New Zealand's Late Dash Brings Rowing Gold in Sculls

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World champion pair Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan of New Zealand timed a final burst to perfection to take rowing gold in the heavyweight double sculls on Thursday.

(CORRECTS headline typo)

World champion pair Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan of New Zealand timed a final burst to perfection to take rowing gold in the heavyweight double sculls on Thursday.

Cohen and Sullivan drove past Slovenia's Luka Spik and Iztok Cop in the last 200 meters to claim gold in 6 minutes, 31.67 seconds.

Italian duo Alessio Sartori and Romano Battisti raced past the beleaguered Slovenians to snatch silver in 6:32.86, by half a second.

Slovenia took bronze by one hundredth of a second from Argentina.

 

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