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Result: Anne Dickins wins silver in Canoe Sprint World Championships

Paracanoesist Anne Dickins earns Great Britain another spot at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games after winning silver in the Canoe Sprint World Championships.

Paracanoeist Anne Dickins has won silver at the Canoe Sprint World Championships to guarantee Great Britain another place at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Dickins finished second in the KL2 200m final in Milan, 0.02s behind Australia's Amanda Reynolds.

The former mountain biker only started canoeing in 2012 after a back injury left her with nerve damage in her legs.

"It's a massive thing to qualify a place for your country at a Paralympic Games," Dickins told BBC Sport. "I'm really happy. But we've got other girls at home who are all trying to get that place in Rio.

"Hopefully through winter and spring I'll hit training hard and have my sights set on getting to Rio next September."

Emma Wiggs won gold in the KL2 200m on Tuesday to give Great Britain their first place in Rio, where paracanoeing will make its Paralympic debut.

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CountryGold medalSilver MedalBronze MedalT
ChinaChina32221670
United StatesUnited States26332382
JapanJapan2171240
Great BritainGreat Britain15181649
AustraliaAustralia1541736
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Thursday's key events


ATHLETICS
· The women's heptathlon continues with the long jump, javelin and 800m, with Katarina Johnson-Thompson now out of contention following an injury (1.10am-1.40pm)
· Andrew Pozzi pursues his dream of an Olympic medal in the men's 110m hurdles final (3.55am)
· Tom Bosworth and Callum Wilkinson are among the British hopes in the men's 20km race walk (8.30am)
· Holly Bradshaw aims to improve on fifth in Rio to challenge Greece's Katerina Stefanidi and Anzhelika Sidorova of Russia for an unlikely medal in the women's pole vault (11am)
· London 2012 champion Kirani James goes up against current world champion Steven Gardiner in the men's 400m final (1pm)

MARATHON SWIMMING
· One of the toughest Olympic events takes place in Tokyo Bay as GB's Hector Pardoe takes on the men's 20km marathon swim (10.30pm Wed)

BOXING
· Galal Yafai takes on takes on Kazakhstan's Saken Bibossinov for a spot in the gold medal bout of the fly (48kg-52kg) class (6.48am)

DIVING
· Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix (daughter of First Dates' Fred Sirieix) line up for the women's 10m platform (semi-final 2am; final 7am)

HOCKEY
· Australia face Belgium in the men's final (11am)

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