Australia's rowers have put aside the disappointment of their eights failing to qualify for the Rio Olympics by claiming two gold medals at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne.
The men's and women's eight both failed in their last bid to win a berth at Rio in the final qualification regatta held through the week on the Rotsee.
It's the first time since 1948 the men's eight won't be on the start line.
But women's single sculler Kim Brennan (nee Crow) and the men's quad scull gave the team something to cheer about with victories in their class.
Brennan, who is undefeated since 2014 and the gold medal favourite in Rio, led from the start to finish more than two seconds clear of the field.
Brennan won a silver medal in the women's double scull in London and bronze in the single but is only concentrating on the solo event in Rio.
The men's quad scull crew of Karsten Forsterling, Alexander Belonogoff, Cameron Girdlestone and James McCrae had a huge finish to cross almost three seconds clear of the second-placed Great Britain crew.
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