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Olympic Medal: W K2 500 Canoeing

Published: Aug. 9, 2012 at 8:02 AM

DORNEY, England, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze of Germany won the Olympic gold medal Thursday in women's double kayaking over 500 meters.

The silver went to Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Janics-Douchev of Hungary. Kovacs was part of Hungary's gold medal winning effort on Wednesday in the kayaking fours.

Poland's Karolina Naja and Beata Mikolajczyk took the bronze.

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