After clinching gold medals in the women\u2019s kayak fours 500m on August 8 and doubles 500m races on Friday, Lisa completed a stunning clean sweep of gold medals in her events with Saturday\u2019s race, winning with an Olympic record timing of 1:47.36.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It\u2019s also her eighth Olympic gold medal overall and Lisa is now tied with eight-time Olympic champion Birgit Fischer as the most decorated canoe athlete ever. Tamara Csipes of Hungary secured the silver, while Denmark's Emma Aastrand Orgensen claimed the bronze medal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing. The goal is always to win, but it\u2019s more than the win for us. As a team, it\u2019s about doing amazing things. It\u2019s more than medals, the people behind it are everything. It\u2019s nice to remember why I do it, and I was just trying to do that today,\" said Lisa to Olympics.com at the end of the race.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the men's kayak single 1000m race, Czech Republic\u2019s Dostal pulled off an incredible race to win the gold medal with a timing of 3:24.07. He finally gets to have an Olympic gold medal in his cupboard after clinching one silver and three bronze medals in his previous three outings at the mega event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hungary's Adam Varga won the silver medal, while his country-mate Balint Kopasz, the gold medallist in the Tokyo Olympics, took the bronze medal. Dostal overtook Portugal\u2019s Fernando Pimenta after the halfway stage of the race and never looked back, maintaining his lead over Varga and Kopasz until the very end to take home the gold medal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, in the women\u2019s canoe single 200m race, Canada\u2019s Katie got her moment of glory by beating Tokyo Olympics champion USA\u2019s Nevin Harrison in a photo finish. It also meant Canada got its first Olympic gold medal in any women's canoe event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hungary's Adam Varga won the silver medal, while his country-mate Balint Kopasz, the gold medallist in the Tokyo Olympics, took the bronze medal. Dostal overtook Portugal\u2019s Fernando Pimenta after the halfway stage of the race and never looked back, maintaining his lead over Varga and Kopasz until the very end to take home the gold medal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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