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 ...
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 ...
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.