Archive: London 2012 Olympic Games Canoe Sprint
London 2012 Olympic Games Canoe Sprint Great Britain Biographies Athletes Overview Eton Dorney
London 2012 Olympic Games Canoe Sprint Great Britain Biographies Athletes Overview Eton Dorney
Tim Brabants knows better than most how important it is to have a career you can turn to when the Olympic sports career finishes. The sprint kayaker is a qualified doctor and will return to medicine whenever he eventually hangs up his paddles.
On a day that saw four gold medals handed out to the four different countries, Ed MCKEEVER (GBR) was Eton Dorney’s golden boy, winning the coveted Men’s K1 200m gold medal and becoming the first paddler to win this distance at the Olympic Games.
“EXPLOSIVE” was the word off commentators as they attempted to grasp the speed and strength of paddlers competing in the 200m distance for the first time at an Olympic Games.
Peter Kretschmer/Kurt Kischela extended Germany’s lead on the medals table when they won the Men's C2 1000m final and in the Women’s K2 500m Germany’s and Franziska Weber/Tina Dietze denied Katalin Kovacs/Natasa Douchev-Janics their third consecutive gold medal.
Hungary and Germany's dominance of Canoe Sprint today was on display for all to see at Eton Dorney as Hungary collected two gold medals and Germany a gold, silver and two bronzes out of four events.
After a day of heats and semifinals at Eton Dorney, the German duo of Franziska WEBER/Tina DIETZE look the most capable of denying Katalin KOVACS/Natasa DOUCHEV-JANICS (HUN) their third consecutive gold medal in the Women’s K2 500m.
The first day of the Canoe Sprint competition had the crowd at Eton Dorney on their feet as racing got underway in the final week of the Olympic Games.
Temperamental weather conditions led to a number of inconsistent performances from athletes competing on the second day of the 2012 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in Moscow, Russia. Strong winds provoked strong waves on the course throwing out of the door the expected times of athletes. Russian athletes were seemingly unaffected as they went on top of the medals table.
Day one went to Russia as the host country secured a top three finish in almost every event they competed in. Kicking off the World Cup was the Women’s K1 500m. From start to finish it was a three boat race with the top 3 girls finishing within two seconds of each other.
Moscow will this weekend host the third and final ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup of the season. All the action will take place on the Regatta Course from 1-3 June. The Krylatskoye Sport Centre is famed for staging the Canoeing events at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games as well as the much heralded, ICF Junior Canoe Sprint World Championships.