Rio Olympics 2016: While You Were Sleeping - Day 11DAMIR SAGOLJ/REUTERS Lisa Carrington is all smiles after another golden day at the Olympics. KAYAKINGTunnel vision and crushing finishing power have carried Lisa Carrington to a historic canoe sprint gold medal in Rio. Problematic poles haven't stopped Eliza McCartney from soaring into the pole vault final at the Rio Olympics. The first Kiwi open water swimmer to compete at an Olympics finished 18.9 seconds behind Dutch winner Ferry Weertman at Copacabana. Sign up here for the Rio Olympics: Going for Gold newsletter​- Stuff

Source: Stuff August 16, 2016 17:55 UTC