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An exhausted Steve Redgrave (left) is congratulated by James Cracknell after winning the coxless fours at the Sydney Olympics of 2000. It was the fifth consecutive Games at which Redgrave had won a gold medal, an unprecedented achievement for a rower.
In pictures: Sport in the Noughties, from Steve Redgrave to Tiger Woods, Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps
