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Olympics-Canoe sprint-Hungary's Kopasz wins men's kayak single 1000m gold

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Canoe Sprint - Men's K1 1000m - Heats - Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo, Japan – August 2, 2021. Balint Kopasz of Hungary in action REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Hungary's Balint Kopasz captured the gold medal in the men's kayak single 1000 metres competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.

Kopasz's compatriot Adam Varga claimed the silver medal while Portugal's Fernando Pimenta took the bronze.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Canoe Sprint - Men's K1 1000m - Semifinal 1 - Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo, Japan - August 3, 2021. Balint Kopasz of Hungary in action REUTERS/Yara Nardi

(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Michael Perry)

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