Germany wins back-to-back gold  in canoe sprint at Paris Olympics

 

Admin I Friday, August 09, 2024

 

PARIS – Germany claimed back-to-back gold medals with a win in the sprint canoeing men’s kayak four 500-metre at the Paris Games on Thursday.

Max Rendschmidt, Max Lemke, Jacob Schopf and Tom Liebscher-Lucz clocked 1 minute 19.80 seconds to defeat Australia by only our hundredths of a second.

Germany were crowned winnes only after a photo finish showed they had pipper Australia across the line. Bronze went to Spain.

In the women’s kayak four 500m, the Germans took silver, while New Zealand won gold and Hungary claimed bronze.

Earlier, China won the men’s canoe double 500m, with Italy and Spain completing the podium with silver and bronze respectively.