23 Sep 2000: Ekaterina Karsten of Belarus on her way to gold in the Women's Single Sculls Rowing Final at the Sydney International Regatta Centre on Day Eight of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Mike Hewitt /Allsport

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 23: Frauen Olympische Spiele Sydney 2000, Sydney; FRAUEN/EINER FINALE; SILBER: Rumyana NEYKOVA/BUL, GOLD: Ekaterina KARSTEN/BLR, BRONZE: Katrin RUTSCHOW - STOMPOROWSKI/GER (Photo by Lutz Bongarts/Bongarts/Getty Images)

23 Sep 2000: Ekaterina Karsten of Belarus in action on her way to winning gold in the Womens single scull final during the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games at the Olympic Regatta Centre, Sydney, Australia. DIGITAL IMAGE. IOPP Pool Mandatory Credit: Ross Kinnaird/ALLSPORT

ATHENS - AUGUST 21: Ekaterina Karsten of Belarus (Silver) Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski of Germany (Gold) and Rumyana Neykova of Bulgaria (Bronze) receive their medals in the women's single sculls event on August 21, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski;Ekaterina Karsten;Rumyana Neykova