Breaking Sanita Puspure and Zoe Hyde clinch World Rowing Championships bronze in Racice

Sanita Puspure and Zoe Hyde have won bronze in the women's double sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Racice, Czech Republic.

The Team Ireland duo finished just ahead of their Austrian counterparts to claim the final medal behind Romania and Netherlands who took home gold and silver respectively.

In Lane 2 against competitors from Germany, Romania - the fastest qualifiers into the A final - Netherlands, Austria and the United States, Puspure and Hyde in the bow and stern seats respectively, were fourth after the first quarter of the race.

They edged into third place behind Romania and Netherlands but ahead of Austria and Germany as they approached the 1000m halfway mark.

With 500m to go, Ireland stayed narrowly ahead of the Austrians in an incredibly tight battle for bronze, before holding onto third.

Earlier, in the men's double sculls C final, the duo of Philip Doyle and Konan Pazzaia emerged victorious.

Starting from Lane 4 and leading from early on, they finished in a time of 06:18.32 ahead of Lithuania's pair Armandas Kelmelis and Dovydas Nemeravicius by just under three seconds.

Brian Colsh was third in the men's single sculls C final, while Alison Bergin was fifth in the women's singles sculls C category.