Canoeing-Fuksa wins gold for Czech Republic in men's canoe single 1,000m final
(Corrects distance to 1,000m from 100m in headline and first paragraph)
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(Corrects distance to 1,000m from 100m in headline and first paragraph)
PARIS : Martin Fuksa of the Czech Republic won gold in the men's canoe single 100m final at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Friday.
PARIS :New Zealand paddler Lisa Carrington's gold rush continued at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Friday when she secured a seventh Olympic gold medal and her second of the Paris Games, winning the women's 500m kayak double race with Alicia Hoskin.
PARIS :The Chinese pair of Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya powered to victory in the women's canoe double 500m final at the Paris Games on Friday, setting a new Olympic record of 1:52.81 and breaking the mark of 1:53.73 that they set earlier in the day.
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PARIS : Allyson Felix, the United States' most decorated track and field athlete at the Olympics, and Australia's Jessica Fox, a double canoe gold medallist at the Paris Games, were among four people elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the body said on Thursday.
PARIS : When Beijing silver medallist Rene Holten Poulsen lost his funding from the Danish Canoe Federation two years ago, many expected that to be it for the Danish paddler.