"GOAT in the boat"
Carrington now eight-time Olympic champion
Lisa Carrington also won gold in the 500 m kayak single on Saturday after winning the kayak two and four in flat water at the XXXIII Summer Olympics. She has now won eight gold medals in her career.
The New Zealander won in 1:47.36 minutes ahead of Hungary's Tamara Csipes (+1.08 sec.) and Denmark's Emma Aastrand Jörgensen.
Canoeing legend caught up
Carrington has thus caught up with canoeing legend Birgit Fischer from Germany in terms of gold. However, Fischer also won four silver medals in addition to eight gold medals between 1980 and 2004.
With eight golds and one bronze, Carrington has overtaken Usain Bolt (8-0-0) in the all-time list.
"The Olympics have given me so much more than medals. I don't think you can calculate how much I've learned and grown over the past five years," said a delighted Carrington.
She is often referred to as the "GOAT in the boat", i.e. the greatest of all time in a boat.
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