A emphatic win in the women’s double sculls kicked off a magic hour for New Zealand’s Olympic rowers in Paris.<\/p>\n
Lucy Spoors and Brooke Francis claimed a gold medal – Aotearoa’s second of the 2024 Games – in the first of four rowing finals for the Kiwis on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
Shortly afterwards, the men’s four bagged a silver, while the women’s four – which includes Spoors’ sister Phoebe – took out the bronze.<\/p>\n
It was an intensely tight finish for Spoors and Francis as they held off the two-time world champion Romania and Great Britain.<\/p>\n
An emotional Spoors told RNZ that she was dizzy with elation.<\/p>\n
“I’m in shock and so proud, and I have a feeling this is going to be one of the best days ever.”<\/p>\n
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