German kayaker Birgit Fischer won her eighth gold medal, becoming the first woman to win Olympic medals 24 years apart. Fischer, 42, was part of the four-person kayak team that rallied in the second ...

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 ...

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.

Birgit Fischer's personal doctor has stopped the 50-year-old eight-time Olympic champion's latest comeback attempt only one day before the German canoe and kayak Olympic trials. The German federation ...