Only one Rio Olympic medallist will be represented in New Zealand's elite rowing ranks next year after the announcement of the summer training squad. New Zealand's three Rio gold medallists - single sculler Mahe Drysdale, and the pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray - are also treating 2017 as a sabbatical year. The absent quartet will forfeit an aggregate of $235,000 (pre-tax) in 2017 performance enhancement grants from High Performance Sport New Zealand. Rowing New Zealand presents its case for future funding to High Performance Sport New Zealand on Tuesday. They aimed for five medals and returned three at Rio, but exceeded expectations in each of the other three years.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 18, 2016 01:30 UTC