Raman Piatrushenka, Vadzim Makhneu, Aliaksei Abalmasau and Artur Litvinchuk of Belarus clinched the Canoe/Kayak Flatwater Kayak Four (K4) 1000 meter final on 22nd August 2008 at the Beijing Olympics. They paddled across the finish line in 2:55.714 minutes. Slovakia was just 0.879 seconds to get the silver. Germany came in third.

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Andrei Bahdanovich and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich

The team from Belarus bagged the Men’s Canoe Double (C2) 1000m gold with a timing of three minutes and 36.365 seconds in the going-to-end-soon Beijing Olympics on 22nd August 2008 (Friday). Germany had silver with 3:36.588, Hungary had bronze with 3:40.258.

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(L-R) Martin Hollstein and Andreas Ihle wave to spectators. (Photo credit: Getty Images)

Germany clinched the Men’s Kayak Double (K2) 1000m gold medal with a timing of three minutes and 11.809 seconds. Denmark had the silver in 3:13.580. Italy third with 3:14.750.

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Germany defeated Hungary to clinch the Kayak Four (K4) 500m Women Final gold. Germany finished the race with 1 minute and 32.231 seconds. Australia had bronze with 1 minute and 34:704 seconds.

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Attila Sandor Vajda of Hungary won the Men’s Flatwater C1 1000m gold with a timing of 3:50.467 minutes. David Cal from Spain snatched silver with 3:52.751 minutes. Third was Thomas Hall from Canada, he clocked 3:53.653 minutes.

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Two Olympic facilities, Beijing Shooting Range Hall and the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, have completed. The 8600-capacity shooting range hall will witness the first Olympics gold medal being presented. The other sports venue, the Shunyi water park, will host a number of water competitions such as rowing, marathon swimming, canoeing and kayaking.

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