Rowing: Sullivan skips worlds to focus on Rio game plan
Joseph Sullivan's Olympic gold medal last year probably seems a distant memory right now.
Joseph Sullivan's Olympic gold medal last year probably seems a distant memory right now.
Swiss rowing crowds tend to be a tough gig to entertain but Hamish Bond and Eric Murray had them clapping in the aisles at the Rotsee overnight.
Controversy erupted when Robbie Manson and Michael Arms were selected as the new men's double sculls combination for the World Cup rowing season.
At Napier Girls' High School, rower Emma Twigg used to enjoy belting out a bar or two of Jerusalem.
Mahe Drysdale now knows the training anguish he needs to endure to get within striking distance of a medal at the world rowing championships next month in S Korea.
With four gold medals and a silver at the season's second World Cup regatta.
It's a proud moment for any parent when their child represents New Zealand in sports - but having two kids do it on the same night calls for a double celebration.
Hamish Bond and Eric Murray created further history at the second World Cup regatta of the season in England.
Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have created further history tonight at the second World Cup regatta of the season in England.
They have gone unbeaten for four years, capped it with the Olympic gold in London and are about to get back on the World Cup circuit next week.
No one there will easily forget New Zealand scullers Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan's sizzling sprint to gold at last year's London Olympics.
World and Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale is the exception rather than the rule in that he progressed on to the world stage without coming through the school system.
Rowing New Zealand are looking to beef up their women's programme and have master coach Dick Tonks overseeing the group this year.
New Zealand's 41-strong rowing team made a solid start to the first world cup rowing regatta of the year in perfect conditions in Penrith, New South Wales, yesterday.
Rowing powerhouses Hamilton Boys' High School and St Margaret's College of Christchurch have the chance to win a prestigious double at the Maadi Cup regatta today.