Brooke Francis and Lucy Spurs of Nova Zealand won the women's double sculls gold in the rowing competition at the Paris Olympics, BTA reported.
They finished in 6:50.45 minutes and were 24 hundredths ahead of Ancutsa Bodnar and Simona Radis (Romania), who were champions at the Tokyo Games.
Rebecca Wilde and Matilda Hodgkins Byrne of Great Britain finished third, 2.37 seconds behind the winners.
The New Zealand boat was running in third position until mid-distance, but with a powerful attack took the lead, which she managed to hold until the end.
Lucy Spurs is a silver medalist from the Olympics in Tokyo, but in the eight, and Francis came second in this discipline three years ago in the Japanese capital.
Rowing, pairs sculls, women:
1. New Zealand (Brooke Francis and Lucy Spurs) - 6:50.45 minutes
2. Romania (Ancutsa Bodnar and Simona Radis) - 6:50.69
3. Great Britain (Rebecca Wild and Matilda Hodgkins Byrne) - 6:53.22