The 2016 Olympic flatwater sprint regatta is in the books. The next one will take place in Tokyo four years from now.
Liam Heath of Great Britain clocked 35.197 seconds to win the K1 200-meter race, but the biggest news here was a tie for third. Spanish racer Saul Craviotto and German Ronald Rauhe were both timed at 35.662 seconds and both awarded bronze medals. The results are posted here.
In the C2 1000-meter final, Sebastian Brendel of Germany picked up his second gold medal of the week with the help of partner Jan Vandrey. The results are here.
The Hungarian women owned the 500-meter distance this week. They scored a victory today in K4W 500 m to go with their gold medals in the K2W 500 m and K1W 500 m. Go here for the results.
The final event was the K4 1000 meters, and the Germans pulled away from the Slovaks and the Czechs for the title. My knowledge of flatwater racing history isn't the best, but I'm curious to know whether anybody has ever broken three minutes for 1000 meters; the winning K4 time of 3:02.143 is pretty close. It's not marked as an "Olympic best," so I have a feeling somebody has gone under three at some point. Today's K4 results are here.
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