Chinese duo takes home canoe silver
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Updated: 2021-08-03 10:58
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TOKYO -- Serguey Torres Madrigal/Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez won the men's canoe double 1,000m gold at the Sea Forest Waterway here on Tuesday.
The Cubans finished in three minutes and 24.995 seconds, edging China's Liu Hao/Zheng Pengfei by 0.203 seconds.
The result also set a new Olympic best time, nearly two seconds faster than the record set by European champions Sebastian Brendel and Tim Hecker of Germany in the semifinals earlier on Tuesday.
The Germans took the bronze in 3:25.615.
