Olympics-Rowing-New Zealand’s Emma Twigg wins women’s single sculls gold

TOKYO (Reuters) – Emma Twigg of New Zealand won gold in the women’s single sculls at Tokyo’s Sea Forest Waterway on Friday.

The Russian Olympic Committee’s Hanna Prakatsen and Austria’s Magdalena Lobnig picked up silver and bronze, respectively, in the rowing event.

(Reporting by Amy Tennery in Tokyo; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)