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Australia has nabbed a silver medal in the men's quadruple sculls, a first on day six of the Rio Games.

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Damian McIver

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SILVER for the men's quad sculls - what a race!
11:27 PM - 11 Aug 2016

The team — made up of Karsten Forsterling, Alexander Belonogoff, Cameron Girdlestone and James McRae — were favourites for the gold medal, but missed out to Germany who defended their London 2012 title.

The Australians qualified a boat in the quads for Australia after finishing second at last year's World Championships.

The event was originally scheduled for day five of the Games but was postponed due to rough weather conditions.

The German crew of Philip Wende, Lauritz Schoof, Karl Schulze and Hans Gruhne led from the start on the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. They finished 1.15 seconds ahead of the Australians.

Estonia scored bronze.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-11/rio-2016-australia-takes-silver-men's-quad-sculls/7722456
 
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Rio 2016: Jessica Fox wins Olympic bronze medal for Australia in K1 canoe slalom
By Luke Pentony in Rio
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PHOTO: Jessica Fox followed up her silver in London with a bronze in Rio. (Getty Images: Jamie Squire)
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Alister Nicholson

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4:29 AM - 12 Aug 2016

Minutes later it was confirmed Fox had incurred a two-second penalty for touching a gate during her run and she dropped back to second place behind New Zealand's Luuka Jones (101.82) on the standings with a total time of 102.49.

Both Fox and Jones moved down a place when Spain's Maialen Chourraut executed an almost perfect run to scoop the gold with a time of 98.65.

The bronze medal adds to the silver Fox won as an 18-year-old at the London Olympics.

Fox said she could not remember if she made contact with the gate because the windy conditions made it difficult to judge.

But the 2014 world champion agreed with the decision made by course officials.

"With the wind it's hard to know," Fox said.

"I haven't checked the video but I'm sure it's probably there. It's hard to know but I came in tight, it wasn't a perfect upstream and I knew that I slid out so the touch could have been there.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-12/aussie-fox-wins-bronze-in-canoe-slalom/7722578
 
Twizzle

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Well done to Jess Fox. Another gold medal favourite who had to settle for a bronze.
 
JJ

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That was a surprise silver for us.... have to mention Bond and Murray - just so dominant it's not funny
 
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This rowing commentator is one of the most irritating I've heard. merkin doesn't know. that you aren't meant to. pause throughout. every single f**king sentence.
 
Pommy

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GB and Au just dominated all others in the men's 4. Good race and I'm happy to see our streak in that event continue.
 
Tommy Smith

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What an amazing finish! Geez that's cruel on the Croatian.

Love the rowing and cycling. Perhaps my two favourite Olympic sports.
 
Shorty

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He was probably excited cause we have bombed in the rowing and Kim did so well.
But the Kiwi guy is much more professional.
 
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