Marina Litvinchuk of Belarus finished fourth in the Olympic women's kayak 500m final in Rio. Hungary's Danuta Kozak retained her Olympic K1 500m title with a win in one minute 52.49 seconds, two seconds ahead of Denmark's Emma Jorgensen. Marina Litvinchuk held the lead in the early stages, but was later overtaken by the Hungarian. A photo finish showed the Belarusian crossed the finish line 4th in one minute 54.474 seconds, 0.102 seconds behind the bronze medalist, New Zealand's Lisa Carrington.
Pictured is Marina Litvinchuk.
Photo by Andrei Pokumeiko, BelTA
