Following her two bronze medals (in 2010 and 2011) and silver in 2013, New Zealand women's single sculler Emma Twigg finally broke through to win her first senior world championship title in Amsterdam. Twigg defeated defending champion Kim Crow of Australia by two and half seconds in a tricky wind and rain shower.
"The conditions have been trying this week, but that all adds to it, and it's nice to achieve my goal for this year. Kim's an amazing competitor, and that's why she was world champion last year," Twigg said. "We've had some great battles, and today was another one of them. It's a really great thing for sculling to have a bit of a rivalry, especially Australia/New Zealand. It's one all so we have another couple years to battle it out!"
Check out the race results here and watch the video of the A Final here.
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