Canadians Katie Vincent and Sloan MacKenzie won Olympic bronze in the women's 500-metre canoe doubles final.
Vincent, of Mississauga, Ont., and MacKenzie, of Windsor Junction, N.S., finished in 1 minute, 54.36 seconds, behind Shixiao Xu and Mengya Sun of China, who won gold.
The Canadian duo got off to a good start but couldn't catch China and were surprised by Ukraine, who made a late effort to take silver in a photo finish.
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This is Vincent's second Olympic medal after winning bronze at the Tokyo Games competing in the same race with Laurence Vincent-Lapointe.
Friday was a busy day for Canadian paddlers, with canoeist Connor Fitzpatrick placing eighth in the men's 1,000-metre semifinal, while kayakers Courtney Stott and Natalie Davison finished eighth in the women's 500-metre doubles semifinal and Pierre-Luc Poulin and Simon McTavish came sixth in the men's kayak doubles 500-metre sprint semifinal.
These three boats will compete in qualifying races on Friday afternoon.
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