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 inflammation and has been ...

German kayaker Birgit Fischer, an eight-time gold medalist over six different Olympics who will be 50 in February, has set her sights on a comeback in time for next year's London Games. "I want to ...

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.

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 ...