# @gettysport on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BIAwtz2As3c
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13261047-gettysport-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2016-07-18T17:53:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images Sport (@GettySport) — https://gondola.cc/GettySport

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Sydney, 2000: “This is the stuff of dreams” #50Days50Moments
After announcing that the Atlanta 1996 Games would be his last, legendary #British rower #SteveRedgrave decided to come out of retirement to compete in the 2000 Sydney Summer #Olympics. The 38-year-old, who first appeared in the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, proceeded to race into the record books by winning #gold in his fifth consecutive games. It came in a dramatic victory over Italy in the coxless fours in front of a massive crowd who witnessed one of the greatest feats in Olympics history | September 23, 2000 | 📷: tomjenkinspix | #GettySport #Rio2016 #RoadtoRio #🇬🇧 #🏅 #🚣🏽
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roadtorio, rio2016, gettysport, 50days50moments, gold, british, olympics, steveredgrave

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