28/09/2014 Canoeing: World Slalom Championships

Welcome to Maryland, the autumn colours creeping into the hills. We

have some skiing here, but while we still have some summer sunshine, it

is time for the World Championships in Canoe slalom.

Even better in the World Championships last year in Prague.

The familiar face, charging through that first gate. Dave Lawrence can

get in amongst them here. He has a really good chance. David Florence

is the world champion. Malorie Franklin will want to maintain her

form, and find the quickest way possible down the course. Switches.

Great silver medal for Great Britain. Richard Hounslow here, they

were very close to the Olympic champions, they got the silver.

Florence could become the first man in 60 years to win two gold medals.

Looking very good so far. Buoy oh buoy, did they stay close to that

one. If you're confused about the

complexities of this sport, the Cs and Ks, canoes and kayaks, mall ory

is coming to the rescue. Here's her quick guide. This is my kayak. It's

a slightly different shape to my canoe. This is my paddle. Two ends

which gives me the second blade as opposed to my canoe with one. This

is my boat. You get in it. Put your feet out in front of you. Feet go to

foot rest. Here. Then my legs go to the side which gives stability in

the boat. This is my canoe. I use a single

bladed paddle with a T grip so This is my canoe. I use a single

angle the blade. To get in this boat it is slightly more

angle the blade. To get in this boat quite tight. You tuck your legs

underneath you like this. Once in the boat, you strap yourself in and

do both straps up. Nice and tight. It is slightly uncomfortable. I

can't sit in it for that long. You get used to it. It is nice and

secure, nice and tight. This course might look natural but it is all

man-made. It throws up all sorts of complexities for the canoeists to

manage. British pad letter Beth Latham takes you through some of the

key points on the course. Here we are at the top of the

course. The same gate sequence as in qualifications. The guys have had

two runs. You need to get the rhythm on the boat and speed up from gate 3

to 4. Here we are at gates 7, 8 and. We've

two upstream gates. They have to paddle in an upstream direction. The

water is more inconsistent which is more challenging for the pad letter

when crossing over the flow. Here we've one of the biggest water

features on the course dropping with big waives. The pad letter has to

decide to keep as much momentum on the boat as possible. Here we are at

the bottom of the course, the pad letters' arms are aching by this

point which is made hearder by a tight offset into gate 22. Down here

it is really important to stay to the plan and get to the bottom of

the course as quickly as possible. Our first final is going to be the

men's C1. We were hoping to see David Florence compete for Great

Britain, as you can see, he's standing next to me. David, it must

be disappointing to end the defence 6 your World Championship gold in

the semi-final? Definitely. Not a very good weekend for me. Sometimes

that happens. If you sign up to compete at these things you might

have a bad day. That's the way it's gone. I wasn't on a great run but a

reasonable enough run. That middle section, it just felt like the wave

hit me hard. I couldn't get he boat to turn. That was it. Gone. Once you

go back for a gate it's over. Without wishing to dwell, the C2

went wrong for you and Richard? C2. Hard to believe how it went so

disastrously wrong. In all my years of competing I've never missed a

semi-final in C1 or C2. To not get through to the semis was an abysmal

performance. Deep Creek will not be high on your CV when you come to

write it at the end of your career? The other C1 guys are pushing me.

We've Tom Quinn in the final. Let's talk about Tom. What kind of pad

letter is he? He's made good progress over the winter. Really

secured his place in the team. Seems to have been training well on here.

He had a bit of a rib injury. You see that with a lot of guys. I don't

think it'll make a difference to his performance. Too could be there for

the taking. You just don't know. In the C1 final some other big names

missed out? Yeah. Martinkam being the most notable. Five time Olympic

medallist. Not just me. Some interesting results in the C2. Even

missing the semi-finals. Some interesting results. The it could go

off. Thanks for stopping. You've not had the easiest week at all. Over

then to the men's C1 final. Our commentators, Patrick Winterton and

Helen reefs. Franz OntoN from Germany. I wonder if he'll take a

different approach here in the final? Off to a quick start the temp

owe seems different to this in the semi-final. The first upstream great

5 in this course, tight in and away. He has to get that boat speed up and

running. As he drops into this double up. The 8/9 section. Well

executed. A drive across the stopper. Across that Eddie line.

Good dip of the tail there. Back out into the flow. A nice start. For

Franz Anton. A chance of meddling here. If he goes clean -- medaling.

He's in the top three or four in boat #1350eed. A question of how

many penalties he picks up. At the moment he as clear. Tight on gate

14. Back into the flow. A critical section. Through 15. Reads it well.

Good paddle work. Finding squeezed in 16. Putting in an emergency spin.

But he did it well. Got back on track. Drove into 17. 18, this is

where he dips his head. Given the judges cause for thought. They'll

examine that to make sure the whole of the head was inside the gate.

