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.