The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are coming to a close after 17 days of sporting excellence from the world's elite sportspeople. We take a look back at some key moments for New Zealand atheltes.
Stuff sports reporters19:24, Jul 30 2021
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The NZ women s eight couldn t quite catch Canada, whose cox loses her balance with joy.
In front of eight great New Zealand women, sat a man making Olympic rowing history. Shepherd has etched his name into the history books as the first male to win a women s Olympic Games medal after steering Ella Greenslade, Emma Dyke, Lucy Spoors, Kelsey Bevan, Grace Prendergast, Kerri Gowler, Beth Ross and Jackie Gowler in their silver medal-winning performance on the waters of Sea Forest Waterway.
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Coxswain Caleb Shepherd and the New Zealand eight can finally smile and relax after claiming the silver medal.
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In the women’s final, the race favourites strived throughout to catch early leaders Canada and looked like a gold medal was possible 400 metres from the finish, but the Canadian eight held on to win by just 0.91 seconds. It was just the second time in New Zealand’s history that the country has entered a women’s eight since the event was first held in 1976, over a shortened course. The NZ women’s eight debuted in Rio five years ago and finished just outside the medals.
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Celebration time! Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast triumph in the women s pair in Tokyo.
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