Related Content Rio Olympics 2016: Valerie Adams reaches shot put final Rio Olympics 2016: Second athlete fails drugs test Rio Olympics 2016: Egyptian judoka refuses to shake Israeli opponent's handIn a possible preview of the women's final, Twigg and Australian world champion Kim Brennan crossed within centimetres of each other. Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown have claimed a silver medal for New Zealand in the women's rowing pair at the Rio Olympics. The duo now have a chance to create history when they race in the women's eight final tomorrow. The pair started slowly but pulled into third over the middle 1000m before sprinting past Denmark in the final 500m. The medal is Scown's second at the Olympics after claiming bronze with Juliette Haigh in 2012.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 12, 2016 13:45 UTC