Canadian sprint canoeist Katie Vincent won gold in the women’s single 200 metres in a photo finish on Saturday at the Paris Olympics.
The Mississauga, Ont., native edged American Nevin Harrison by one-hundredth of a second, clocking a world-best time of 44.12.
Canada has now won its eighth gold and 25th medal overall in Paris, setting new national records for a non-boycotted Summer Games.
Vincent is the first Canadian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in canoe-kayak sprint.
The 28-year-old already had one medal from the Paris Games, teaming up with Sloan MacKenzie, of Windsor Junction, N.S., to claim bronze in the women’s doubles 500m sprint canoe final on Friday.
More to come.
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