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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 like this is fate and here we are, and it s an amazing feeling.
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.
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