The 47-year--old, a silver medal winner in the three-day team event at the 2002 Games, suffered head, neck and chest injuries and never regained consciousness.

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Lord Moynihan, winner of an Olympic silver medal for rowing in 1980, urged organisers to "focus on a few, well-targeted and clearly-defined sports legacy objectives".

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The five include Bahrain's 1500m gold medal winner Rashid Ramzi plus Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin who won silver.

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Trujillo of Spain claimed the silver while Poland's Mateusz Kusnierewicz, the winner of the final race, collected the bronze medal.

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