We 've been there!

20 Aug 04. Action day 4 and last for canoe kayak slalom here in Athens. Semifinals and finals for C2 and men's K1.

The leading slovakian team of the Hochschorner brothers, didn't loose their edge ranking first until their last run.
Both german crews got to the finals but the medal (silver) went to Becker and Henze, while in third place ranked the Czech team of Volf and Stepanek.

Final results for C2:

C2 SEMIFINALS

1. HOCHSCHORNER Pavol - HOCHSCHORNER Peter SVK 101.29
2. QUEMERAIS Philippe - le PENNEC Yann FRA 105.79 +4.50
3. VOLF Jaroslav - STEPANEK Ondrej CZE 106.22 +4.93
4. BECKER Marcus - HENZE Stefan GER 106.32 +5.03
5. BENETTI Andrea - MASOERO Erik ITA 106.40 +5.11
6. BAHMANN Christian - SENFT Michael GER 107.01 +5.72
7. JIRAS Marek - MADER Tomas CZE 110.35 +9.06
8. TAYLOR Matthew - JACOBI Joseph USA 111.14 +9.85
9. BOWMAN Stuart - SMITH Nicholas GBR 114.02 +12.73
10. POCHWALA Marcin - SARNA Pawel POL 119.78 +18.49

C2 FINALS

1. HOCHSCHORNER Pavol - HOCHSCHORNER Peter SVK105.87 (2) 207.16 0.00
2. BECKER Marcus - HENZE Stefan GER 104.66 (1) 210.98 +3.82
3. VOLF Jaroslav - STEPANEK Ondrej CZE 106.64 (4) 212.86 +5.70
4. BAHMANN Christian - SENFT Michael GER 106.44 (3) 213.45 +6.29
5. QUEMERAIS Philippe - le PENNEC Yann FRA 111.00 (5) 216.79 +9.63
6. BENETTI Andrea - MASOERO Erik ITA 113.66 (6) 220.06 +12.90

For more info on C2 results, go here

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In men's K1, ranking was constantly changing from yesterday's preliminaries to the final run and nobody could really say who would be the ones to get to the podium.
The swiss winner of the preliminaries, Michael Kurt, ended up last at the first run and didn't make it to the semifinals. Neither did Canadian David Ford. French paddlers looked stronger and more determined today. An outsider until yesterday, Peschier, marking very fast runs made it to the first rank with world champion of Athens, Lefevre reaching only the third place.
British Walsch, even if he was announced fourth, finally was given the silver medal place.

You may find some more at our olympic reports

Final results for K1:

K1 SEMIFINALS

1. WALSH Campbell GBR 93.68
2. PESCHIER Benoit FRA 93.93 +0.25
3. OUD Sam NED 94.46 94.46 +0.78
4. POLACZYK Grzegorz POL 94.74 +1.06
5. SCHMIDT Thomas GER 95.11 +1.43
6. LEFEVRE Fabien FRA 95.13 +1.45
7. FORD David CAN 93.83 95.83 +2.15
8. KODELJA Uros SLO 96.68 +3.00
9. PARSONS Scott USA 96.82 +3.14
10. DRAPER Warwick AUS 97.03 +3.35
11. JUANMARTI Carles ESP 97.73 +4.05
12. SAJBIDOR Jan SVK 97.77 +4.09
13. OBLINGER Helmut AUT 98.02 +4.34
14. RAAB Ondrej CZE 98.13 +4.45
15. HEYL Brett USA 100.28 +6.60
16. POPOVSKI Lazar MKD 100.80 +7.12
17. BRAAT Floris NED 101.39 +7.71
18. BOUKPETI Benjamin TOG 102.42 +8.74
19. FERRAZZI Pierpaolo ITA 103.07 +9.39
20. KURT Michael SUI 103.20 +9.52

K1 FINALS

1. PESCHIER Benoit FRA 94.03 (1) 187.96
2. WALSH Campbell GBR 96.49 (3) 190.17 +2.21
3. LEFEVRE Fabien FRA 95.86 (2) 190.99 +3.03
4. FORD David CAN 93.83 96.75 (4) 192.58 +4.62
5. SCHMIDT Thomas GER 97.82 (5) 192.93 +4.97
6. PARSONS Scott USA 97.94 (6) 194.76 +6.80
7. POLACZYK Grzegorz POL 101.83 (8) 196.57 +8.61
8. OUD Sam NED 102.82 (9) 197.28 +9.32
9. DRAPER Warwick AUS 100.40 (7) 197.43 +9.47
10. KODELJA Uros SLO 104.93 (10) 201.61 +13.65

For more detailed K1 results, go here

Photos:
1.The ticket of the day
2.TEAMadara was there!
3. Hochschorners (SVK) Courtesy Athens2004
4. Hochschorners (SVK)
5. Bachmann - Senft (GER) Courtesy Athens2004
6. The olympic whitewater slalom stadium
7. Bellofiore - Milne (AUS)
8. Peschier (FRA)
9. Scmidt (GER)
10.Peschier (FRA) Courtesy Athens2004
11.Walsh (GBR) Courtesy BBC

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