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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Clareburt
on Fire in 400m Individual Medley
Wellingtonian
swimmer Lewis Clareburt set the Tokyo Olympic pool abuzz
tonight with a sizzling personal best in his 400m individual
medley heat.
Clareburt recorded 4min 09.49s to qualify
second fastest for tomorrow’s final behind Australian
Brendan Smith (4min 09.27s) for the final.
Clareburt
recently broke his personal record by more than two seconds
when he swam 4min 09.87s at the national championships. To
go so much faster again and in a heat at that, emphasises
his ability.
Afterwards Clareburt rated his
performance at just 2 out of 10, explaining he feels he has