By David LeggatIt remains business as usual for the one New Zealand rowing crew still on the cusp of a late callup to the Rio Olympics. They know there's a possibility (of going to Rio) but there's not the excitement yet," he said. The New Zealand men's quad of George Bridgewater, John Storey, Jadu Uru and Nathan Flannery won a belated trip to Rio after a Russian sculler failed a doping test last month. Apart from the men's four, they have qualified in the men's lightweight four and eight, and women's eight and lightweight double scull. Peterson said the crew had come off Lake Karapiro after a training session in 4 degree temperatures and were "pretty numb.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 19, 2016 02:15 UTC