Third Gold for South Africa!

Pretoria - Hot on the heels of Chad le Clos' win in the 200-metre butterfly swimming event on Tuesday night, South Africa's rowing team has sealed the country's third gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics.

Sizwe Ndlovu, Matthew Brittain, John Smith and James Thompson finished first - in six minutes, 02.84 seconds - in the men's lightweight four final on Thursday afternoon.

Britain came second, earning a silver medal and Denmark third, achieving a bronze medal.

Team SA's first gold medal was earned by Cameron van der Burgh, who won gold in the 100m breaststroke on Sunday night.