MOSCOW, Aug 22 - R-Sport. Citizens of Russia Pavel Petrov and Mikhail Pavlov won the gold medal in the canoe-pair at a distance of five hundred meters at the world Championships in rowing and Canoeing, which takes place in Milan, Italy.

on the first day of the weekend in a final swim Petrov and Pavlov showed the result of 1 minute, 42, 035 seconds. Second place was taken by the poles Victor Glazunov and Vincent Slominsky ( 0, 540). The top three winners locked Ukrainians Dmytro Yanchuk and Taras Mishchuk ( 0, 724).

The world championship in Milan will End on Sunday.

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