Lisa Carrington won a gold medal during New Zealand's great day at the Rio Olympics. Photo: ReutersThe embattled New Zealand Olympic team has had a day to savour in Rio. Since Mahe Drysdale won his single sculling gold medal early on Sunday, it's been a barren couple of days for New Zealand. New Zealand tend to be prolific in the third place department, but New Zealand's Rio gong tally now stands at four gold, six silver and one bronze, including Burling and Tuke. That's 11 medals, three shy of the High Performance Sport New Zealand projection for Rio.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 16, 2016 19:18 UTC