China’s Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya successfully defended their Olympic title in the women’s canoe double 500m event on Friday, setting an Olympic-best time.
The pair, who also claimed gold in Tokyo three years prior, completed the race in 1:52.81, narrowly missing the world record held by Canada’s Laurence Vincent Lapointe and Katie Vincent.
Xu and Sun delivered a commanding performance from the start, securing their victory with ease.
In a closely contested race for silver, Ukraine’s Liudmyla Luzan and Anastasiia Rybachok edged out Canada’s Vincent and Sloan Mackenzie by a mere 0.06 seconds in a dramatic photo finish.
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