Through 20, 21, 22. Two more gates to go. Now it's all about the energy

reserves. He will he a take the top time provided he doesn't get a 50

second. It hasn't come up so far. A new time. Franz Anton takes the lead

for Germany. Without a single penalty. 1: 10: 30. That will take

some beating. He made that one mistake where he had to do the

emergency spin at gate 16. Didn't really lose him any time. He's blade

is on the right-hand side of the boat. His pro Dom napped blade. It

is a tough ask to get the boat back across the 16 and back into 17.

There are six upstream gates. The only British competitor in the

final. Thomas quin who took the belong medal in the under-23 World

Championships this year. This will be sensational if he medals here.

We'll watch the split times as he works his way down. He's already

done better than 15th last year in Prague. Guaranteed a top ten finish.

Nice and tight but not so quick round that gate. We'll start to see

himself set himself up to get the line. Drop the boat in with that

crossbow, driving across the wave. He has to draw the boat right back

into the nine. Well done. 37: 59. He's only half a second outside.

Certainly is in with a shout of moving into top position. He has to

find that half a second somewhere. Had to work hard on gate 12 to get

the boat out into the flow. Tight on 14. This is where Anton was very

good. A little slow getting in to the wave. Uses the fact he's a

righty well to negotiate gates 15, 16. A little slower coming across to

17 than we saw from the German Franz Anton. Half a second down last time.

Not bad. Still outside but only.16 of a second. Caught a little in the

stopper. A quarter of a second. A heavy hit then a big reverse stroke.

We want to see the strokes on the front of the boat, on the bow,

driving it forward. A sticky point here. Fractions of time going away

from him. Just two gates to go. The leading time of the German 1.10.30.

He will be outside Anton's time. 1.12.18. Good effort. Certainly

having lost David Florence in the semi-finals, I think the British

camp can breathe a sigh of relief. A respectable run from Thomas quin.

Will it make the top five? We'll have to wait and see. Here we go.

Bronze Medal last time round in Prague. He's smooth. Powerful.

Usually manages to keep a nice flat boat. He won in it. . Really opens

up his stroke. Long reach. Strong blades. Needs to draw it in around

gate 8. Kept the momentum on the boat. Slightly lower than we've seen

but caught the water coming back up through the Eddsy. .16 inside the

split. That's belonging to Anton, the current leader. Now, a crucial

part of the course, staying tight to that right-hand side. Nicely judged.

Can he get back into the flow nice and quick? A bit quicker than we saw

from Thomas quin but a different approach being a lefty. Taking on a

spin. A nice direct line from 16 to 17. Very quick. Though slightly

slower between 15 and 16. We'll see a variety of options in that

section, the moment enif you can is carried through the stroke. 2.67

seconds up now. Getting a bit stuck in 19. Losing some of that

advantage. Four gates to go. First few are fairly straightforward.

Round 22. Nice and quick. Back into the fast water. Powerful paddling as

he works towards the finish. Just getting the back of the boat sucked

in costing him a fraction of a second. 1.10.30. 1.68. Great run

from the slow Ianian. He takes the lead. Anton leading. Back to the

Germans. This is Jan #3w6789 Bezin. He runs a kayak school outside

Leipzig. His wife a former pad letter. I guess that helps when

you're as passionate about the sport as he is. A little sticky on the

exit at gate 5. Needs to find his rhythm. Nice jump over the wave into

8. Working hard on the cross. Wants to keep that boas dry as possible.

Want to see the boat on top of the water dancing so there's no water on

the deck. When we see water on the bow or front, it means the time will

be getting slower and slower. Through Savage Falls. 54 seconds on

the clock. Still outside that leading time. Quick and dynamic spin

on 15. Needs to get the bow around to get as direct a line into 17.

Nicely done. Right under the pole. Great work through 17. Back into the

main flow. Always looking for the fastest bit of water. Drops down the

tongue from 18. Tried to punch his way. Crafty little spin as he heads

through 19. He needs to dig the Blades in deep. All that energy I

all that burning through the arms as he pushes towards the final line.

11.5. Goes into third position. So, Germany, their last challenger has

gone. Now, I wonder how the crowd will get into this? It is fabben

Lefevre. It will be a sensational result if he came to win this one.

The fastest in the semi-finals. A beautiful smooth run. Wondering if

he has anything more to give? Has he another gear to get up? He needs to

repeat what he did. If he puts in the running time he did this

morning, he will take the lead. Getting a bit stuck on gate 9. He

needs to find his rhythm again. He's a very smooth pad letter. An

innovator in style. In 2002 he was a man to follow. Will he be the man to

follow again? I wonder how the French will feel if he comes through

to take the title here. Down the drop. He looks to be fractionally

outside. I'm not sure he has the quickest time at the moment. But 15,

16, 17, a lot of time to be made as he switches blades. Over to the

left-hand side for 17. Cuts it as fine as is possible. A really great

turn. Back into the flow now. Watch the split time. It is still possible

but he needs to be clean, a bit of magic through 18 and 1. A spin won't

have cost him too much time. A win is still on. He has to stay strong

for the final upstream. Tight in on gate 22. Two gates to go. All about

finding the flow. Making sure he keeps that boat flowing through the

last two downstream gates. Slightly messy through 24. . 1108.82. A

Silver Medal for Lefevre. Half a second outside with six gates to go.

