Sanita Puspure paid tribute to her fellow Irish rowers following her gold medal win at the World Championships today - admitting that the feeling hasn't quite sunk in yet.

Sanita Puspure has won gold in the women's single sculls final at the World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

The world title beckons for Ireland’s Sanita Puspure after a dominant performance in yesterday’s semi-finals at the world championships in Bulgaria.

A day of mixed fortunes for Ireland at the World Championships, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, saw a dominant performance by single sculler Sanita Puspure, who recorded the fastest time of her event.

Irish rowers are bringing home gold and silver medals from the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland.

It was an impressive day for Irish competitors.

Hamish Adams is a New Zealander living and working in Ireland for 15 years. Formerly player services manager with IRUPA, he is now chief executive of Rowing Ireland who have sent a 14-person team to Poznan, Poland for this weekend’s European Rowing Championship.