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Result: Team GB's Lani Belcher wins silver in 5000m kayak event

Team GB's Lani Belcher finishes second behind Belarus's Maryna Litvinchuk in the women's K1 5000m kayak event at the European Games.

Team GB's Lani Belcher has picked up Great Britain's third medal at the European Games, finishing second in the K1 5000m kayak event in Mingachevir this afternoon.

The race was dominated by Belarus's Maryna Litvinchuk from early on, pulling ahead before the end of the first 1000m to complete the distance in 22:48.990, more than 15 seconds ahead of Belcher.

There was little to separate second, third and fourth as Belcher just crossed the line ahead of Hungary's Renata Csay, while Ireland's Jennifer Egan just missed out on a spot in the top three.

Germany's Melanie Gebhardt looked like she would push Litvinchuk early on, but lost her balance while making a turn to rule her out of the rest of the race.

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United StatesUnited States13141037
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Thursday's key events


ROWING
· Comeback queen and super-mum Helen Glover goes for her third Olympic gold alongside Polly Swann in the women's pair final (1.30am)
· There is also a medal on offer for GB pair Emily Craig and Imogen Grant in the lightweight women's double scull final (2.10am)

SWIMMING
· As second-fastest qualifier for the final, Team GB's James Wilby is among the medal contenders in the men's 200m breaststroke (2.44am)
· Alys Thomas takes part in the women's 200m butterfly final, although he faces a difficult task to challenge for the medals (3.28am)
· Caeleb Dressel of the USA has been touted by some as the successor to Michael Phelps, and he has the chance to notch up a fourth Olympic gold in the men's 100m freestyle final (3.37am)

RUGBY SEVENS
· After Team GB's men narrowly missed out on a medal, the women get their campaign underway against the Russian Olympic Committee (3am) and New Zealand (10.30am)

HOCKEY
· It is a Great Britain vs. Netherlands double-header, with the men up first in Pool B (4.15am)
· Most eyes will be on the women's showdown between the two nations, though, as Netherlands - the world's best team - look to gain revenge on GB for defeat in the 2016 Olympic final (11am)

CANOE SLALOM
· Mallory Franklin takes part in the women's canoe semi-final, and will hope to do enough to qualify for the final later in the day (6am-8.45am)

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
· With Simone Biles now out of the women's all-around final, the competition has been blown wide open. Team GB twins Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova are among those taking part (11.50am-2.05pm)

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