The Americans will be delighted with that. They welcomed him into the

team with open arms. He's rewarded them. We are getting interesting

news through. As is the case with slalom kayaking, there are always

video reviews after the race if someone feels a penalty is not

right. Lvre put in a protest. It has been upheld. Instead of losing the

gold medal by.2 of a second. He gets the gold medal by 1.8 seconds to

become the only man to win a K1 world title and a C1 world titling.

The results of men's C1, fabben Lefevre.

A fantastic achievement to make the final. You made the most of that

opportunity? Definitely. First senior final. Really happy to be in

that. Clean run in the final as well. Your instant reaction when you

crossed the line, you weren't punching the air at that point?

Wasn't quite as quick as my semi-final run. I was a little

disappointed with that. On a really tough course, it is just the clean

run. It paid off. There were some rumours swirling about the injury to

the rib. What happened there? Well, the last World Cup we had a

collision in the team event. I came away with a cracked rib. And they

hurt! Oh, yeah. Yeah, I didn't train really properly for the three weeks

coming out here. It was very touch and go whether I would be allowed to

race out here at all. To come away... Is the rib still giving you

pain today? A little bit. But I let the adrenaline take care of it.

Fantastic result, especially with the rib. Great to see it. Thank you.

Now time for the women's C1 event. Featuring Jasmine Royle and mallry

Franklin. Mallory is a world champion from 2013. But this season

is not so straightforward. We caught up with her before the event began.

Mallory Franklin comes through to take the first con aidsian singles

of the season. Two World Cup golds this season. How do you sum up the

competitions you've done? My performance has taken a step up.

Consistency is lacking. I have my two golds. And my under-23 results.

I've got that step better when I get all of my performance to the

standard I will be happy. Injuries have been a big part of your season

as well as successes? The main one is my back. I was very flexible as a

kid now it is painful to lean back on my boat. The day I land I'm

having an MRRI scan on my back to see if I've frack furred my spine.

The physio as think I have. I can still paddle with the same ability.

With a lot of acupuncture and very close to crying, my physio's been

good at relaxing the muscle spasm down and allowing me to paddle to

the standard I can. Everyone in the C1 looks at

Australian's Jess Fox. Jess is a very strong athlete. Her technique

is something I will always aim to emulate in some way. She was brought

up in pretty much the perfect place. She has two parents who are

ridiculously good canoeists and she has Penrith, a really good course.

I'd love to be able to paddle to the standard she does consistently.

That's the aim. And pass her but she's good at canoeing. The metal

from the World Championships at Prague, do they feel a long time ago

or is it still a source of inspiration? I was really delighted

to get silver but the standard I wassed paddling at then is not how

I'm paddling now. What would you say is your barometer for success here?

I'd like to be medaling in C1. But I'd be pretty happeny with my racing

if I can take from training and what I learn put into my racing. You

should feel inspired, much more proud of someone if they've paddled

back when they've messed up rather than having a hissy fit and sloth

down the rest of the course. I want people to look up to as someone they

want to be like in their attitude. Out of this race, as long as I can

do my best, as long as I give my best, then I'll be pretty happy no

matter what the result is. With started off with Jasmine Royle.

Having thought she was out of the game, gets the callup for the final

after the video analysis revealing that the Brazilian had missed a

gate. A little unlucky for her. It was gate number 24. She will be

furious with herself. Maybe a slight lack of concentration. There's a big

clunk on gate 5 from Royle. Frustrating to take such a big hit

early on in the course. But it gives you a chance to pull back that time

you've lost with that penalty. A quick switch to get on her strong

side between 8 and 9. Getting #4e8ed slightly. A drive across that water

into the Eddie line. A product of Stone canoe and kayak club. A club,

possibly the most successful club in the UK.

possibly the most successful club in to their name. I'm sure a lot coming

from Richard Fox. 37 national titles. They go

from Richard Fox. 37 national some fantastic pad letters. As you

mentioned earlier, Helen, a lot's to do with the waters surrounding them.

Not necessarily their do with the waters surrounding them.

ground but the access they have to the north and Wales. They have a lot

of access. They are very close to Home Peer

of access. They are very close to have a good club structure. Coaches

in place. People are very enthusiastic. They have a focus on

canoe slalom. Only 42 penalties so far. She picked up penalties on 16,

17, 18 and 20 in her semi-final. Only two so far. An improved time, I

dare say. Through 18 are 19, another couple of seconds. Many pad letters

have gone for a wide spin on that gate and thrown away more than two

seconds. That might have been the quick option. She's on a composed

run. A great improvement from the semi-final run on penalties. She

needs to keep her head calm and cool as she negotiates the last two gates

and gets a drive into that finish line. Quick switch, a little spin

caught on the Eddie line. She's heading backs across. I think she

thinks she's missed 23. Otherwise there would have been no call for

that. Through 24. Now a fast finish. The clock ticking away. 1.57.77.

