Britain won the Olympic gold medal in the lightweight men's double sculls on Sunday, adding to two its haul at the Olympic rowing regatta.

The gold came after Britain's men's four came from behind to take their third straight Olympic title on Saturday.

Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter, who won three pre-Games, also set a best Olympic time of 6 minutes, 10.99 in the tailwind conditions.

The crew led by a boat length by the 1,500 meters and held off a fast finishing Dimitrios Mougios and Vasileios Polymeros of Greece who took silver in 6:11.72. The Greece crew were the bronze medalists in Athens.

Rasmus Nicholai Quist Hansen and Mads Reinholdt Rasmussen of Denmark, world champions in 2006 and 2007, took bronze in 6:12.45.

China's Zhang Guolin and Sun Jie finished fifth in 6:16.69.

(Xinhua News Agency August 17,2008)