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Best ever World Champs for rowers

08:27 am on 1 September 2014

New Zealand's domination of world rowing continues after the team capped it's most successful World Championships by collecting another four medals on the final day in Amsterdam.

Single sculler Emma Twigg and the double of Zoe Stevenson and Fiona Bourke both won their first world titles to add another two golds to New Zealand's coffers.

Olympic men's single sculls champion Mahe Drysdale was second, while the men's lightweight four, who had a late change with Alistair Bond coming in for the injured James Lassche, also claimed silver.

That means the New Zealand team finishes the regatta with 9 medals, including 6 golds... the most gold medals New Zealand has ever won at a world champs.

New Zealand also backed up their world cup series win by topping the world championship medal table, finishing ahead of Great Britain and Australia.

The New Zealand men's coxed pair, men's pair, women's four, women's lightweight double scull, women's double scull and women's single scull won gold.