Lays down the mark. Goes into top spot. Avoids the 50.

Now, Mallory Franklin of Great Britain. It's a long course. They

need to conserve as much energy as they can. Let the water doing the

work rather than the water taking over the boat and making them work

harder. Mallory has taken a spin at gate 3. She'll pull her line in at

gate 8. Nicely there to get the drive across. Getting a little

caught there. She pulls the boat round into 9. This is where they

need to come out into the flow and let the boat settle on this boily

changeable water. She's 1.85 outside. But it is the second half

of the course where the previous pad letters have made all the mistakes.

Still plenty of opportunity to get a lead in this race. Franklin, of

course, the Silver Medallist in Prague last year. She'd love to go

one better. Paddling with a bit of a knee injury having tried something

called a human plank. Not sure what that is. She assured us she's OK. It

doesn't affect her paddling. She'll check it out once back in the UK.

Through 16. Can he she get quickly over 17? Uses the waves well. Good

direct line keeping the boat moving at all times. You can see her

digging deep through that slacker bit of water setting up for 18, 19.

6.8 on the split up. There's plenty of time to be lost. Two second

penalty as she took the spin. Still with an advantage. 157.77 is the

leading time. Surely she needs to be around 135. There's another

unnecessary penalty for Franklin. Another two seconds added which

could make all the difference when it comes to the final placings.

Driving for that final 10, 15 metres. 20 seconds inside but those

six penalties could prove very, very expensive come the end of the day.

Silver Medal last time remember. Here's someone who can certainly

push it and pick the lines she wants. It is Hoskva from the Czech

Republic. She took the last part of the course very easily. First big

mistake. Drops very low on nine. She brings herself back up to that

upstream gate. Through 10. Watch out for the slit. 50.71. .9 inside. Good

start from Hoskva. Did You want to see her lift that bow over the Eddie

line. Back into the flow through 13 before she heads down to the Savage

Falls. We see her lining her boat up waiting to get that move as tight as

she can through 14. Losing some height there. One, two, three

strokes up. Now get on to the wave. Will she go for a spin and a quick

switch. Catch the wave back across to 16. Crucially, Helen, no

penalties so far. That will make the difference between herself and

Franklin. She's dropped low on just about every upstream gate. Not the

perfect run from Hoskva. Still may be enough to take the lead. She's

dropped outside. 3.07 for Hoskva. This is where Franklin started to

make mistakes. There's a two second penalty. Some relief for the Britain

watching on. You can see the tiredness creeping in. She looks a

little weary. Taking her time guiding the boat through 21.

Flicking the nose around. Tight into 22. Very nicely done. 13 8.78 is the

leading time. It could still be close. She was three seconds outside

the fastest time after the last split. That leading time is gone.

The best she can do is second place at the moment. Just squeezes in. Now

for the last of the French competitors. Nicely through gate

date. We want to see her drive nicely through into gate nine.

Nicely executed. There is the first penalty on gate nine. Gate 17 was

the one that gave her the problem in the semifinal run. Looking smooth

though, keeping it running. A little spin at gate 12 but looking where

she was going at all times to make sure she didn't pick up any

unnecessary touches. Still the fastest time down the chute and she

is pretty much in line with the best so far. Just catching the wave here

and getting the driver cost the 16. We want to see as high a line as we

can into 17. Slightly lower than she would have chosen to be. We will get

another split, 98 .84, and she is just inside, .2 seconds inside.

Malorie Franklin remember picking up six. There is another to second

penalty. She needs to stay clean if she wants to challenge the leading

time and move into that the gold medal position. One more upstream to

go, tries to cut its tight and then changes her mind because she was

just a little bit too tight. Back into the flow now, one minute 3878

is the time dash 1.38.78 is the time. It will be desperately close.

The position is changing all the way down the course and once again,

fatigue making the difference over those last four gates. Really trying

to drive the boat down, trying to keep the boat on track, but at the

same time the nose is getting caught by the eddies. Tough on the last few

gates and the face of Malorie there, there it goes, another one in behind

me. Deep breaths. Two to go. I wonder whether she thought she would

be in this position. It does mean that Malorie Franklin is guaranteed

a medal here in deep Creek because with only Jessica Fox to go, she can

finish no worse than third. This is one of the paddlers who can

certainly cope with a course of this quality, this sort of technical

difficulty. Frantic strokes there through gate nine, making sure she

keeps her boat on track. She knows that she hasn't got time to play

with. But on the split, 2.81 seconds up. We said she had class and style,

and when she is on her day she can win by seconds. So, what can she do?

