BEIXIAOYING TOWN // Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Janic of Hungary have won the gold medal in women's 500 metre kayak double, successfully defending their Olympic triumph in Athens. Kovacs and Janic won gold in 1 minute, 41.308 seconds. The two-time world champions hugged on the dock in a scene that has become familiar after this race. Beata Mikolajczyk and Aneta Konieczna of Poland took silver in 1:42.092.
The French tandem of Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard were the bronze medallists in 1:42.128. *AP
