1News' Guy Heveldt was on hand to watch as Wilde won NZ's first medal in Birmingham - he was still there for all the business that went down after it.
On paper NZ's Comm Games swimming team has the potential to be one of the country’s most successful in recent times.
The battle for the New Zealand spot in the K1 500 at the Canoe Sprint World Championships is now one-all.
Drysdale won back-to-back gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, as well as a bronze in 2008.
It is a heartbreaking end for one of Rowing NZ's most favoured boats, the lightweight women's double.