FRANCE’S Hugo Boucheron and Matthieu Androdias celebrate winning gold in the men’s double sculls final at the Sea Forest Waterway on Wednesday. AFP
TOKYO: The Netherlands and China posted world best times to win gold in the men’s and women’s quad sculls races as Olympic rowing roared back into action at Tokyo’s Sea Forest Waterway on Wednesday.
China clinched the women’s quad sculls in 6:05.13, more than six seconds ahead of silver medallists Poland and bronze winners Australia.
On the men’s side, the Netherlands won gold one of four medals they picked up during the day’s competition in 5:32.03, 1.72 seconds ahead of Britain’s crew, with Australia claiming bronze.
They finished second behind Romania in the women s double sculls with the Netherlands third.
The pair started slowly and were fourth after the first 500 metres, but improved to second by the 1000 metre mark.
They were unable to make any impression on the Romanians who finished almost five seconds clear.
It is New Zealand s second medal following Hayden Wilde s bronze medal in the men s triathlon.
Brooke Donoghue and Hannah Osborne have won silver in the women s double scull.
It s New Zealand s second medal of the Games.
Photo: Photosport I m just incredibly proud, we had an awesome race - we absolutely did our best and I m stoked to have an Olympic medal, Osborne told
“I just want to cry I m so happy. I m absolutely over the moon,” Osborne told Sky Sport. “We absolutely trust each other 100 per cent and it comes down to the programme. I was in the quad before this so I had my quad girls. and then jumping into this crew combination has just been seamless and I m so happy to have been with Brooke. She s just phenomenal.” The Kiwi duo tried desperately to haul in gold medallists, Romania’s Ancuta Bodnar and Simon Radis, who set a frenetic pace and won in a blistering Olympic-best time of six minutes 41.03 seconds.