Mount Maunganui's Olivia Eaton won Gold in the beach sprints on Day Four of the 2016 Lifesaving World Championships in The Netherlands.

Olivia Eaton beat Australia's Melissa Cracroft-Wilson to take out the women's Beach Sprint title on a day that saw the Black fins keep up their winning form after completing a successful first three days of the competition in the pool Eindhoven, where they took a total of 14 medals and broke six new NZ records.

Olivia Eaton, gold medallist. Photo: Supplied.

With the competition moving onto the beach events in Noordwijk the championship title is within reach as the black Fins maintain their lead on 689 points ahead of Australia on 594 and France on 501. Germany and Italy round out the top five.

Coach Jason Pocock says the day was nothing other than a gold rush on the beach for the mighty Black Fins.

Captain Andy McMillan took out the men's Surf Race. The team took out both the men's and women's tube rescue titles as well as the men's Board Rescue.

It wasn't just gold they walked away with; there was also a silver for Cory Taylor in the men's Ski Race and bronze for Danielle McKenzie in the women's Board Race, Devon Halligan in the women's Surf Race and the women's Beach Relay team and Board Rescue team.

"We wanted to manage ourselves in the morning and build some momentum through the early finals and that's exactly what the guys did,” says Jason. "I'm really proud to be associated with this whole team. I think today's efforts can be highlighted by a single word- heart."

A former team mate explained heart as that ability when everyone else is hurting just as much as you but you find that one thing to manage the pain more than the rest and get the success; and that's what the team did, says Jason.

"But it's not the end yet and we are passionately trying to make sure that we walk off the beach tomorrow proud of what we have done, so it's all focus on tomorrow's racing and making sure we have all the plans and preparations in place."

The New Zealand Youth team, the Junior Black Fins, moved over to the pool in Eindhoven for their third day of competition and added another four medals to their 20 medals from the first two days of competition on the beach.

Captain Hamish Miller with Zac Reid took the team's only gold for the day in the 2x50m Line Throw, just narrowly missing a world record. Lewis Clareburt was also a standout, taking silver in the men's 100m Rescue Medley and 200m Obstacle Swim with Zac Reid taking the bronze.

The current points standing has the Junior Black Fins in second place on 607 points. Australia still holds the lead with 733 points and France is in third with 399 points.

Coach Jonelle Quane says it was a great first day in the pool with athletes reaching personal bests in every event and some very close calls which saw them finish fourth numerous times.

"I'm very proud of the whole team for, not only how they performed, but by the way they conducted themselves and continued to be relentless, she says.

"We're looking forward to our last day of racing tomorrow which we look to build on."

The biannual World Lifesaving Championships is the blockbuster event for lifesavers around the world. With several thousand competitors taking part, it is the largest international lifesaving sport competition in the world.

All the events are based around rescue capability and are specific to saving people's lives. The Black Fins are aiming to take out the national teams' title for the third time in a row after first prising the title from Australia in Adelaide in 2012 and again in France in 2014.

Silver in ski rescue Cory Taylor and Omanu's Max Beattie

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Results:

Black Fins

Women's Board Race: Danielle McKenzie 3rd, Devon Halligan 4th

Men's Ski Race: Cory Taylor 2nd, Max Beattie 6th

Women's Beach Sprint: Olivia Eaton 1st, Devon Halligan 4th (B final)

Men's Beach Sprint: Paul Cracroft-Wilson 4th

Women's Beach Relay: Olivia Eaton, Devon Halligan, Danielle McKenzie, Natalie Peat 3rd

Men's Beach Relay: Paul Cracroft-Wilson, Max Beattie, Cory Taylor, Chris Dawson 4th

Men's Board Rescue: Max Beattie and Cory Taylor 1st

Women's Board Rescue: Danielle McKenzie and Devon Halligan 3rd

Women's Surf Race: Devon Halligan 3rd, Natalie Peat 5th

Men's Surf Race: Andy McMillan 1st, Chris Dawson 4th

Women's Tube Rescue: Danielle McKenzie, Sam Lee, Natalie Peat, Devon Halligan, 1st

Men's Tube Rescue: Cory Taylor, Steve Kent, Andy McMillan, Chris Dawson, 1st

Junior Black Fins

Women's 200m Obstacle Swim: Libby Bradley 6th, Olivia Corrin 7th

Men's 200m Obstacle Swim: Lewis Clareburt 2nd, Zac Reid 3rd

Women's 4x50m Obstacle Relay: Libby Bradley, Alaynah Bettany, Olivia Corrin, Hannah Williams, 4th

Men's 4x50m Obstacle Relay: Lewis Clareburt, Zac Reid, Seb Johnson, Daniel Barron, 6th

Women's 2x50m Line Throw: Grace Kaihau & Olivia Corrin 4th

Men's 2x50m Line Throw: Hamish Miller & Zac Reid 1st

Women 100m Rescue Medley: Libby Bradley 6th

Boys 100m Rescue Medley: Lewis Clareburt 2nd

Black Fins

Andrew McMillan- St Clair (captain)

Steven Kent- Titahi Bay

Max Beattie- Omanu

Cory Taylor- Midway

Paul Cracroft-Wilson- Fitzroy

Chris Dawson- Midway

Samantha Lee- Lyall Bay

Laura Quilter- Wainui

Danielle McKenzie- Mairangi Bay

Devon Halligan- Omanu

Natalie Peat- Papamoa

Olivia Eaton- Mt Maunganui

Coach: Jason Pocock

Assistant coach: Steven Ferguson

Technical Support Coach: Brett Robinson

Manager: Mark Weatherall

Assistant manager: Steve Vaughan

Physio: Susan Pirret

Junior Black Fins

Alaynah Bettany - Lyall Bay

Grace Kaihau - Orewa

Hannah Williams - Piha

Jamie Gedye - Waikanae

Libby Bradley - Mt Maunganui

Olivia Corrin - Midway

Hamish Miller - Mt Maunganui

Lewis Clareburt - Lyall Bay

Javon McCallum - Fitzroy

Daniel Barron - Mt Maunganui

Seb Johnson - Sumner

Zac Reid - Fitzroy

Coach: Jonelle Quane

Assistant Coach: Matt Sutton

Manager: Ange Johnston

Physiotherapist: Mike Ellis