Canoe sprint
Canoe Sprint also enjoyed great success in the medals table , with silver for Jon Schofield and Liam Heath in K2M 200m and a gold for Liam Heath in the K1M 200m
Lani Belcher and Angela Hannah , the team ’ s late call ups , finished seventh in the K2 500m B final .
Liam Heath and Jon Schofield completed their “ unfinished business ” of bronze at London 2012 , by winning the men ’ s K2 200m silver in Rio .
Following from his silver medal , Liam Heath powered his way to gold in the men ’ s K1 200m and into the history books as Team GB ’ s most successful Olympic canoeist with a medal of every colour to his name .
Great Britain ’ s K4W 500m team – Jessica Walker , Rachel Cawthorn , Rebeka Simon and Louisa Gurski - put in a strong effort in a high quality field to finish their A final in seventh place .
Heath
wins gold and crowns most successful olympics for British Canoeing
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Jon Schofield :
To get that today was absolutely amazing . Last Olympics I smashed the paddle in half , but I was reminded before this race that they ’ re a bit too expensive to do that again .
Liam is absolutely on fire in his K1 . He ’ s been killing me in training day in and day out and I didn ’ t want to let him down because I know he ’ s the best guy out there .
Angela Hannah :
Four weeks ago we weren ’ t coming here so it ’ s a bonus that we are here and we have worked really hard to be here .
Heath & Schofield win canoe sprint silver in Rio
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Liam Heath :
You cross the line you look around , you have an inkling you ’ re in front and then when they ’ ve looked at the photo finish and put your name up on the board that ’ s when you know and it starts to sink in a bit .” “ It feels absolutely incredible . It ’ s all the efforts of so many people behind me in my team , UK sport and lottery funding , my coach , my K2 partner , my loving family , my wife , my friends at home .
Rachel Cawthorn :
We all gave it everything we had out there and we ’ re all shaking trying to walk back now . But we ’ re so close . It ’ s just the last few little bits and a few more years training and hopefully we can close the gap more .
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