Emma Twigg has won New Zealand s fifth medal at Tokyo Olympics
Publish Date Friday, 30 July 2021, 12:41PM
Rower Emma Twigg has won New Zealand s fifth medal of the Tokyo Olympics after claiming gold in the women s single scull today.
Twigg won gold after sprinting away to claim victory in 7.13.97, with ROC s Hanna Prakatsen winning silver at 7.17.39 and Austria s Magdalena Lobnig in third at 7.19.72.
Today s medal marks Twiggs first time on the podium on her fourth Olympic attempt - after two fourth-placed efforts in London 2012 and Rio 2016.
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Scott won the silver medal in the 200m individual medley and Greenbank won the bronze medal in the men s 200m backstroke.
The 24-year-old already had a gold medal from the men s 4x200m freestyle relay and a silver medal in the individual discipline.
He was in fifth place heading into the medley s final 50m on Friday morning, but he found another gear to power into second place, finishing just 0.28 seconds behind Shun Wang of China.
Scott told the BBC: It was always going to be tight, it was always going to be exciting.
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Olympics Latest: An San of South Korea wins 3rd archery gold
July 30, 2021 GMT
MEDAL ALERT
An San of South Korea has won her third straight archery gold medal at the Tokyo Games.
She won during a shoot-off in the final of the women’s individual event.
An beat Elena Osipova of ROC, the acronym for the Russian Olympic Committee, by a 6-5 score Friday. She scored a 10 in the shoot-off Osipova recorded a 8 to help her nation remain perfect in archery in Tokyo. An had a part in the mixed and women’s team gold medals as well, with the men’s team also winning. The last archery event will be the men’s individual competition Saturday.