KARL Yost from Preston hit top form to take bronze at the World Indoor Rowing Championship held in Boston, USA, on Sunday.
Karl was competing in one of the most fiercely fought classes of the championships - the men's 30-39 lightweight category - which are held on Concept II indoor rowing machines.
British athletes shone at the 18th World Indoor Rowing Championship which this year had a record entry of more than 1,800 athletes representing countries from all over the world.
In one of the best championship medal hauls, the Great Britain team, whose coaching staff includes Fox (Tammy Marie Baker) from TV's Gladiators, scooped five golds, three silvers and three bronzes.
The overall men's open champion was New Zealand's World Sculling Champion Rob Wardell whose time of 5.40.4 was just tenths outside his own world record.
Britain's own Cath Bishop took her first world indoor rowing title in the women's open event.
All races were carried out on identical Concept II indoor rower machines.
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