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Redgrave to carry British flag at Closing Ceremony

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SYDNEY, Sept 30 (AFP) - Serial gold medal winning rower Steven Redgrave will be Britain's flag bearer in Sunday's closing ceremony for the Sydney Olympics, it was announced Saturday.

Redgrave, who claimed a rowing gold medal for the fifth successive Games in the men's coxless four, said it would be "a great honour" to lead the British team around Stadium Australia.

Redgrave was Britain's flag bearer at the opening ceremony for Barcelona in 1992 and at Atlanta four years ago but stood aside to let team-mate Matthew Pinsent have the honour for the Opening Ceremony in Sydney.

Redgrave said: "I feel a bit guilty because rowing seems to have monopolised the opening and closing ceremonies but it will finish my Olympics off in a very special way."

His feat of winning golds in five consecutive Games is unprecedented for an endurance athlete although Hungarian fencer Aladar Gerevich won six consecutive team golds between 1932 and 1960.

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