Olympic Canoeing 2016: Tuesday Sprint Medal Winners, Order, Times and Results

Germany’s Sebastian Brendel raced to a second consecutive gold in the Olympic final of the men’s 1,000-metre canoe single on Tuesday. 

Brendel came home ahead of Brazil’s Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos, while Moldova’s Serghei Tarnovschi finished in bronze. In the men’s kayak single 1,000-metre final it was Spain's Marcus Walz who grabbed the victory, as he produced a scintillating final quarter to move from fifth to first.

In the women’s kayak 200-metre sprint New Zealand’s Lisa Carrington defended the title she won four years ago, while there was also glory for Hungary in the kayak doubles, as Danuta Kozak and Gabriella Szabo did just enough for victory over 500 metres.

Here are the results from Wednesday’s action in Rio de Janeiro at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and a closer examination of how the action panned out.

Tuesday Recap

For Brazil these Games haven’t been quite as successful as many anticipated, although plenty were in place to roar on Dos Santos in his 1,000-metre canoe single final on Wednesday.

He produced a stirring finish in an attempt to reel in Brendel in the final stages and at one point, looked capable of grabbing gold. However, the German held off his charge, retaining the crown he clinched in London.

The women’s 200-metre sprint can be a frantic contest. But Carrington was so composed to clinch victory in this one.

The New Zealander was outstanding in the defence of her Olympic title and as we can see courtesy of One News’ Abby Wilson, was a pretty popular winner with the watching crowd:

She got off to a fast start and from there, was never letting her advantage slip. The four-time world champion left Poland's Marta Walczykiewicz and Azerbaijan's Inna Osipenko-Rodomska, who took silver and bronze respectively, battling for the minor medals.

The scrap for victory in the women’s 500-metre pairs event was extremely tight, as Hungary’s Kozak and Szabo won a thrilling head-to-head with Germany.

Indeed, Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze looked to have timed their run for the line superbly, as they chopped down the deficit on the Hungarian twosome. But Kozak and Szabo did just enough to hold off their fightback, winning gold by a meagre 0.051 seconds. 

Hungarian sports journalist Matyas Szeli was a little stressed watching such a tight fight for gold:

The final event of the day in the canoeing was the men’s kayak 1,000-metre single final, which was won by Walz after a fascinating tactical race.

The 21-year-old showed the value of executing a race plan perfectly. With just a quarter of the race remaining he was in fifth, although as others started to tire, Walz kept his stroke rate high, gradually moving through the field and into the gold-medal position.

Josef Dostal of the Czech Republic used all of his enormous frame to try to stay in front. But the Spaniard's surge was sublime, with the youngster eventually finishing in first place by a relatively comfortable margin.