Rowing: Three golds and a silver for NZ

New Zealand set a world-best time in the men's coxed four final at the world under-23 rowing championships in Belgium yesterday.

James Dallinger, Steven Cottle, Paul Gerritsen, Dane Boswell and coxswain Daniel Quigley outlasted Australia in a gripping battle on the Bloso regatta course at Hazewinkel.

Australia had a healthy margin coming into the final sprint when New Zealand turned up the heat.

New Zealand finished over three seconds ahead of the former world-best time as their trans-Tasman rivals faded to second , with Italy third.

It was another highly successful outing for New Zealand on the world stage with golds in the lightweight single scull and lightweight doubles and a silver in the single sculls.

Waihopai's Storm Uru made it look easy in the lightweight single sculls final as he came from third at the 500m mark to brush aside Turkey's Mete Yeltepe and France's Maxime Goissett.

Graham Oberlin-Brown and Peter Taylor won the lightweight double and Nathan Cohen took the silver in the single sculls.

- NZPA