![Raman Piatrushenka, left, and Vadzim Makhneu, of Belarus, receive their gold medals after placing first in the men's K2 200m final at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships on Lake Banook Raman Piatrushenka, left, and Vadzim Makhneu, of Belarus, receive their gold medals after placing first in the men's K2 200m final at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships on Lake Banook](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2NFGD65/slovakias-riszdorfer-richard-and-michal-erik-vlcek-and-juraj-tarr-after-taking-the-silver-team-at-left-belarus-raman-piatrushenka-aliaksei-abalmasau-artur-litvinchuk-and-vadzim-makhneu-gold-team-sitting-at-left-with-one-standing-and-germanys-lutz-altepost-norman-brockl-torsten-eckbrett-and-bjorn-goldschmidt-bronze-team-sitting-at-right-and-one-standing-at-right-pose-on-the-podium-after-the-kayak-four-1000m-mens-final-at-beijing-2008-olympics-friday-aug-22-2008-ap-photo-kirsty-wigglesworth-2NFGD65.jpg)
Raman Piatrushenka, left, and Vadzim Makhneu, of Belarus, receive their gold medals after placing first in the men's K2 200m final at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships on Lake Banook
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![Raman Piatrushenka, left, and Vadzim Makhneu, of Belarus, receive their gold medals after placing first in the men's K2 200m final at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships on Lake Banook Raman Piatrushenka, left, and Vadzim Makhneu, of Belarus, receive their gold medals after placing first in the men's K2 200m final at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships on Lake Banook](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2P864AP/from-left-to-right-taras-valko-vadzim-makhneu-dziamyan-turchyn-and-raman-piatrushenka-of-belarus-wave-to-the-crowd-after-receiving-their-gold-medals-for-placing-first-in-the-mens-k4-200m-final-at-the-2009-icf-canoe-sprint-world-championships-on-lake-banook-in-dartmouth-nova-scotia-sunday-aug-16-2009-ap-photothe-canadian-pressmike-dembeck-2P864AP.jpg)
Raman Piatrushenka, left, and Vadzim Makhneu, of Belarus, receive their gold medals after placing first in the men's K2 200m final at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships on Lake Banook
![From right, Belarus' Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk and Vadzim Makhneu react after taking the gold in the Kayak four 1000m men's final at Beijing 2008 Olympics, Friday Aug. 22, 2008. ( From right, Belarus' Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk and Vadzim Makhneu react after taking the gold in the Kayak four 1000m men's final at Beijing 2008 Olympics, Friday Aug. 22, 2008. (](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2nfgd7p/from-right-belarus-raman-piatrushenka-aliaksei-abalmasau-artur-litvinchuk-and-vadzim-makhneu-react-on-podium-after-taking-the-gold-in-the-kayak-four-1000m-mens-final-at-beijing-2008-olympics-friday-aug-22-2008-ap-photo-kirsty-wigglesworth-2nfgd7p.jpg)