She has done it all in the past of course, there are not many people

who have both parents who are world champions, multiple world champions.

Richard Fox will no doubt be watching on proudly. The switch

needs to be quick and it's a lot quicker than we saw from Rebours.

Gets herself online for 16 and 17. So many have dropped low on 17. She

is having to work desperately hard to get back through 17 and that

could be crucial but the lead was fairly substantial going through the

halfway stage. Watch are going down through the sweet spot. 18... 19...

Will she take a hit like so many? Yes. That is the second. Four

seconds added to the time. Is it going to survive? We will find out

very, very shortly. 18, 19, coming around the last of the streams. She

wants to find that last wave, that push across to gate 24 and this is

the final drive. Great boat speed coming through 24, accelerates onto

the last drop and takes a comfortable lead in the end Jessica

Fox, into the gold medal position with just one paddle remaining. An

excellent run, not faultless but a nice combination of caution and

aggression. She looked smooth, took an early touch on gate three and

then one later on but she was in control. Not an ideal one, getting

stuck backwards, but she has got class, she has got style, she knows

the lines and when she gets the right she is that much quicker.

Franklin pushed down now into these all the medal position. Vilarrubla

is the only person who can decide her position now. She picked up for

seconds on her semifinal run. The first of those came at gate 11. Gate

nine has produced a lot of problems and she is way down but it is a fast

Eddy. Good recovery. Now it is all about maintaining the rhythm.

Catching her edge, upside down, she has to get back across the river

now. Gate 11, she is 4.8 down on the split. She needs to gain her

composure. 4.88 is still silver medal position if she can hold that

margin, but Jessica Fox was supreme on the bottom half of the course.

Perhaps the only one who has stayed strong all the way through. Some

five, six, seven seconds down on the best time down the drop. It's not

looking too good for the Spanish at the moment. From Vilarrubla, who was

so good on her home river, finishing second in the World Cup there.

Jessica Fox the winner on that occasion. A second capsize and it is

game over, it is game over for Vilarrubla and Jessica Fox can start

the celebrations, she is the sea OneWorld champion for 2014 and I

think know he would take that away from her. If she hasn't won it is

because she has just missed the gate and missed it by millimetres. She is

a fantastic paddler. She is dominating the class, taking it out

from the beginning and she just seems to get better and better each

season. This is a tough as can now with two

roles, to capsizes, a number of penalties, it's all about getting

yourself down the rest of this course. She must be exhausted.

Anything under 166 will keep her off 10th position. Oh, how frustrating,

how frustrating. I thought she was in tears for a moment but that is a

brave smile from Vilarrubla who produced the fastest semifinal time

which can only boost your confidence. But maybe the pressure

and nerves at the top getting the better of her. To capsizes. The last

time that happened, I'm not sure it ever will to her at this level of

competition. Extraordinary things. There is your winner. The world

champion, Jessica Fox, the realisation that she is the champion

for 2014. So, Jessica Fox retains her world title with an impressive

run, four penalties but still five... Six seconds quicker than

anybody else. It's a big percentage. Franklin, Silver again here. A

silver last year and another one to go with it, very good consistency?

Yes, and with Jazz ahead of me it's pretty consistent within the class.

It was a good run and I'm happy with it. You seem to have some difficulty

at the top and then got quicker and quicker as it went down the run.

Yes, I wasn't great at gate three but after that it got better and

quicker, through what they are calling savage falls, 15 and 16 was

probably my strongest area. That then brought me to doing well. And a

very long, nervous wait, seeing other competitors come down. That is

never easy? Definitely not fun, especially being down on the top

split because I didn't do well at the top but knowing I had that area

in the middle where I could pick up time, it was so no bragging. Jess is

a good friend as well as a competitor, does that make it more

complicated? In some respects at the moment I sort of expected. She is

very quick in both kayak and this class. She is a good friend and we

get on quite well but it is something I expect. It is not so

much of a hit. Next year championships on how water, will it

be different? Hopefully, I hope for it be different. I am going

part-time on my uni course and so I can spend even more time training.

Hopefully next year I can come back with a slightly higher medal.

Jessica, how was your final run? It was a really good run and then I

just messed up at the last minute and had the power back for the

second to last gate. I'm really pleased with my paddling today.

First senior worlds, finishing seventh, that's not too shabby. I'm

very pleased with that. Studio Mac she is really making her mark on

this category, getting medals more often than not. It will be very

interesting to see how it all developed so the next few years. If

you have been inspired by Mallory's medal performance to try your hand

at canoeing you can go to the get inspired website at the address

below. Now, it is time for the men's event. I will hand you back to your

commentators, Alan and Patrick. -- Helen.

