Team GB win silver medal in men's kayak at Rio Olympics

Jon Schofield and Liam Heath anxiously wait for the result of the photo finish Credit: Reuters

Liam Heath and Jon Schofield have won a silver medal for Team GB in the men's kayak double 200m at the Rio Olympics.

The duo won bronze in the same event at London 2012.

Heath and Schofield clinched second place in Rio after a photo finish on Thursday morning with a time of 32.368 seconds.

They edged out Lithuania, who claimed bronze, by just 0.03 seconds.

The gold medal was awarded to Spain's Saul Craviotto and Cristian Toro.

Last updated Thu 18 Aug 2016