Lewis Clareburt Photo: Photosport
Lewis Clareburt has won the 400 metre individual medley gold medal at the World Swimming Championships in Doha.
It is New Zealand's second gold of the event after Erika Fairweather's victory in the 400 freestyle last week.
Clareburt, the Commonwealth Games champion in the event, was the fifth fastest qualifer for the final.
He sat in fifth at the start of the race, moving up to third during the backstroke.
The 24-year-old then made his move in the first lap of breaststroke, moving up to second before taking the lead during the freestyle to win gold in 4:09.72s.
Clareburt yelled "yes" as he saw the result, celebrating with a pukana in the pool.
Max Litchfield of Great Britain was 0.68 second back in second with Daiya Seto of Japan third.
It is Clareburt's first ever World Title and his second World Championship medal following his bronze in the same event in 2019. The time also qualified Clareburt for the Paris Olympic Games.
New Zealand finishes the World Championships with four medals and its first ever Aquatics World Championships titles. In addition to Clareburt's World Title, Erika Fairweather won gold in the 400m Freestyle, as well as silver in the 200m Freestyle and bronze in the 800m Freestyle.
