(BEIJING, August 23) -- By the narrowest of margins, Inna Osypenko-Radomska finished first in the Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500 meter final on Saturday, August 23. The Ukrainian paddler clocked 1:50.673 minutes, just 0.004 seconds in front of Josefa Idem of Italy, who won the silver medal.

　　Idem won the gold medal in this event at Sydney, and also finished second at Athens.

　　Germany's Katrin Wagner-Augustin finished third with a time of 1:51.022 minutes for the bronze. This is her first medal in the K1 500m event, after finishing fourth in Athens. She won a gold in Friday's K4 500m with the German team.

　　Favorite Katalin Kovacs of Hungary came in 0.446 seconds behind the first place Osypenko-Radomska which was only good enough for fourth place, and the 2007 world champion and reigning World Cup winner in this event for two years running again missed the Olympic medal for the K1 500m. Her team won silver in the K4 500m final on Friday.

　　Osypenko-Radomska has also never won a medal in the K1 500m before, but she did finish first in the August 21 semifinal. She came in fifth in this event at the 2008 European Championship, and fourth in the 2007 World Championship. In Athens, she was part of the bronze-winning K4 500m team.