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Hungary pair wins gold in 500-meter kayak double
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Aug 23, 2008,
5:33 AM ET
BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Janic of Hungary have won the gold medal in women's 500-meter kayak double, successfully defending their Olympic triumph in Athens.
Kovacs and Janic won gold Saturday in 1 minute, 41.308 seconds. The two-time world champions hugged on the dock in a scene that has become familiar after this race.
Beata Mikolajczyk and Aneta Konieczna of Poland took silver in 1:42.092. The French tandem of Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard were the bronze medalists in 1:42.128.