ATHENS, Aug. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Matthew Pinsent, winner of last three Olympics, won his fourth consecutive Olympic gold, one behind his former partner Sir Steve Redgrave, in Saturday's men's four final in Athens Olympic rowing.

    As one of men's four winners in Sydney, 34-year-old Pinsent wonmen's pair golds both in 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta.

    Saturday's final was a photo finish win for Pinsent and his partners, only 0.08 seconds ahead of the reigning world champions Canadian crew. The bronze medal went to Italian team, fourth placers in 2002 Seville world championships.

    Pinsent, James Cracknell, Steve Williams and Ed Coode combined for the gold.

    Obviously satisfied with the results, Pinsent said, "We thoughtwe made a really good race. We thought we controlled really well to win the medal."

    However, Pinsent implied that he might retire. He said, "I'm aged. To get a gold medal is magical but it's not a good moment tocommit another four years to row to Beijing."

    Pinsent snatched gold with Redgrave in the men's pair at the 1992 and 1996 Games.

    Besides Pinsent, New Zealand twin sisters Georgina and CarolineEvers-Swindells, were also in the limelight. The 26-year-old pair and reigning world champions seized their first ever Olympic gold in women's double sculls.

    Unbeaten in every international race since 2002, the sisters had a clear and impressive win in their Olympic debut.

    "It was a very fast race. We had a lot of pressure from Germany and Britain. We made our target, we worked hard for this for a long time. It's fantastic, we won the gold medal." Georgina said.

    Norwegian Olaf Turte, two-time world champion and silver medalist in Sydney, bagged his first ever Olympic gold in men's single sculls.

    The gold for women's single sculls went to German Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, bronze medalist in Sydney. Romanian Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu netted the gold in women's pair.Drew Ginn and James Tomkins of Australia, reigning world championscrowned men's pair. And Frenchmen Sebastien Vieilledent and AdrienHardy, 2003 Milan world champions, finished first in men's double sculls.

    The other seven golds in rowing will be decided on Sunday. Enditem