20 years after her first gold medal win

     E. Karsten achieved the second place in

     the W1x B-final (= 8tth place overall)

     at OG Rio de Janeiro

 W1X result OG Sydney 2000

E. Karsten (BLR)                              7: 28,14 (Gold)

R. Nevkova (BUL)                             7:28,15 (Silver)

K. Rutschow-Stomporowski (GER)   7:28,99 (Bronze)

The closest W1X final ever at Olympic Games!

 Katherina Karsten won the W1X gold medal:

OG Atlanta 1996 + OG Sydney 2000

WRC Aiguebelette 1997, WRC St. Catharines 1999,

WRC Kaizu (JPN) 2005, WRC London-Dorney 2006,

WRC Munich 2007, WRC Poznan 2009

ERC Brest (BLR) 2009, ERC Montemor-o-Velho (POR) 2010 

Mahé Drysdale won the M1X competition

in a photo finish against Damir Martin (CRO).

Their race was so close that the recorded

time for each was 6:41,34, but Drysdale won

by "something less than a hair".