coxless pairs

Heather Stanning, from Lossiemouth, won the coxless pairs rowing event alongside Helen Glover at the 2012 and 2016 games.

Heather Stanning from Lossiemouth made headlines across the world when she won the coxless pairs rowing event with Helen Glover at the 2012 and 2016 Games.

As part of Team GB, Helen is a double Olympic champion and record holder in the coxless pairs.

Winning in the coxed four, coxless four and three times the coxless pairs plus as a bronze in that event in 1988, he became one of Britain's great sport personalities.

ROWING: Scots Imogen Walsh (single sculls) and Heather Stanning - with partner Helen Glover (coxless pairs) - reached the semi-finals for Great Britain at the World Championships in Aiguebelette, France.

The women's coxless pairs was the second final of the day to feature Newcastle University rowers.

1 YEAR AGO A FORMER student of Cardiff Metropolitan University broke Britain's Olympic gold drought as she triumphed in the women's coxless pairs.

Helen Glover and Heather Stanning made history when they triumphed in the coxless pairs.

Redgrave has golds for the coxed fours in Los Angeles in 1984, the coxless pairs in Seoul in 1988, Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996.

STANNING/GLOVER Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won GB's first gold of the Games in the coxless pairs with a dominant performance at Eton Dorney GRAINGER/WATKINS Katherine Grainger, who won silver medals in the last three Games, finally claimed gold with double sculls partner Anna Watkins REED/TRIGGS-HODGE/ GREGORY/JAMES Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs-Hodge, Tom James and Alex Gregory won the coxless fours...

Which new London theatre was opened to the Quiz of the Day ANSWERS: 1 John Osborne; 2 Sidewinder; 3 North and South Islands of New Zealand; 4 None; 5 Prism; 6 Rowing (coxless pairs); 7 A snail; 8 The New Globe; 9 Jerry Hall; 10 The American War of Independence.