Carrington wins third canoe sprint gold in Parispublished at 13:50 10 August 2024

Lisa Carrington has won nine medals in total across four Olympic Games.
New Zealand's Lisa Carrington won her third canoe sprint gold medal in Paris by setting an Olympic record time in the women's kayak single 500m.
Carrington, who is her country's most decorated Olympian of all time with eight golds and one bronze, finished in 1:47.36 to win gold in front of Hungary's Tamara Csipes and Denmark's Emma Jorgensen, who took bronze.
In the women's canoe single 200m, Canada's Katie Vincent set a new world record of 44.12 as she claimed gold with American Nevin Harrison taking silver and Cuba's Yarisleidis bronze.
The Czech Republic's Josef Dostal won the men's kayak single 1000m, beating Hungary's Adam Varga, who took silver and compatriot Balint Kopasz, who secured bronze.