Germany's Brendel wins canoe singles sprint gold
Reuters | HT Correspondent, England
Aug 08, 2012 05:53 PM IST
Germany's Sebastian Brendel caused an upset on Dorney Lake today when he powered to victory over Hungarian favourite Attila Vajda to win the men's Olympic canoe single 1,000.
Germany's Sebastian Brendel caused an upset on Dorney Lake on Wednesday when he powered to victory over Hungarian favourite Attila Vajda to win the men's Olympic canoe single 1,000.
Vajda, who had been bidding to defend his title won in Beijing, finished well down the field in sixth.
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Spain's David Cal Figueroa took the silver with a quick final 500 metres and Canada's Mark Oldershaw won the bronze.
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