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Canoeing

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

    Lisa Carrington celebrates winning her third gold medal at Paris 2024Image source, Getty Images
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    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.

  2. Carrington wins record-extending seventh goldpublished at 13:16 9 August 2024

    Lisa Carrington and Alicia Hoskin celebrate winning gold in the women's kayak double 500m at the Paris OlympicsImage source, Getty Images
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    Carrington (front) has won seven Olympic golds and one bronze

    New Zealand's Lisa Carrington - the country's most decorated Olympian of all time - has won a record-extending seventh canoe sprint gold medal in Paris.

    Carrington, 35, who secured her first Olympic gold at London 2012, triumphed in the women's kayak double 500m alongside Alicia Hoskin.

    They pipped Hungary's Tamara Csipes and Alida Dora Gazso, while 's Paulina Paszek and Jule Marie Hake took bronze.

    The men's event was won by German pair Jacob Schopf and Max Lemke, with Hungary's Bence Nadas and Sandor Totka taking silver, and Australian duo Jean van der Westhuyzen and Tom Green bronze.

    In the women's canoe double 500m final, China's Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya won gold, setting a new Olympic record of 1:52.81.

    They finished in front of Ukraine's Liudmyla Luzan and Anastasiia Rybachok, who took silver, with bronze going to Canada's Sloan Mackenzie and Katie Vincent.

    The Czech Republic's Martin Fuksa won gold in the men's canoe 1000m sprint final, setting a new Olympic record of 3:43.16, with Brazil's Isaquias taking silver and Moldova's Serghei Tarnovschi bronze.

  3. beat Australia in photo finish to win goldpublished at 14:08 8 August 2024

    Gold medalists Max Rendschmidt, Max Lemke, Jacob Schopf and Tom Liebscher-Lucz of  celebreate after the Men's Kayak Four 500m FinalImage source, Getty Images

    retained their Olympic men's kayak four 500m title in the dramatic fashion after a photo finish showed they had pipped Australia across the finish line.

    The Australians were 0.04 seconds behind in second, while Spain picked up the bronze medal.

    In the women's event, New Zealand clinched gold ahead of , with Hungary finishing third.

    Meanwhile, China's Liu Hao and Ji Bowen came out on top in the men's canoe double 500m sprint, beating Italy and Spain's pairings.