The squad nailed medals in all 10 Olympic-class finals at the last full hitout before the Rio Olympics in August. Silver medals also went the way of the women's double Eve Macfarlane and Zoe Stevenson, and single sculler Emma Twigg. There was a bronze for the lightweight women's double of Sophie Mackenzie and Julia Edward in a keenly-contested race, crossing behind the Netherlands and Denmark. Women's pair Rebecca Scown and Genevieve Behrent had a quality duel with Britain's Olympic champions Heather Stanning and Helen Glover in winning silver. Drysdale had a battle royal with Croatian European champion Damir Martin, who had pipepd Drysdale in their semifinal 24 hours earlier.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 19, 2016 13:07 UTC