Olympic Kayak single gold for Hungary
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 11:26.
London, Aug 9 - Hungary's five-time world champion in various disciplines Danuta Kozak took Olympic gold in the women's kayak single Thursday.
Kozak overtook defending Olympic champion Inna Osypenko-Radomska of Ukraine at the halfway stage and held her lead to finish first in 1:51.456 seconds.
Osypenko-Radomska took silver in 1:52.685, with South Africa's Bridgitte Hartley just beating out Sweden's Sofia Paldanius for bronze in 1:52.923.
It was Hungary's second medal on the water Thursday after its men took silver in the kayak four final.(IANS)
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