BEIJING (Reuters) - Fanny Fischer dearly loves her Aunt Birgit, Germany's most successful Olympian but said the eight-times gold medal winner had nothing to do with her becoming a canoeing and ...
FRANKFURT, GERMANY - AUGUST 30: Sport / Olympia: Ankunft der Olympiateilnehmer in Frankfurt; Kanu: Birgit FISCHER 30.08.04. (Photo by Alexander Heimann/Bongarts/Getty Images) Bongarts/Getty Images The ...
Crossing the finish line in victory, 42-year-old German Birgit Fischer smiled, pumped her fist and raised her paddle in the air. Her much younger teammates just leaned back and gasped with exhaustion.