Australia's gold medal count has grown to five with the men's and women's coxless four rowers both winning gold this morning at the Tokyo Olympics.
The women’s four set a new Olympic record in their heat to qualify for the final before they set another Olympic record in the final to finish ahead of the Dutch with a time of 6:15.37.
The rowing crews take Australia’s gold medal tally to five with three more gold medals to be decided before midday. World champions Rosemary Popa, Jessica Morrison and Annabelle Mcintyre have now become Olympic champions after winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo: Naomi Baker/Getty Images In the men’s four Alex Purnell, Spencer Turrin, Jack Hargreaves and Alex Hill continued the legacy left by the Oarsome Foursome as they led the entire race to take home Australia’s fifth gold medal.
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