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  • Home >  2016 Olympics >  News

    A last chance looms for Olympic champion rower Emma Twigg to swing the oars at a Games

    A last chance looms for Olympic champion rower Emma Twigg to swing the oars at a Games

    10 May 2024

    The 37-year-old retired after the Rio edition but returned to the single sculls two years later - she eventually triumphed at Tokyo.

    So is Paris her final frontier?



    Twigg first competed at elite international level in the eight during 2006.
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    Chloe Tipple and Owen Robinson are locked and loaded to shoot for New Zealand at the Olympics
    Shot putter Tom Walsh's search for form continues ahead of the Paris Olympics
    Snoop Dogg says that being part of NBC's coverage of the Paris Olympics will be one of the highlights of his career
    Sailor Greta Pilkington has been selected for her maiden Olympics in the ILCA 6 class - previously known as the Laser Radial - but other goals clutter her horizon
    Slender margins separate Aimee Fisher and Dame Lisa Carrington two months out from the Paris Olympics
    Wellington athlete James Preston should be Olympic-bound after breaking a Peter Snell record that has stood for 62 years
    Two people are in critical condition after an incident at the Olympic Pools and Fitness Centre in Auckland's Newmarket
    Can the women's sprint cycling team break the country's 20-year Olympic gold drought in the velodrome
    Kiwi cyclist Ellesse Andrews is confident of going one step further heading into her second Olympics
    World champions Aaron Gate and Ellesse Andrews headline a 16-strong track and road cycling team that's off to the Paris Olympics
    New Zealand won't feature a boat in the men's quadruple sculls at the Paris Olympics
    Weightlifter David Liti has been confirmed in the New Zealand team for the Paris Olympics
    Summer McIntosh qualifies for 400m freestyle at Canadian Olympic trials in world leading time
    17-year-old Canadian swimmer sets fastest 400 metres freestyle time of the year
    Sailors Isaac McHardie and Will McKenzie win medal race of the 49er European championships

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