Spaniard with English dad, German mom wins gold
Oxford-born Marcus Walz, whose father hails from England and mother from Germany, won the gold medal in the men's kayak 1,000-metre​ rowing event at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday. The England-born kayaker, who grew up in Spain, registered a timing of three minutes and 31.447 seconds, ahead of Czech Republic's Josef Dostal and Russia's Roman Anoshkin.