COMMENTATOR: We now move onto K-1. He is back in action. To complete

into disciplines. --, Pete the knows exactly where to make the

turns. Ellen, what about switching from kneeling to sitting? The kayak

has discipline, this discipline is so different. Remember he has done

two more runs than anybody else in this final today so it will be very

interesting to see how much this fatigue takes on for him. Well, the

early runners in both finals so far have done pretty well. Brooklyn was

third down in the although the best effectively go last, at this level

of competition, anyone in the final can win it. Finding himself off the

line so, Lefevre. Taking that penalty at gate 16 and going wide as

he drove into 17. That will be costly to him. He has two nails this

move. Kvitova heavy hits there through 19. Pushes it on hard,

setting it up for 20. -- a bit of a heavy hit there. Going into gate 16.

Sorry, not 16. We better not count our chickens, there could be a

protest going in. But I think that is unlikely. It is not going to be a

famous double. He says where? We will find out, I think it is gate

19, which is the offset gate. It's interesting, I think he will put a

protest and for that but they will say the poll went across the back of

his head so he didn't get the whole of his head in the gate. Next ago,

missing the first three World Cups, the French sharing their allocations

at the World Cup this year to give as many of their paddlers as

experience -- of their paddlers and experience. He flies into five,

flies out of five. This is an impressive start. What will be

initial split be like? We will find out very shortly. No mistakes so far

as far as I can see. Now, very dynamic paddler, very tight in and

around gate nine. Finding his rhythm here. He needs to open up. He is

2.38 ab on the split. He needs to get in and out of date 12 as quickly

as possible. Dynamic turn there, right around the polls. Shortest

line possible, really good shoulder drop on 12 and 13. Now 1456 was the

time. He is ball seconds inside, building all the time, but he can

throw it away with one mistake. Negotiates 15 well, across the 16,

does he get a kick across to 17? It will help. Not bad, not the quickest

but not bad. Now needs to get back into the flow quickly. 17 gate is

negotiated. 24 in all. These next two could be the decider, as to

whether he takes medals. Brilliant, absolutely superb air. Drops down

into the sweet spot and takes it dairy sweet indeed. Now under threat

as he goes around 22. He could still be on target for the leading time.

Remember, last gate gone, onto the driver home. It will be close but

and he is 1.89 seconds inside had he not had that penalty I think that

Sebastien Combot could well have been in the gold medal position. He

will have to wait and see, but what a run. He attacked it from gate

number one and stayed strong right the way through. A brilliant

performance from the French and they have another paddler still to go.

Superb run, fast-paced, dynamic, keeping his boat rhythm all the

time. This is the only bit I think where he lost a fraction of time,

didn't get the water quite, very changeable around 16 and 17 and you

have to do the best with what you have in front of you. He did a very

good job of that. Biazzizot, not a busy season for him

but he has come good at the right time. There is his first mistake at

number five. Just send his nose up a bit too high that seemed to be back

on track now, tight around gate number eight, nicely done, getting

the drive across, he needs to push across that Eddie line, finding

himself above it to hide. That is not what he wants to be doing. A

slow move. Quick thinking though, quick thinking to correct. Every

makes mistakes in this game. Absolutely. He hasn't got any

penalties as of yet. There is no man yet to go down this course clean. He

can still be in touch. 52 is the time going through. He is now three

seconds adrift of the fastest time, Combot. The current leader picked up

to later on in so the opportunity is still there but it needs to be

perfect, from 17 all the way through to 24 and there is the first really

good turn. Turn. Superb. Really tight in there, little bit high. He

is going to set up this line to be dynamic and fast, quick through 19,

dipped his head through it and then gets a straight line out. The combo

was superb to that section -- Combot was superb to that section. Three

Frenchmen qualifying for this final. Superb performance from them.

Now, down through 23, 24, it is going to be close again, but just

outside. .85 of a second. Wow, there is no doubt that Combot would have

been watching with one night only I think with that performance. The

mood has changed at the top of the course and instead of everyone

having the course dominates their performance, they are starting to

attack it and dominate the water. That is just what we needed to see.

