Olympics-Canoeing-Canada's canoeing dynasty finally wins medal

Aug 22 2012 Published by under Canoeing

DORNEY, England, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Sixty-four years afterhis grandfather Bert missed out on a medal at the 1948 LondonGames, Canada's Mark Oldershaw returned to Britain to finallyclaim an Olympic medal for the illustrious canoeing family. Oldershaw, who brought his grandfather's canoe paddle withhim to London for good luck, took bronze in the men's canoesingle 1,000 metres on Wednesday. …

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