New Zealand's Eric Murray (L) and Hamish Bond celebrate during the awarding ceremony for the men's pair final of rowing at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 11, 2016. New Zealand won the gold medal. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand snatched a gold medal in the men's pair with a time of 6 minutes and 59.71 seconds in the rowing regatta of the 2016 Olympics Games here on Thursday.
South Africa and Italy took silver and bronze respectively in 7:02.51 and 7:04.52.
