Cubans Serguey Torres and Fernando Dayán Jorge won the Gold medal in the 1,000-meter tandem canoe at the Olympic Games in the Japanese capital.

Tokyo.- Torres and Jorge did quite a feat, as they started last and crossed the finish line ahead of everyone with a time of three minutes, 24.995 seconds to beat China (3:25.198), and the defending champions from Germany (3:25.615).

Fourth place went to Brazil's C2, runners-up in Rio de Janeiro, now with a time of 3:27.603.

This is the best historic result of Cuban canoeists in Olympic events, in which men such as Leobaldo Pereira and Ibrahim Rojas, silver medalist in Sydney 2000, have excelled; as well as Ledis Frank Balseiro second place in the 1,000-meter C1, in the same event. (RHC)