The International Olympic Committee has dismissed a bid to have the winning Hungarian boat in the women’s K4 500m Olympic final disqualified on the ground that one of its members was ineligible to race in it. There was a complaint…
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IOC rejects women’s K4 medal query
Tagged with: Danuta Kozak, Gabriella Szabo, GB canoeing, ICF, IOC, Katalin Kovacs, Krisztina Fazekas, London 2012
Posted in Olympic Canoeing
Posted in Olympic Canoeing
Molmenti’s tips for the top
What does it take to become Olympic champion? According to Italy’s Daniele Molmenti, who won the slalom K1 gold medal in London this year, it’s not just about deciding what to do – but why. Interviewed recently by schoolchildren and…
Schofield’s post-Games blog
A terrific blog post from 200m K2 bronze medalist Jon Schofield, which is well worth a read. He reflects on his Olympic races, the tension of the heat and semi which didn’t quite go to plan and then the final,…
Tagged with: Jon Schofield, Kevin Bowerbank, London 2012, Mark Oldershaw, Miranda Churchill, Rachel Cawthorn, tim brabants
Posted in Olympic Canoeing
Posted in Olympic Canoeing
The Games from a medal winner’s perspective
Richard Hounslow, won won a bronze medal at the Lee Valley whitewater course in the Games with David Florence has published a Flickr album of Olympic-related photos. It’s well worth a look. He also posted a link on his website…
Tagged with: David Florence, London 2012, Richard Hounslow, slalom canoeing
Posted in Photos & Videos
Posted in Photos & Videos
“Ridiculous” Olympic canoe race – media
Questions are being asked about the format of the Olympic Games canoe sprint regatta this morning after observers realised that some events had barely enough entrants to run heats. Most bizarre heat of the morning was in the men’s C1…
