Caleb Shepherd is the first man to win a women's medal at the Olympics
New Zealand media reported that Caleb Shepherd made new Olympic history today by becoming the first man to win a medal in the women's competition after leading New Zealand in the eight-board rowing as a rudder at the Tokyo Olympics.
A rule change in 2017 removed the type restriction for the front-seated helmsman, so Shepherd could join Ella Greenslad, Emma Dyke, Lucy Sporse, Grace Prendergast, Keri Gowler, Kelsey Bevan, Jackie Gawler and Beth Ross on the podium.
The New Zealand team took its first medal in the event behind the gold-medal-winning Canadian team, and outperformed the Chinese team that took the bronze, which also had a man as helmsman Deshang Zhang, who is in the annals of history behind Shepherd.
The New Zealand portal quoted "Staff. C.O. NZ" made Shepherd's comments: "This is the best we can do today." "It was amazing, we did our best, it was a good thing," he added.
