Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell return to their sanctuary at Lake Karapiro this weekend in a bid to right their Olympic Games rowing campaign.
The twins' failure at the Poznan leg of the World Cup in Poland last weekend - their last regatta before the defence of their double
sculls title in Beijing - took some gloss off New Zealand's medal haul of three golds and a bronze.
Mahe Drysdale, Rob Waddell and his double sculls partner Nathan Cohen and the men's pair of George Bridgewater and Nathan Twaddle topped the podium in Poland. The twins had to settle for winning their B final.
The Evers-Swindells arrived back in Auckland yesterday to a low key welcome along with the bulk of the New Zealand team.
Georgina was at a loss to explain their form slump.
"It's a new experience for us, we've never been here before and we've just got to have faith that we can get out of it," she told One News.
She was confident the duo could regroup with the aid of coach Richard Tonks.
"If I didn't think we could turn it around I wouldn't be turning up for training on Saturday morning.
"I've got full confidence in Caroline, Richard and myself."
Waddell, Cohen and the world champion men's four have opted to base themselves in Sydney and train at Penrith, where Waddell claimed New Zealand's only gold medal at the Sydney Olympics eight years ago.
The men's four of Hamish Bond, Eric Murray, James Dallinger and Carl Meyer also slipped in their last dress rehearsal, finishing fifth in their final after needing a repechage to make the field.
The New Zealand-based members of the team endured a difficult journey home after their flights were delayed by luggage issues and mechanical problems in Poland and Germany, meaning they missed their connections from Singapore and Sydney.
- NZPA
