Silver For Genevieve Behrent And Rebecca Scown In Women's Pair

Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown have claimed a silver medal for New Zealand in the women's rowing pair at the Rio Olympics.

The pair started slowly but pulled into third over the middle 1000m before sprinting past Denmark in the final 500m.

The British defending champions, Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, finished 1.24 seconds clear to win.

The medal is Scown's second at the Olympics after claiming bronze with Juliette Haigh in 2012.

The 33-year-old joins Caroline Meyer and Georgina Earl as the only Kiwi women rowers with two.