New Zealand's Lisa Carrington on Tuesday in Tokyo went back-to-back-to-back in the women's kayak single 200m sprint, becoming the first female athlete to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in a single-seat boat.
Carrington, as she is wont to do, distanced herself from the pack right from the start; victory never seemed to be in question. The 32-year-old clocked a 38.120, 0.763 faster than the next fastest.
Just over an hour later, Carrington again raced to gold with partner Caitlin Ryan (Regal) in the women's kayak double 500m sprint (1:35.785).
EVENT RECAPS
Women's K-1 200m sprint
New Zealand's Lisa Carrington has created history.
She's become the first female athlete to win three gold medals at consecutive Olympic Games in a single-seat boat, with a 38.120-second victory in the women's kayak single 200m sprint.
Carrington won gold in the event with a time of 44.638 at London 2012, and 39.864 at Rio 2016.
Close behind in this latest final: Spain's Teresa Portela Rivas took silver in 38.883, and Denmark's Emma Jorgensen earned bronze in 38.901.
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Men's C-2 1000m sprint
Cuba's pairing of Serguey Torres Madrigal and Jorge Enriquez Fernando Dayan struck gold with a time of 3:24.995 in the country's first-ever gold medal on water.
Chinese duo Liu Hao and Zheng Pengfei won silver with 3:25:198, and Germany's Tim Hecker and Sebastian Bendel also made the podium with 3:25.615.
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Men's K-1 1000m sprint
Hungary won both gold and silver in the event: Balint Kopasz set an Olympic best with 3:20.623, while Adam Varga crossed the finish line in 3:22.431. Portugal's Fernando Pimenta earned bronze with his 3:22.478.
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Women's K-2 500m sprint
Guess who?
Lisa Carrington won her second Tokyo gold with partner Caitlin Ryan (Regal) in 1:35.785. This is Carrington's fifth overall Olympic medal, and first medal in the event.
The silver and bronze medalists finished just over 0.1 second apart: Poland's Karolina Naja and Anna Pulawska clocked a 1:36.753, while Hungary's Danusia Kozak and Dora Bodonyi crossed in 1:36.867.
