Grant continues Kiwis' golden run 

Source: PhotosportNew Zealand's Duncan Grant

Duncan Grant delivered New Zealand a third gold medal from the world rowing championships at Poznan, Poland, when he won the lightweight single sculls final on Sunday.

With the win, Grant completed a hattrick, having won the event in 2007 and 2008.

Grant, started from lane one after squeezing into the final with the slowest qualifying time.

But he put any doubts over his form to rest at the 200m mark when he passed the rest of the field and steadily put a length on them.

He controlled the race from the front the rest of the way to clock a winning time of six minutes, 50.78 seconds.

Second was Vasileios Polymeros of Greece with Denmark's Mads Rasmussen third.

Storm Uru and Peter Taylor were to race later tonight in the final of the men's lightweight double.

New Zealand other two golds came on Saturday when Mahe Drysdale won the men's single sculls, his fourth world title in succession, and Eric Murray and Hamish Bond took out the men's coxless pairs final.

Rebecca Scown and Emma Feathery won a bronze medal in the women's coxless pairs.