DUISBURG, Germany (AP) -- Eight-time Olympic champion Birgit Fischer says cardiac arrhythmia is threatening her attempt to come back from retirement and DUISBURG, Germany (AP) -- Eight-time Olympic ...

With her eight gold medals, kayak colossus Birgit Fischer is Germany's most successful ever Olympian, not to mention her breath-taking 27 world titles. At 42 years old, Fischer proved she was still at ...

Eight-time Olympic gold medallist Birgit Fischer has set her sights on a comeback in time for next year's London Olympics. The German kayaker, who turns 50 in February, says she wants a new challenge ...

It was a performance to make Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent look like novices. Twenty-four years after winning her first Olympic title, Birgit Fischer and her four-woman kayak crew raced to ...

January 7 - German kayaking icon Birgit Fischer (pictured), who has won eight Olympic gold medals and an astonishing 28 World Championship titles, has targeted a comeback at London 2012 when she will ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Eight-time Olympic champion Birgit Fischer has given up her attempt to qualify for the London Games at age 50. The German canoeist says she is suffering from a heart muscle ...

Berlin: Eight-time Olympic champion canoeist Birgit Fischer announced that she would not be coming out of retirement for a third time to compete in Augusts Beijing Olympic Games. The 45-year-old came ...

Germany's 42-year-old kayaking legend Birgit Fischer may be finding it a little harder these days, but she still had what it took to win her eighth Olympic gold medal yesterday. Germany's four-person ...

DUISBURG, Germany (AP) -- Birgit Fischer's personal doctor has stopped the 50-year-old eight-time Olympic champion's latest comeback attempt only one day before DUISBURG, Germany (AP) -- Birgit ...

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There is an obvious reason I find Birgit Fischer's record such a source of interest. Look at the medals: gold in Moscow 1980, double gold in Seoul 1988, gold in Barcelona 1992, gold in Atlanta 1996, ...

January 7 - German kayaking icon Birgit Fischer (pictured), who has won eight Olympic gold medals and an astonishing 28 World Championship titles, has targeted a comeback at London 2012 when she will ...