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Melissa Woods

REVEALED: Aussie paddlers launch attack for second olympic gold | Rare Historical Photos

Jean van der Westhuyzen (left) and Tom Green of Australia are hunting a second Olympic kayak medal. (Iain McGregor/AAP PHOTOS)

They say they want to attack their event like "a dog on a bone" but Olympic champions Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen were more like greyhounds out of the traps as they stormed to a heat win in the sprint kayak.

The pair won gold in Tokyo over 1000 metres but that event was removed for Paris, with the pair now competing over 500m.

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