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"It's been a rollercoaster": Kiwi gold medal rowers aim to blaze a trail for other mothers

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 2 Aug 2024, 7:30am
Gold medalists Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors of Team New Zealand celebrate on the podium at the Rowing Women's Double Sculls medal ceremony 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)
Gold medalists Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors of Team New Zealand celebrate on the podium at the Rowing Women's Double Sculls medal ceremony 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)

"It's been a rollercoaster": Kiwi gold medal rowers aim to blaze a trail for other mothers

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 2 Aug 2024, 7:30am

New Zealand's had its best day yet at the Paris Olympics with our rowers taking home three medals. 

The women's coxless four winning bronze, the men's coxless four winning silver, and, in the double sculls, Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors taking home the gold. 

Francis told Mike Hosking she's only taken her gold medal off once to shower, describing it as a good-looking medal emblazoned with a picture of the Eiffel Tower. 

Our newest gold medallists are also hoping to blaze a trail for other mothers to follow. 

Both women have been balancing motherhood and rowing since having children in 2022. 

Francis says they both believed in themselves, and they want other mothers to pursue great careers while also being great mothers. 

New Zealand has now won five medals at the Games: one bronze, two silver, and two gold. 

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