Carrington wins third canoe sprint gold in Parispublished at 13:50 10 August
13:50 10 August
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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.
Carrington wins record-extending seventh goldpublished at 13:16 9 August
13:16 9 August
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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 Germany'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.
Germany beat Australia in photo finish to win goldpublished at 14:08 8 August
14:08 8 August
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Germany 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 Germany, 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.
Clarke misses out on Olympic K1 medal at Paris 2024published at 18:28 1 August
18:28 1 August
Harry Poole BBC Sport journalist in Paris
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Joe Clarke is one of the favourites for kayak cross gold in Paris
Great Britain's former Olympic champion Joe Clarke missed out on a medal in the men's kayak single (K1) final at Paris 2024.
The 31-year-old world champion, who won gold on his Olympic debut at Rio 2016, placed fifth in 89.82 seconds to finish 1.6secs behind Italy's gold medallist Giovanni de Gennaro.
French 19-year-old Titouan Castryck won silver and Spain's Pau Echaniz took bronze.
Clarke, omitted from the team for the Tokyo Games three years ago, will now target gold in kayak cross - an event in which he is the three-time reigning world champion.
As the fastest qualifier, Clarke was the last to make his bid for gold in the final but, while he received no penalties, could not force his way on to the podium.
Clarke’s Olympic journey to Paris had been one of extremes, from the glorious heights of Rio 2016 to a painful Tokyo omission, and he placed his hands on his head after seeing confirmation that he had fallen short at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.
Britain's first individual K1 gold medal winner at the age of 23 on his Olympic debut in Rio eight years ago, Clarke has since admitted that glorious moment may have arrived too early in his career.
Clarke was left considering his future in the sport after missing out on Tokyo but has been rewarded for his perseverance since, winning double world gold last year in the men's K1 and kayak cross events.
The Briton will now target Olympic kayak cross gold, having triumphed in that discipline at each of the past three World Championships.
However, the chaotic and unpredictable nature of that event, making its Olympic debut in Paris and which pits four athletes against each other on the course at the same time, means there are no guarantees Clarke's world domination will translate to success when that competition begins on Friday.
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