Cuba shocks China in neck-and-neck final for first-ever canoeing gold | Tokyo Olympics | NBC Sports

the a final in the men's canoe double one thousand meters to determine the medals between these eight boats here at sea forest waterway just the second day of competition at already the fourth race for some of these men it is the second race of the day for all of them and the question is will anybody be able to stop the dominance of Sebastian Brendel and Germany Germany attempting to win their third straight gold medal in the C. two one thousand led by three time gold medalist Sebastian Brendel they are in lane number four and right there in the think the and that is brindle in the valve the tall German with the long stroke he's been so good for so long in the sport but also right next to them in lane five you had China the defending world champions the defending Olympic champions Germany in for China defending world champions and five keep an eye on lane six the Cubans as well as over there the left of your screen just disappearing now the Brazilians in lane eight the Chinese boat is off to the fastest start here in the opening two hundred and fifty meters of the one thousand meter %HESITATION new sprint China will at the two fifty minute mark first this is a very long race in the first two fifty it's all about strategy here who's gonna push the pace who's gonna try to take over and kind of get people out of their race plan it looks like check normally think Germany kind of goes off fast challenges everyone but his China right now actually pushing the pace in the first half to try to where everyone else that they have nothing in the tank for the final push in the last two fifty now you see Brazil in late eight picking up the pieces well trying to catch up they're kind of a hidden spot right there late eight they might be able to sneak up on the people in this race is there a little bit out of sight at the half way point was China one Q. a two and Germany three that's where they still are it is Brazil in four main meddled in real in this event and are known to have a strong finish but this is going to be the final two hundred and fifty meters it is the final of the men's canoe double one thousand meter race and China trying to take it put the Cubans are pushing Germany lurking in lane well it looks like they're starting to pick up the stroke rate a little bit two hundred fifty meters left to try to figure out who the next J. P. P. right now Cuba each other on here come the Germans in line for his manager gal from Cuba is in his fourth Olympics in the battle of that thirty four years old even with the Chinese and the Germans are charging third it is C. two one thousand eight China responding picking up the pace also you can see the second quarter that will be the winner in this is setting up to be a really tight race Brandon you has just in the final few strokes China there in Germany once and here we are talking about China and Germany meanwhile Cuba comes through with the win Taurus madrigal said this will be his last race he felt confident he was going to win a medal turns out he does the juristic enough to click that raise their Torres madrigal and Jorge Enriquez Orian Ricketts twenty two in his second Olympics that pair finished sixth in real he was finished sixth in the last two events so gold to Cuba shine of the silver and brindle and the Germans take bronze please welcome the metal need any storm okay thank Fernando's Diana and we can

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Keywords: Olympics, canoe slalom, canoeing, canoe slalom tokyo 2020, canoe olympics 2021, cuba canoe sprint, NBC, NBC Sports, NBC Olympics, Olympics 2021, Tokyo Olympics, Tokyo, Tokyo Olympics 2020, Tokyo Olympics 2021, watch olympics, olympics highlights, olympics highlights 2021, olympic sports, olympics 2020

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Length: 4min 59sec (299 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 03 2021

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[u/Jneebs]

This olympics has been unlike any other. Lots of “little guys/gals” taking gold. Neat

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[u/PartTimeBomoh]

Man they’re so fucking ripped you can see their abs through their shirt.

If actors were as ripped as them they wouldn’t need fake abs for their bat suits or Superman suits

[u/wazzuprising]

That dude in the pic has a 9 pack

[u/Straelbora]

As a language nerd, this is also pleasing, as the word 'canoe' comes to English via Spanish, to Spanish from the Arawak (indigenous Cuban) word.

[u/Hockeyfan_52]

I would have watched more of the Olympics if NBC would have shown more of stuff like this and not just gymnastics and swimming.

[u/Eternal_Whim]

Those last few seconds were INTENSE!