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Photo: Steve McArthur/Photosport Ltd 2021 Emma Twigg started the medal rush by winning gold in the women's single sculls. Twigg dominated the final winning in an Olympic best time of 7 mins, 13.97 secs. She led from start to finish and crossed the line 3.42 secs ahead of Hanna Prakatsen of the Russian Olympic Committee, with Austria's Magdalena Lobnig claiming bronze. Twigg told Sky Sport she could not believe it. "All these years many, many disappointments and I just can't thank the people I have surrounded myself by enough, they've got me here, that's not my result that's my team. "I feel ...

New Zealand women's eight have won our sixth medal at Tokyo Olympics Publish Date Friday, 30 July 2021, 1:12PM The New Zealand women's eight have won New Zealand's sixth medal of the Tokyo Olympics after claiming silver today. The crew - made up of Ella Greenslade, Emma Dyke, Lucy Spoors, Kelsey Bevan, Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler, Beth Ross, Jackie Gowler and coxswain Caleb Shepherd - came in at 6.00.04. Canada won gold at 5.59.13 and China claimed bronze at 6.01.21. Read More:

A team like no other at games like no other Lewis Clareburt on fire in 400m individual medley. Photos: New Zealand Olympic Committee. '); } else { // } Wellingtonian swimmer Lewis Clareburt set the Tokyo Olympic pool abuzz last night with a sizzling personal best in his 400m individual medley heat. Lewis recorded 4min 09.49s to qualify second fastest for today's final behind Australian Brendan Smith (4min 09.27s) for the final. Lewis recently broke his personal record by more than two seconds when he swam 4min 09.87s at the national championships. To go so much fas...

New Zealand will be desperate to win their eights heat, with only the first boat advancing directly to the final on Friday, with the other crews having to contest a repechage during the week – an extra race the star Kiwi duo won’t want on an already taxing programme. The NZ eight is drawn in the first heat along with Canada, China and Great Britain. The other heat consists of just three boats – Australia, Romania and the United States. STUFF The pressure is on for the rowing squad to deliver more success. The change in schedule also forced Hamish Bond to pass his flagbearer duties f...

They duly won their pairs heat to progress directly to the semifinals on Tuesday and then were part of the NZ women’s eight which won their heat in dramatic fashion with a surging finish to seal an automatic place in Friday’s final. “It didn't phase us too much,” Gowler said after the eights heat. “We've done two races in a day multiple times, so I think we were almost happy that we'll have another extra day off.” Prendergast and Gowler are the defending world champions – from 2019 – in the pair and were also part of the Kiwi women’s eight which also won gold in Austria...