Boris took a silver back in 2009. He got a silver in the World

Championship that year as well. He has shown some good form early in

the season on a very different river in SF. 60 cubic metres per second

piling down this deep Creek. -- in this is some three cubic metres

bigger than the Lee Valley course. Yes, big, wide, lots of flow down it

and very changeable water. He is 1.36 up. He is looking smooth, maybe

his temper doesn't look quite as high but that's the thing. All

paddlers have their own unique style and he has his own style. I would

say now he has given away at least upper second there. Pity to was the

unofficial split. He is about half a second down, so I think you are spot

on, as he works through 15 and 16. This is such a crucial day. Not so

many penalties picked up but the difference in time taken from 16 to

17 absolutely huge. That is good work from Horace, trying to get to

Frenchmen onto the podium. In fact it would be one, trying to get to

Frenchmen onto the podium. In fact it would be one, two, three if he

could go up to the front. The way things are going it could well

happen. Cleanly through 18 and 19, not the quickest but it is clean and

he hasn't lost too much time. For gate to go now to join his

team-mates at the top of the podium. Will the French get a clean sweep

here as deep Creek? He has the pickers like Catalina, just driving

those blades all the way to the finish line down here. He's inside,

he is inside. It looked very controlled at the top of the

course, not as attacking as we saw from Combot but Boris Neveu has

taken the lead. And there we have it. France, one, two, three. That

winning time, he will lie in bed tonight ruing that penalty that has

cost him the gold. They will be thrilled by have managed the clean

sweep. Now it is time for the women's K-1. She will go off first,

but before we see her run, we caught up with the other British paddler in

this final, Fiona Penney. Following you on Twitter this summer, there

have been some ups and downs. The results have been brilliant, have

they? Killer Mac sure, that was definitely one of my comments this

summer. Another race, another disappointment. The Europeans were

OK. I did well in the early stages and then won the finals and the

semifinals. I hit a gate two seconds out, I ended up fifth, and then the

following World Cup tear at Lee Valley, unfortunately I made a few

too many errors and found myself not in the final. Has that been

frustrating and tough to keep your morale? It has been frustrating. I

have made so many games this year technically on the water and I know

I am technically fast enough. It is just putting it together on the

name, being clean and fast. How much do you guys learn off each other and

interact with each other and coach each other? We train with different

training groups and obviously our various coaches. I train with Tom

Brady and Joe Clark and that's great for me because I am trying with two

wonderful men. They are deemed to be the blue-ribbon event and they are

the fastest on the water so for me to be able to learn from them

technically are just perfect for my training and I'm always pushing

myself to get as close to them as possible timewise. If I spoke to

your coach what would he say your attributes? If you'd spoke anybody

in canoe slalom they would probably say I was one of the strongest in

the world. With that comes the speed. Technically over the last few

years I've made significant gains. I probably wasn't so good before but

with better watch what technique I'm becoming more consistent. What do

you expect from the World Championship is? Killer Mac we have

trained there in July for two weeks already. I've learned a lot from the

white water there. It is different to most courses. Certainly you need

to paste the course well when you are going on a full rundown of

course, the bottom is quite hard work on the arms and my plan will be

to keep it clean, make sure I go around the polls, don't hit them and

go fast with that. That sounds like quite a simple plan. It sounds

simple but let's hope it won't be simple on the day.

So, Beth and Latham will be the first down. She is 33 in the World

Cup rankings this year. She has the opportunity to do the same here. --

Bethan Latham. The fact she is going first shouldn't dissuade you from

the fact that she has a chance of taking a medal. I wonder how she

will take the course. Not the best of starts. Hasn't quite found her

with yet. Between two and three. But there is plenty of time to get back

into this run. A number of difficult sections. First one coming up in a

minute, over eight and nine although she has just picked up a penalty

point already, clipping it on the exit and now she needs to free

focus, make sure she stays clear and out on these polls and keep the line

as direct as possible. To successive up streams at a penalty point

already, clipping it on the exit and now she needs to free focus, make

sure she stays clear and out on these polls and keep the line as

direct as possible. To successive up streams at eight and nine have

caused problems. Just getting inside that. The judges will have a close

look at that and Bethan Latham, what do you feel? A penalty, I saw the

judge's can go up. That is it, game over really. Once you have a 52nd

penalty added to your time there is really no coming back from that.

They may put out a protest but it definitely looked very questionable.

There is the pool above the savage falls. You have to have the right

lines are there. Nicely onto 14, which is where she got a penalty in

the semifinal. And now, that spin, back through 15. This is the

difficult combination. Lots of penalties, lots of time lost in all

disciplines here. A bit of a loopy line into 17, we saw the bowel

heading a lot of the time across the river. That's what we want to see,

taking buried lines from one day to another. 18 and 19 have proven to be

very tricky for people and she is now finding it difficult to go

around the bottom of the poll. Didn't quite make it around the top.

That is an interesting... You could see the mind working almost there

when she realised there was no way she would be able to go back up into

the stopper and then get back through the normal way. But she

sought well on her feet and away we go. Last two gates to go, it will

not be a medal winning run from Bethan Latham but it shows you the

problem is that the athletes have out there. And it is no different

for anyone else still to come. 179.88, disappointing but she will

be delighted she made it through to the last ten. Yes, that's fantastic,

to make her first world champion Jim final. She did make her final, but

that is where she met at penalty. You have to make sure your whole

head, your whole body is inside the polls and on that occasion it looked

like heads did make it. Next down, little bit inconsistent this year,

got a really good run and finished in fifth place and then eighth in

the World Cup finals. That gave her a confidence boost. Looked a little

bit slow on the exit of five but she has hit the right line that she

wanted, a good line into eight. You can see that bit of flow in the

Eddie line, a bit above number nine. This is very oily, they have to be

patient to see what happens with the vote, let the boat release and then

they can drive forward -- boiling water. Onto the savage falls for 14,

which is OK. Then it is this tricky surf across the ways to reach 15. An

early spin. Just waiting a bit better make sure she could get the

release from the tail before she put the power in to get back across 16

and now dropping a little bit low as we see her draw the boat in with the

bow rudder. This is the tricky bit. They come out into the flow and this

is where they set up that difficult 18-19. 19 is a split gate and it's

very tight on the back of the stopper. Picking her line, little

reverse stroke there, nicely done by Melanie. Very good there, but that

has all paid off. Only four of the women in the final went clear in the

semifinals. She spins around, 22, now she is back into the flow and

there is still time to be gained if you can get the perfect wine and 24.

