Last updated on .From the section Rowing 2018 World Championships Venue: Plovdiv, Bulgaria Dates: 9-16 September Coverage: Watch on BBC Two from 12:30-14:00 BST on Sunday. Great Britain's men's eight missed out on a silver medal at the World Rowing Championships in Bulgaria by three hundredths of a second. Germany won gold in five minutes 24.31 seconds with Australia second in 5:26.11 in Plovdiv. The bronze was Britain's fourth medal of the championships. GB had earlier won Para-rowing gold in the PR3 mixed coxed four, and bronze in the men's four and lightweight women's single sculls.<doc-sep>Mahe Drysdale and the New Zealand men's quad have denied the world champions to earn a crack at the medals at the Rowing World Championships in Bulgaria on Friday (NZ time). They had to finish inside the top two to earn a spot in the final in their repechage which featured Australia, champions Lithuania, France and the US. In a tense and tight race, the Kiwi boat finished second with a time of 5m 43.210s, 0.4s behind Australia and 0.5s ahead of Lithuania. This marks the first time a New Zealand men's quad will compete in an A final in 44 years, and sees World Champions Lithuania placing third and moving to the B final. Meanwhile, the defending champion women's pair of Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler were beaten into second by Canada in their semi-final. Canada finishes in 6m 58.570s, with New Zealand nearly two seconds behind in 7m 00.320s Elsewhere, Robbie Manson won his delayed quarter-final to maintain his favouritism in the single sculls. Manson recorded the best time in his heat of 6m 49.750s, finishing ahead of Lithuania's Mindaugas Griskonis. German Oliver Zeidler had the best time in all the quarter-finals with an impressive 6m 49.100s Zoe McBride and Jackie Kiddle are also through to the final in the women's lightweight double sculls after also finishing second in their semi-final. They finished less than a second behind the Netherlands, with a time of 7m 06.750s. The men's four qualified for the C final after finishing third in their repechage, while the women's four missed out on a qualifying spot in their semi-final and they will race in the B final on Saturday. Newshub.<doc-sep>Sanita Puspure blew away the field in the women's single sculls final at the World Rowing Championships to win gold for Ireland. After years of disappointments, missing out on medals at major championships, this was a huge moment for the Cork oarswoman. The 36-year-old caught a buoy with one of her oars in the early stages, but she was relaxed throughout and it didn't appear to slow her down at all. It's gold for Ireland and Sanita Puspure at the World Rowing Championships. This was a dominant performance in the women's single sculls final. #RTESport pic.twitter.com/HlOS6kjEpQ — RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) September 16, 2018 As the fastest qualifier for the final, the Latvian-born, Cork-based Puspure was drawn in one of the centre lanes. However, high winds on Sunday morning on the artificial lake in Plovdiv, Bulgaria saw the lanes redrawn and she was moved to lane six, which gave her an advantage over her rivals. She beat Switzerland's defending champion Jeannine Gmelin into second with Magdalena Lobnig from Austria in third. Puspure was inspired by yesterday's success and her children watching on: "I still can't believe it in a way. I've been thinking about myself in the middle of the podium for the last week. When I was in my heat I thought I had a really good chance of doing it, but know that it made me more nervous because I'm used to being underdog." "It wasn't as smooth a sail as it has been. I was just like 'keep going'. "I found it really emotional yesterday seeing the boys win the gold. I wanted the anthem to be played for me as well and I can't believe it actually happened. "We have a great dynamic in the team and we all get on really well. That really helps." Puspure, so often just outside the medals, said that previous heartache had driven her on and admitted she was nervous despite a calm demeanour. She said: "That was the biggest fear. I'm so used to being disapppointed. I'm not used to being happy after races. This means the world to me, my family and team."<doc-sep>Want the latest from the world of GAA, horse racing, football, rugby and more straight to your inbox? Sign up to our FREE newsletter Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Yes please! Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Gary and Paul O'Donovan have won gold at the World Rowing Championships. The Olympic heroes took over the lead with 500 metres of the 2km course to go and finished strongly ahead of Italy in second and Belgium in third. Competing in the men's lightweight double sculls event, the win marks one of their greatest achievements as a pair - with Paul O'Donovan winning individual gold in the 2017 championships. The Skibbereen duo have now gone one better than their silver medal winning performance at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The pair became household names in 2016 thanks to their honest and hilarious interviews, even appearing on UK chat shows such as 'The Graham Norton Show'. Paul, 24, and Gary, 25, both hail from Cork and ply their trade at Skibereen rowing club. The famous club now boasts world class facilities and has become somewhat of an academy for a golden generation of Irish rowers. You can watch the gold medal winning performance here. Earlier this morning Emily Hegarty and Aifric Keogh struggled and finished sixth in the women's pairs medal race. We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. For the latest news and breaking news visit irishmirror.ie/news. Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you. If you haven't already, be sure to like our Irish Mirror Sport and Irish Mirror GAA pages on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.<doc-sep>
Last updated on .From the section Rowing Grant made her senior British debut at the first World Cup of this year Rowing World Championships Venue: Plovdiv, Bulgaria Dates: 9-16 September Coverage: Watch live on BBC One from 13:15-14:45 BST on Saturday and live on BBC Two from 12:30-14:00 on Sunday. Great Britain's Imogen Grant won bronze in the lightweight single sculls on the first day of finals at the World Rowing Championships in Bulgaria. Grant's medal capped a memorable year which has seen her win the Women's Boat Race and World Under-23 gold, alongside training to be a doctor. The 22-year-old only took up rowing four years ago at Cambridge University. She said: "It was really hard. I gave it my best and I'm really happy to come away with a medal." Grant's final was one of three for Britain in Plovdiv on Friday, with Paralympic champion Laurence Whiteley finishing fourth in the first PR2 men's single sculls. The lightweight women's quadruple sculls matched their performance from 2017 by finishing fifth and Sam Mottram came eighth overall in the lightweight men's single sculls after taking second place in the B final. GB crews to contest 10 medal races Great Britain are seeking to impress after a disappointing European Championships where they failed to win a gold medal. Having already qualified four crews for the weekend's medal races, six more British boats came through Friday's semi-finals to book places in finals. Inspired to try rowing? Find out how to get into rowing with our special guide. Angus Groom and Jack Beaumont won their men's doubles sculls semi-final ahead of reigning champions New Zealand. Harry Leask finished second in his single sculls semi-final, while Charlotte Hodgkins Byrne and Anna Thornton reached the women's doubles sculls final and Para-rower Andy Houghton progressed to the PR1 men's single sculls final. Both the men's and women's eights came through their repechage races to progress to their respective finals. The men led from start to finish to cross the line nearly half a length up on European champions Romania and the women just edged out New Zealand for the fourth and final qualification spot.