New Zealand's Lisa Carrington won the women's single kayak 500m canoe sprint on Saturday, clocking in a 1:47.36 to clinch her third Paris gold. Hungary’s Tamara Csipes secured the silver, while Dane Emma Aastrand Orgensen claimed silver.

The 35-year-old also championed in the women’s K4-500m and K2-500m in the last few days. Carrington’s overall gold tally is now a whopping eight: tying her with Birgit Fischer as the most decorated canoe athlete, male or female.

"It’s amazing. The goal is always to win, but it’s more than the win for us. As a team, it’s about doing amazing things. It’s more than medals, the people behind it are everything. It’s nice to remember why I do it, and I was just trying to do that today," Carrington said about her eighth gold to Olympics.com. Denmark’s Orgensen also made history, she’s now the most decorated Danish woman with four medals. 

Josef Dostál of Czechia took gold in the men's kayak single 1000m final with a 3:24.07 time. Two Hungarians rounded out the podium: Adam Varga claimed the silver medal, with his compatriot Balint Kopasz picking up the bronze.

The 31-year-old Dostal surged ahead after previously trailing behind Portugal's Fernando Pimenta in the first half of the race. Dostál completes his collection with this win, adding to his bronzes and silver from Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

In another historic moment, Canada claimed its first-ever Olympic gold medal in a women’s canoe or kayak event. Katie Vincent defeated American Nevin Harrison by just one-one hundredth (0.01) of a second, achieving a world-best time of 44.12 seconds.