games Brain of Britain (external site)
..So Steve, you are helping to launch The Games Brain of Britain online quiz which tests people's Olympic knowledge. Have you done the quiz yourself and how is your own Olympic knowledge?... [more]
Sir Steve's oarsome
Mirror.co.uk
24th April 2010
Olympic rower Sir Steve Redgrave along with other stars including comic Harry Hill and model Laura Bailey have helped the Fairtrade Foundation win a top gong.
The organisation, which campaigns for a fair market price for Third World farmers, scooped the Queen's Award for Enterprise. ... [more]
Redgrave backing for Searle return
Virgin Media
16th April 2010
Sir Steve Redgrave has backed veteran Olympic champion Greg Searle's bid to row at the London 2012 Olympics.
Searle won Olympic gold in Barcelona in 1992 with brother Jonny and cox Garry Herbert, and bronze in a four in 1996, before retiring after the 2000 Olympics.
Sir Steve, a five-time Olympic rowing champion and widely considered Britain's greatest Olympian, told the Press Association; 'A fit and strong Greg Searle is going to be a good person to have in anyone's team.'
He added; 'I think he retired too early. In rowing terms I think the world has seen three outstanding athletes.... [more]
Taking on world’s toughest bike race
Henley Standard
Wednesday 7th April 2010
THREE members of a Henley rowing club have teamed up with Sir Steve Redgrave for the world’s toughest cycle race.
The 48-year-old Olympic rowing champion and Upper Thames Rowing Club members Peter McConnell, Ian Neville and John Mottram aim to raise £100,000 for Sport Relief and the Steve Redgrave Fund.... [more]
Steve's toughest challenge?
Official Redgrave Crew Website
5th April 2010
Steve's latest challenge is regarded as the toughest endurance race in the world. Race Across America is a 3,000 mile cycle race crossing from Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland. Joined by a team of former rowers & friends, the crew of 8 will ride across 14 States, climb 100,000ft and encounter every extreme of weather.
The Redgrave Crew aim to raise £100,000 - £1 for every foot climbed - for the Steve Redgrave Fund and Sport Relief. The Steve Redgrave Fund uses the power of sport and sporting activity to bring about positive change in the lives of disadvantaged children.
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Redgrave named greatest English sportsman ever
More than the Games
1st April 2010
Already installed as the bookmakers favourite to light the Olympic flame at the London 2012 Olympics, Redgrave - who retired following his victory in Sydney - beat off the challenge of World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore, decathlon legend Daley Thompson and sub four-minute miler Sir Roger Bannister.
'It's a great honour,' he said
'I'm very proud to be English, and to be voted ahead of some of England's all time sporting legends is fantastic.'... [more]
Redgrave named greatest sporting icon
ITN
1st April 2010
Five-time Olympic rowing champion Sir Steve Redgrave has been named as the Greatest English Sporting Icon of all time.
Sir Steve beat off competition from sports legends including England's 1966 World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore, Sir Roger Bannister the world's first four-minute miler, and David Beckham in the Commonwealth Games England national survey.
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Double First: Cambridge Boat Race Win
Varsity newsletter
3rd April 2010
Taking to the winner's podium, the team were awarded their trophy by Olympic rowing champion Sir Steve Redgrave, who was immediately doused in winner's champagne. Reflecting on the race, CUBC President Deaglan McEachern stated 'it wasn’t fun, but it was good!'... [more]
'Steve proved to me that back surgery should be the last resort - not the first', says Ann Redgrave
Mail online
3rd April 2010
A year after Los Angeles, Steve suffered an acute prolapsed disc in his lower back - when the soft inner part of the disc bulges out through a weakness in the outer part, causing inflammation and sometimes pressure on nerves. He was 23, and experts told him his career could be over.... [more]
Sir Steve to take on 'World’s Toughest Bike Race'
This is Local London.co.uk
6th April 2010
OLYMPIC legend Steve Redgrave will swap boats for a bike when he undertakes a 3,000 mile ride known as The World’s Toughest Bike Race.
The record gold medal winning rower from Marlow Bottom will be part of a team tackling the the Race Across America – which aims to raise £100,000 for Sport Relief and the Steve Redgrave Fund.... [more]
Sir Steve Redgrave to take on Race Across America
Road.cc
31st March 2010
The former rower has put together a team of eight ex-oarsman, including himself, to take part in the 3,000 mile race with the aim of raising £100,000 for Sport Relief and the Steve Redgrave fund.... [more]
Sir Steve Redgrave leads the way in Sestriere
SkiClub.co.uk
23rd March 2010
The event is joined by Olympians Sir Steve Redgrave and Ben Hunt-Davis who despite skiing not being their first sports are still as driven as if they were rowing in Sydney. In their eyes the only acceptable result is a win! Unfortunately for Steve his daughter Natalie beat him for the first time in the Giant Slalom.... [more]
£6m for after-school Olympic clubs
The Press Association
17th March 2010
£6m for after-school Olympic clubs
(UKPA) – 1 hour ago
Teenagers will get the chance to try out Olympic and Paralympic sports through a £6 million network of after-school clubs, Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has announced.
