Australia ended their World Rowing Cup II campaign on Sunday night with three gold medals, two silvers and one bronze in Italy.
Gold went to Kim Crow in the women's single scull, Erik Horrie in the men's single scull and Kathryn Ross and Gavin Bellis in the mixed double scull.
Alexander Belonogoff and James McRae snapped up a silver in the men's double scull, while Jack Hargreaves and Nick Wheatley took bronze in the men's pair. In the non-Olympic boat class of the women's four, Renee Chatterton, Alexandra Hagan, Charlotte Sutherland and Katrina Bateman claimed silver.
Throughout the regatta, Crow had proved herself the rower to beat and, in the A-Final, she was sublime in claiming her first international title of 2015.
In a dominant showing, the Victorian moved clear of the rest of the field to lead by more than five seconds over her closest competitor by the halfway mark.
Crow crossed well in front of American Genevra Stone who finished nine seconds behind.
"My last big international race was the 2014 world rowing championships, even though I had a couple of races in Australia," Crow said.
"I was focused on my rowing and it felt really good out there. There are still a lot of things to work on and I'm looking forward to training here in Varese for the next few months ... so I feel almost at home when I race here."
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