Julia Edward's first Gold at a World Cup...

New Zealand came away with an impressive three gold and three silver medals in the final World Cup regatta in Munich on the 17th June, the final test before the London Olympic Games.

GOLD Julia Edward and Louise Ayling took their first World Cup gold, doing it the hard way and rating 38 strikes per minute into a headwind for the entire 2,000 metres. They were never headed, but what was impressive was the way they maintained their high tempo, very difficult in the conditions. Less than a second up at halfway and looking a little vulnerable to the lower rating crews behind them - particularly Denmark's Anne Lolk Thomsen and Juliane Rasmussen - they nevertheless powered on and moved to a half-length lead. They pushed again inside the final quarter and came home a third of a length ahead for an impressive win.

GOLD Eric Murray and Hamish Bond ending the World Cup series unbeaten for the third season on the trot.

GOLD A lead of 0.5 second at 500 metres gave Peter Taylor and Storm Uru the springboard they needed for a superb win.

SILVER Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan bounced back to the front with a spectacular second place .

SILVER Emma Twigg took second place behind Ekaterina Karsten, the 39 year old double Olympic and six time world champion.

SILVER A quick start by world champions Rebecca Scown and Juliette Haigh was not enough to contain the British World Cup series leaders and Lucerne winners Heather Stanning and Helen Glover, and they took NZ’s third silver.