10:01 GMT, Friday, 15 August 2008 11:01 UK
Brothers claim golden hat-trick
Slovakian brothers Pavol and Peter Hochschorner earned their third straight Olympic title by winning the men's double canoe slalom.
The pair, who won also won gold in Sydney and Athens, were behind the German duo after the semi-final.
But they posted a combined best time of 190.82 seconds to seal victory.
Jaroslav Volf and Ondrej Stepanek of the Czech Republic won the silver medal while Mikhail Kuznetsov and Dmitry Larionov of Russia took bronze.
The Czechs were 2.07 seconds behind the winners, while the German team of Michel Felix and Sebastian Piersig could not recover after their canoe capsized, finishing sixth.
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