Olympics-Canoe Sprint-Hungarian double unseats German returning champs
Aug 16 (Reuters) - Hungary snatched gold from returning Olympic champions Germany by a breathtakingly slim margin on Tuesday in the women's K-2 500-meter sprint.
Danuta Kozak and Gabriella Szabo won in 1:43.687 as the Germans nipped at their heels, claiming silver less than a 10th of a second later.
Poland, who were third in London, added another bronze to their collection.
But it was not a day just for spoilers on Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.
New Zealand's Lisa Carrington fended off the competition in a tight race for first in the women's kayak single 200 meters, claiming her second Olympic gold in the event. (Reporting By Amy Tennery in Rio de Janeiro; editing by Clare Lovell)
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