Jack Lopas has just returned from the World Rowing Junior Championships with a gold medal hanging around his neck, and he is straight into NCEA study.

A rower died following a 'freak' accident while celebrating winning a medal at the World University Championships in Poland.

During a visit this week to the NZME offices, a relaxed Eric Murray and Hamish Bond were clearly in a post-Rio Games mood.

Jackie Murray says she was left shaking and angry after a selector said her husband didn't need to be at her side for the birth of their first child.

Revealed: Gold medallists Eric Murray and Hamish Bond open up over the childbirth debate that almost split them apart.

Kiwi gold medallist inadvertently walks into a very public squabble between British Olympic presenters.

The medal winning Irish rowers who have been winning hearts around the globe with hilarious comments in interviews have gone one step better.

A crushed Emma Twigg is to retire from rowing, shattered at falling short of an Olympic medal for the third time.

We ask two of our rowing experts three key questions surrounding New Zealand's rowing landscape.

Mahe Drysdale says he'll never forget the uncertainty he felt while floating next to Martin in the finish area, waiting to hear if he had won gold.

Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown have claimed a silver medal for New Zealand in the women's Olympic rowing pair final.

When it comes to being 'O for oarsome', where do consecutive Olympic golds and a 2611-day undefeated portfolio sit?

New Zealand's big boats have Olympic medals in their sights after powering into finals in Rio.

Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have underlined their names in New Zealand's Olympic pantheon, winning the country's first gold medal at the Rio Games.

The secret to the unrivalled success of the New Zealand rowing pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray has finally been revealed.

Rowing officials at the Rio Olympics have cancelled all racing overnight due to high winds.

Both Kiwi double sculls crews have missed out on their Olympic finals, including world champions Zoe Stevenson and Eve MacFarlane.

Calm waters arrived at the Olympic regatta but the pathway to gold is only getting rougher for New Zealand women's pair Rebecca Scown and Genevieve Behrent.

The winds plaguing the Olympic rowing regatta have blown a problem into the path of the Kiwi women's pair. Rowing on day two as

Rowing New Zealand have laid an official complaint with organisers after the Olympic racing schedule continued in rough conditions on day one of heats.

Mahe Drysdale cruised while Emma Twigg battled as both New Zealand single scullers made winning starts to the Rio Olympic regatta.

Quietly, as the Rio Games cauldron ignites into flame, New Zealand's most successful Olympic coach will disappear into a mentoring backwater.

Serbia's men's pair capsized on the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon as choppy waters complicated things for rowers on the first day of competition. Milos

New Zealand will send its strongest individual sports team to an Olympic Games in Rio.

COMMENT: I left the Beijing Games a changed athlete. I learned the bitter taste of disappointment and missed chances.

Olympic rower George Bridgewater is a finance whizz who's made the biggest trade of his life, and he'll be expecting to collect.

New Zealand is aiming for 14 medals in Brazil, which would exceed the record-equalling tally of 13 in London (2012) four years earlier.

Think of New Zealand's rowing crews challenging for medals at the Rio Olympics and certain names leap to mind.

New Zealand's bid to send a coxless four to Rio ended with FISA confirming Russia will cobble together a crew.

They both won gold medals in their respective fields at London 2012 and are considered to be one of the greatest of all-time in their