From this autumn term sports such as badminton, boccia, fencing, handball, table tennis, volleyball and wheelchair basketball will be on offer at the first of 3,000 clubs being set up in secondary schools and colleges across England.... [more]
Iraq War veteran Phil Packer and BBC newsreader Kate Silverton complete Three Peaks Challenge
The Telegraph
10th March 2010
For the final ascent up Mount Snowdon, the pair were joined by Sir Steve Redgrave, the Olympic rowing gold medallist, and Sir Clive Woodward the former England rugby coach. ... [more]
Sport Relief challenge on Snowdon
BBC News
7th March 2010
Iraq veteran Phil Packer was joined by Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave and former England rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward on the final leg of his three peaks challenge in aid of Sport Relief.... [more]
Jaguar Academy of Sport Launched by Living Legends of British Sport
The Autochannel
5th March 2010
LONDON - March 4, 2010; The Jaguar Academy of Sport was launched at a ceremony in London today by Sir Ian Botham, Gareth Edwards CBE, Dame Kelly Holmes DBE, Denise Lewis OBE, Sir Steve Redgrave and supported by David Beckham OBE by video message. These legends of British sport are the Patrons of the Jaguar Academy of Sport, which aims to recognise, celebrate and inspire the very best of British sporting talent and success.... [more]
The Jaguar Academy Launch
PR Web
5th March 2010
The Jaguar Academy of Sport was launched at a ceremony in London today by Sir Ian Botham, Gareth Edwards CBE, Dame Kelly Holmes DBE, Denise Lewis OBE, Sir Steve Redgrave and supported by David Beckham OBE by video message. These legends of British sport are the Patrons of the Jaguar Academy of Sport, which aims to recognise, celebrate and inspire the very best of British sporting talent and success. ... [more]
Redgrave out to play Williams gold card
The Independent
27th February 2010
Britain's greatest Olympian, Sir Steve Redgrave, had a message of defiance on a morning when the team's yield of one gold medal from these 21st Winter Games severely threatened chances of improved financial support for the next challenge in Russia in 2014.
Speaking against the backcloth of the coastal mountains, Redgrave argued that extremely high ground had been reached here by one superbly competitive – and well supported – athlete.... [more]
Sir Steve Redgrave planning winter sports base
BBC Sport
25th February 2010
Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave wants to build a long-track speed skating venue in the UK - and house other winter sports in the centre of it... [more]
London 2012 - BOA taking notes in Canada
Eurosport Yahoo
21st February 2010
Five-time Olympic champion Sir Steve Redgrave is part of the BOA's team in Vancouver and is advising Sir Clive Woodward, the organisation's performance chief, about the best way to prepare athletes for the pressure of the Games.
'You can really feel the pressure on the Canadians and there are a lot of lessons here for London 2012,' he said.
'I'm a pretty experienced Olympian but I've no idea what it's like to compete at a home Olympics.
'There have certainly been some interesting things to take away from Vancouver in terms of our preparation for London.'
Meanwhile, Redgrave predicted skeleton gold would fire up the British team, with further medals chances to come in bobsleigh, short track speed skating and curling... [more]
Amy Williams roars to gold for Britain
Reuters
20th February 2010
WHISTLER (Reuters) - Amy Williams roared to Britain's first Olympic gold medal in an individual winter event since 1980 in the women's skeleton on Friday.
Former rower Steve Redgrave, Britain's most decorated Olympian, greeted Williams after her final slide to glory.
'The first thing she said to me after was when does it sink in?,' Redgrave, who won five Olympic owing golds, told reporters. 'I said it never does. You can be world champion for a year but you are Olympic champion for life.'... [more]
Winter Olympics 2010: Amy Williams skeleton gold 'incredible boost for team morale'
The Telegraph
20th February 2010
Great Britain’s finest Olympian, Sir Steve Redgrave, has hailed Amy Williams’ stunning victory in the skeleton at the Vancovuer Winter Olympics as a defining moment for the future of British sport. ... [more]
Amy Williams: 'It's been a great experience and I hope it never ends'
Reuters
22nd February 2010
She said she was startled to find herself talking to Sir Steve Redgrave in the wake of her triumph, then even more stunned to overhear an interview he was giving on the subject of Amy Williams. ... [more]
Vote for the Best of British
Weston Mercury
16th January 2010
Famous faces such as Frank Bruno, Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen and Sir Steve Redgrave have been voting on www.greatbritishlife.co.uk to select their favourite heroes, inventions, food and places...... [more]
Olympians will take torch to home towns
Thisislondon.co.uk
6th January 2010
Five-time gold-medallist rower Sir Steve Redgrave could carry the flame through his home town of Marlow... [more]
5 Live listeners pick Sir Steve Redgrave
BBC
4 January 2010
BBC Radio 5 Live listeners have chosen Sir Steve Redgrave's fifth Olympic gold as the greatest sporting achievement of the decade 2000 to 2009.... [more]
Sir Steve skis Olympic Whistler
The Times
5th December, 2009
Jet lagged, we had woken at the crack of dawn (we'd flown in the night before) and in places the snow came up to our knees... [more]
Sir Steve backs basketball bid
The Times
2nd December, 2009
The ability to compete against the leading nations in your sport is imperative to individual and team development... [more]
My Week: Sir Steve Redgrave
The Times
14th November, 2009
You need that voice within that makes you overcome the worst adversity and get back on your feet... [more]
Active encouragement from an Olympic great
Southern Daily Echo
10th November, 2009
OLYMPIC legend Sir Steve Redgrave fired the starting gun on a new rowing initiative in Southampton yesterday... [more]
Interview: Sir Steve Redgrave
Wharf.co.uk
2nd November, 2009
He's an Olympic legend but for Sir Steve Redgrave it's Britain's future, not its past, that's important... [more]
I had huge belief but kept it to myself, says Redgrave
Reuters
26th October, 2009
Steve Redgrave was never a showman like Muhammad Ali but Britain' five-times Olympic rowing champion said he shared the same supreme self-confidence... [more]
