Mahe Drysdale
Tough as boots
At the recent Rural Games in Palmerston North events including olive-stone spitting and egg throwing and catching, along with speed tree climbing, speed shearing and gumboot throwing. Audio, Gallery
Olympic rowers Bond, Murray and Drysdale take year off
Olympic rowing champions Hamish Bond, Eric Murray and Mahe Drysdale are taking a year off from the sport, but plan to return to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Audio
Drysdale wants athletes to make drug use public
New Zealand's Olympic champion rower Mahe Drysdale wants greater transparency around athletes' use of prohibited drugs for legitimate reasons.
Olympic gold medalist Mahe Drysdale to take time out
Olympic gold medal winning rower Mahe Drysdale tells Morning Report he's now taking time out of his busy rowing schedule to focus on family, following his success in Rio on the weekend. Audio
Drysdale and Twigg top their quarterfinals
Rio 2016 Olympics - Drysdale and Twigg progress but the NZ double scullers have been knocked out of medal contention.
NZ rowers finish in the medals
The New Zealand rowing team has finished the World Cup event in Lucerne with three gold, two silver and three bronze medals.
Drysdale in great form before Olympics
Three months out from the Olympics, rower Mahe Drysdale says he's in better shape than before previous Games - and is eyeing up his rival, Ondrej Synek. Video, Audio
Gold medal trio to head NZ's biggest ever Olympic rowing team
Single sculler Mahe Drysdale and men's pair Hamish and Eric Murray will head New Zealand's biggest ever rowing team at the Rio Olympics in August. Audio
Olympic rower gets coach back
Olympic rower Mahe Drysdale will be back on the water with his controversial coach Dick Tonks tomorrow morning after reaching a solution with Rowing New Zealand. Audio
The Road to Rio (Part 1): rowing and running
What does it take for some of our top athletes to get on the Road to Rio? The Olympic Games start in August but many of our athletes hoping to qualify for the New Zealand Olympic team have everything… Audio
Tonks may still coach Drysdale for Brazil
Discussions are underway to allow coach Dick Tonks to keep working with Olympic rowing champion Mahe Drysdale in the run up to next year's Olympic Games in Brazil. Audio
Solution near in Dick Tonks Rowing NZ feud
The Olympic rowing champion Mahe Drysdale is hopeful a solution has been found to the on-going feud between his coach Dick Tonks and Rowing New Zealand. Mahe Drysdale told RNZ sports editor Stephen… Audio
Drysdale ponders what went wrong
Five time world champion Mahe Drysdale has been left pondering just what went wrong after he missed out on winning his sixth single sculls world title in France. Audio
Drysdale doubts he can retain world title
The Olympic rowing champion Mahe Drysdale doubts he'll be able to successfully defend his world title at next month's world champs in South Korea Audio
Mahe Drysdale committed to Rio olympics
The World and Olympic single sculls champion Mahé Drysdale has set his sights on another Olympic gold. Audio
Rowing champ says Olympic bid is on track, despite crash
One of the country's leading Olympic medal hopes, Mahe Drysdale, says he will still compete at the Games despite being hit by a car while bike training in Europe. Audio
New Zealand's rowing team adds two more gold medals
It's been a golden weekend for New Zealand's rowing team at the world championiships in Poland. Audio
New Zealand Rowing (Part 3)
Mahe Drysdale spoke to Barry Guy after his race and revealed he's been battling illness. Audio