Germany's rowers won two gold medals in the quadruple sculls as both their women's and men's teams prevailed in their finals on Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas at Rio 2016 on Thursday.
New Zealand's indomitable duo Hamish Bond and Eric Murray successfully defended their Olympic title in the men's pair final—they beat South Africa into silverand Italy to bronze—to maintain their staggering seven-year unbeaten record.
The lightweight men's four and men's double sculls will follow the women's double sculls later on Thursday as Katherine Grainger bids to become Great Britain's most successful female Olympian with partner Victoria Thornley.