Ukrainian Yuriy Cheban, who was crowned the champion in canoeing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 18, having thus bagged a second gold medal for Ukraine, has set at new Olympic record.
Cheban completed a distance of 200 meters in 39.279 seconds.
He is the only athlete in the Olympics history who has won the canoe sprint in men`s canoe single 200m event, because 200m events were added to the Olympic Games only in 2012.
Ukraine`s tally at Rio 2016 presently consists of two gold, four silver and two bronze medals.