The 23-year-old won the single sculls at the national championships, beating Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale by more than nine seconds.

Lopas has been part of Yale's programme since 2017, and he's also studying American history.

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11 Apr: Rachael Blackmore has made sporting history by becoming the first woman jockey to ride the winner of the Grand National, the world's greatest steeplechase horse race

27 Mar: A gutsy effort in the final marathon leg lead Braden Currie to victory in the 2021 New Zealand Ironman in Taupo, in a time of seven hours and 57 seconds

25 Mar: The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics has begun its 121-day journey across Japan

25 Mar: The fifth-to-first London Olympics double sculling triumph decreed NZ's sporting moment of the decade

23 Mar: Double Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale's hopes of a Tokyo swansong have been crushed after missing out on the men's national rowing squad for 2021

23 Mar: Tokyo Olympic Games torch relay begins this week, carrying the hope of a nation

22 Mar: Nico Porteous has earned bronze in the latest US grand prix freeski event at Aspen

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Netball:
A slow start hurt the Central Pulse in tonight's ANZ Premiership netball match against the Northern Stars in Palmerston North - with the Stars claiming a 57-53 win 18:16

Cricket:
The North versus South hockey series will go down to the wire on Tuesday - with both the men's and women's series locked at one all after day two in Hamilton 18:06

Law and Order:
Police in Auckland have arrested a 27 year old man in relation to a serious assault that happened on Friday evening 17:36

Health & Safety:
Proposed funding changes for pre-natal doctor's visits have been condemned by one advocate 17:26

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