Rowing - News

Niger's Hamadou Djibo Issaka has just three months' experience in Rowing and trained for the Olympic Games in an old fishing boat.

Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins underlined their status as gold medal favourites by setting a new Olympic best time as they qualified for the final of the women's Double Scull.

There were Olympic best performances as the Rowing regatta began at Eton Dorney, with New Zealand's all-conquering men's Pair Hamish Bond and Eric Murray and Great Britain's Helen Glover and Heather Stanning confirming their status as gold medal favourites.

British rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning confirmed their status as gold medal favourites as they stormed into the final of the women's Pair in a new Olympic best.