Minneapolis native Megan Kalmoe did not win a medal Thursday morning as the U.S. women's quad skulls team finished fifth in the rowing finals.

The event, which was won by Germany, had been delayed for a day by bad weather. The U.S. team won the event at last year's world championships.

Afterward, a dejected Kalmoe took to Twitter.

New Zealand rowers Eric Murray and Hamish Bond have defended their Olympic gold and extended their winning streak in the men's pair. The six-time world champions, who are undefeated since they first started competing in the event in 2009, finished more than a boat-length ahead of silver medalist South Africa. Italy's pair placed third.

In the first medal race of the Rio regatta, defending Olympic champion Germany held off Australia at the finish line to win gold in the men's quadruple sculls. Estonia got the bronze.

Germany won the women's quadruple sculls thanks to a late surge that pushed the German boat past Poland, which had led the race from the start.

The Netherlands also sprinted past the fading Poles, who had to settle for bronze.

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