New Zealand's Emma Twigg reacts after winning the gold medal in the women's single sculls final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo on July 30, 2021. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

TOKYO - Emma Twigg of New Zealand won gold in the women's single sculls at Tokyo's Sea Forest Waterway on Friday.

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