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LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Women’s canoe sprint Kayak Single(K1) 200m semi-final results. The top qualifiers were New Zealand’s Lisa Carrington with40.528, Hungary’s Natasa Douchev-Janics with 40.570 and Russia’sNatalia Lobova with 41.413. Results TableSemifinal 31. Natasa Douchev-Janics (Hungary) 40.570 seconds Q 2. Marta Walczykiewicz (Poland) 40.905 Q 3. Teresa Portela (Portugal) 41.562 Q 4. Alana Nicholls (Australia) 41.595 5. Darisleydis Amador (Cuba) 41.949 6. Silke Hoermann (Germany) 42.005 7. Emilie Fournel (Canada) 43.030 8. Yulia Borzova (Uzbekistan) 44.426 Semifinal 21. …
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