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Rowing Commonwealth Games bid boosted
June 15 - Rowing has been added to the list of category two optional sports for the Commonwealth Games, increasing its chances of being included in future events.
Searle leads British World Cup gold medal charge
May 30 - Britain finished as the top nation at the rowing World Cup, claiming six gold medals on an outstanding day that saw 38-year-old veteran Greg Searle (pictured) grab the headlines.
Eton rowing venue finished for London 2012
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May 27 - Work to enhance facilities at Dorney Lake for London 2012 Olympics, when it is due to host the rowing and canoe sprint events, has been completed on time and on budget, it has been announced. Searle still on course for London 2012 after recall to British squad
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May 20 - Greg Searle (pictured) has rolled back the years to complete the first step of a remarkable Olympic comeback by winning a place in the British rowing squad.
Redgrave puts Searle up on a level with himself and Pinsent
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April 15 - Sir Steve Redgrave is backing Greg Searle’s (pictured) quest to seek rowing gold at the 2012 London Olympics at the age of 40 - and puts him on a par as a rower with himself and his former team-mate, the four-times Olympic champion Sir Matthew Pinsent.Redgrave beats Beckham in national survey
By Mike Rowbottom
April 1 - Sir Steve Redgrave (pictured) has been named as the Greatest English Sporting Icon of all time in a national survey released today ahead of the 156th Boat Race.
Australian Olympic legend set for London 2012 comeback
March 14 - Australia's greatest-ever rower, James Tomkins (pictured), is ready to make a comeback for the London 2012 Olympics when he will be nearly 47, he has revealed.
Searle joins British squad in Portugal as comeback gathers momentum
February 15 - Greg Searle (pictured), the 1992 Olympic coxed pairs champion who has come out of retirement to try to qualify for London 2012, is leaving for Portugal to join a British team training camp.
British gold medal rower who dated Grace Kelly dies
January 25 - Bert Bushnell, a rower who won an Olympic gold medal in the double sculls at London in 1948, has died at the age of 88 following a short illness.
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- Bridge lifted into place at London 2012 rowing venue
- Exclusive: Double Olympic champion Steve Williams quits rowing and will miss London 2012
- FISA to double length of finals for London 2012
- Exclusive: Grainger should give up single sculls, says Sir Steve
- Williams pleased with re-election
- Rowing New Zealand extends deal with BankLink
- Oswald re-elected as President of FISA
- History for British rowing pair at World Cup in Munich
The Ohuruogus and the Relphs are the latest representatives of generations of sporting siblings who have flourished together within international sport, Mike Rowbottom reports
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