Russian Roman Anoshkin wins Olympic bronze in kayak single

Russian athlete Roman Anoshkin has won a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in the men’s kayak single 1000m heat.

The Russian athlete covered the distance in 3 minutes and 33.363 seconds, TASS reports.

The gold went to Spaniard Marcus Walz (3:31.447) while the silver was grabbed by Czech athlete Josef Dostal (3:32.145).