2000 - Sydney

Introduction
Olympics The amazing Birgit Fischer became the first woman to win medals twenty years apart when she took two gold medals in kayaking in Sydney. These Games also saw the first hosting of events in triathlon and taekwondo.
Paralympics The Sydney Games were a spectacular 11 days of competition for the record 122 countries taking part. For the first time female athletes could participate in powerlifting, and this resulted in an amazing seven world records being broken in two hours.

KAREN PICKERING
Swimming
Interview date:March 2009
Olympic Years:1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004

As a member of the British Olympic Association Board as well as being on the Sports Advistory Group for LOCOG, Karen says the motivation for British athletes having the Games in London is enormous, and if she could still compete she would be in the water like a shot!