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German canoers win women's 500-meter K-2
OLY_CAN Headlines
- Canoeing chief vows to address issue of equality
- Russia wins Olympic gold in K-2 200
- Lisa Carrington wins Olympic gold in K-1 200
- British kayaker Ed McKeever wins Olympic K-1 200
- Ukraine's Cheban wins Olympic gold in C-1 200
- British Olympic canoer Ed McKeever wins K-1 200
- German canoers win women's 500-meter K-2
- Hungary canoer Danuta Kozak wins women's K-1 500
- Australia wins Olympic gold in the men's 1,000 K-4
- Germany wins Olympic gold in men's 1,000m C-2
Updated August 9, 2012
WINDSOR, England (AP) Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze of Germany won the women's 500-meter K-2 at Dorney Lake on Thursday, denying their Hungarian rivals a third straight Olympic title in the event.
The Germans led from start to finish to win in 1 minutes 42.213 seconds. Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Douchev-Janics of Hungary took the silver medal and Karolina Naja and Beata Mikolajczyk of Poland won the bronze.
Weber and Dietze were part of a German quartet whose 16-year dominance of the 500-meter K-4 ended Wednesday. They were beaten by a Hungary boat containing Kovacs.
But they bounced back to reclaim the title last won for Germany by two of their greatest Olympians - Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner-Augustin - in 2000.
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