Scots rowers enjoy a golden day in Lucerne

ROWING: Both members of Scottish Rowing who were racing at the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne yesterday claimed gold.

Three-time Olympic silver medallist Katherine Grainger maintained her unbeaten partnership with fellow-world champion Anna Watkins, winning the double sculls final.

Poland, the 2009 world champions, took second place, but the British double finished two seconds clear.

In what was a major breakthrough, Lossiemouth’s Heather Stanning and partner Helen Glover won the women’s pairs event, beating the New Zealand world champions into third place, with the USA second.

Stanning and Glover have previously lost both of the last two World Championship finals to the New Zealanders.

The only other British gold came in men’s fours while the British men’s eight took silver behind world champions Germany and the lightweight four took bronze behind winners China and South Africa.