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The Latest: Australia's Brennan takes gold in sculls

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

10:55 a.m.

Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand has repeated his gold in the men's single sculls in a dramatic photo finish with Croatia's Martin Damir.

Drysdale and Damir both crossed the line in 6 minutes, 41.34 seconds. But officials called the race for Drysdale after studying a photo of the finish.

Ondrej Synek of Czech Republic got the bronze.

Damir was quickest out of the blocks but Drysdale caught up and was ahead at 1,500 meters.