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Emma Twigg of Team New Zealand competes in the Rowing Women's Single Sculls Semifinal A/B on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

Rowing given a big funding boost ahead of the next Olympics

Author: Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024, 5:57am

Olympic medal-winning sports have been given a funding boost heading into the 2028 Los Angeles games.

High Performance Sport New Zealand's announced it's investing $162.8 million for 36 national sporting organisations over the next four years.

Rowing, Yachting, Athletics and Para Athletics, Cycling and Para Cycling, and Canoe Racing and Para Canoe are the Podium sports which will receive increased investment - sports that contributed to 16 of New Zealand’s 20 medals won at the Paris Olympics.

Rowing NZ's Chief Executive Simon Wickham has welcomed the funding boost.

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