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Olympics: Canoe sprint gold for New Zealand`s Carrington

World champion Lisa Carrington of New Zealand paddled to Olympic canoe sprint gold in women`s kayak single 200 metres event Saturday.

London: World champion Lisa Carrington of New Zealand paddled to Olympic canoe sprint gold in women`s kayak single 200 metres event Saturday.
Carrington burst out of the pack with 50 metres remaining to win gold in a time of 44.638 seconds. Ukraine`s Inna Osipenko-Radomska, who won Beijing gold and London silver in the 500 metres event, took silver in 45.053. Hungary`s Natasa Douchev-Janics also won her second medal of the Games with bronze in 45.128 sec. Douchev-Janics claimed silver with partner Katalin Kovacs in the women`s kayak double Thursday. IANS