As to put the brakes. I will cost her fractions of a second that could

make all the difference come the end of the day. The new lead time

120.01. Alongside -- a long way inside Latham's time. Good solid

performance for the German. Yes, put in a good tight time for people to

beat. Well, Fiona Pennie now. Will she be able to add to her medal

haul? The silver medallist from 2006, 31 years old from Crieff. She

will have done her early days of paddling on Scottish rivers, the

take, the Alan, the Lenny and indeed the lion not far from where she used

to live. A good start from Pennie here. Around gate eight, not giving

anything, just pulling herself in. Tight around Gates nine. She was

very quick on the top section in her first run. -- around 89. 4.2 up on

the split so it is looking good again. -- around gate nine. Lost

some time on her semi final run. This is her coming down to savage

falls, what a nice line, steering it in. Looking for the surf, she will

start spotting the spin. And a lovely spin. Looking very controlled

at the moment. Just dropping a little low maybe. A little slow to

17 but the water seems to have changed completely from the previous

two runs. Now, this is where she has to get it right, goes wide into 18,

needs to make sure she gets far enough across and she is through.

Great, great negotiation there. Now onto 20 through the 24. Still

mistakes can be made. Watch the Tyne as she goes to the final upstream.

This is looking good, Helen. Yes, five seconds up on that previous

split and she hasn't given away any time yet. Looking for the nice sweet

spot between 23 and 24. Just this final push to the line. That is the

fastest time in the semifinals and she is well inside out! 114.97 and

crucially no penalties. She goes into the lead and sets a really,

really tough test for those still to come. Yes, fantastic display of

slalom canoeing there. You can see her coming down to the river to give

her a congratulatory handshake. She will be absolutely delighted with

that. She didn't give away anything. If you think about first runs, 1.18

.34 that was the quickest. She has set a time to the rest of the

competitors to have to really fight to come and get.

Fantastic news for the British team. They need a bit. Ricard Funk. A

little wide into 5. She accelerates the boat beautifully through the

water. Down towards 7 and 8 on the left-hand side. Second of the

upstream gates. Sweet around gate 8. A quick push in. She's finding

herself being dragged in a bit tight. Tail getting caught in the

flow. Losing a fraction of time. Let the boat settle. Then drive down.

3.46 outside Fiona Pennie's time. Clipped the pole. Two seconds added.

Now four seconds of penalties. Fiona Pennie on 60 seconds on gate 14.

That 3.5 second margin's grown substantially. Ricard unlikely to

record the best run of her season. Losing more time at 15. Slipping off

a little bit there. Tight into 17. She has got far too much work to do

to be challenging that time of Fiona Pennie's. Set up above 19. Little

flick on the back. Touched 19. Top pole. There's no way Ricard Funk

will threaten now. Nelani fiver second. Six seconds of penalties.

Even with a clear run she would have been a long way adrift of Pennie. I

hope that's an indication of how good Pennie's run was. She did take

the medal in 1996 6. Eight years later, she could be on the verge of

something very special. Hilgertova, been around forever. She was here 25

years ago when the World Championships were last held in the

US. Racing on the Savage River just down the road from here. We're

already finding her 2.47 down. As she's got older whether she has that

same power and endurance as some of the younger athletes have towards

the bottom of the course. This is an extremely long course. Hilgertova is

at least three seconds down at the moment. She's a wonderful paddler.

Brilliantly technical. But a lot of work to do. Getting a bit delayed

through 15. Struggling to get the line right for 16. That doesn't bode

well for 17. Nice into 17 though. It is all about the drive. 18, 19, very

tricky gates. We want to see her set up high above 18. You can see the

wind still blowing after that storm. They need to be very precise where

they're going. Nice little move to get around the bottom pole at 19.

She may be in for a medal post I can. Fox still the really big name

left to run on this course. Hilgertova gets high. Another

mistake getting held by the stopper just a fraction. She can ill afford

that but no penalties incurred. That could be key to the success. She's

trying to take medals at 47 years of age. She goes into the Bronze Medal

position. She's frustrated with that. She's given the remaining

paddlers a opportunity to take that away from her. There's Fiona

sitting, waiting. If the next paddler doesn't beat her time she

knows she will be on the podium. Jasmine Schornberg. Didn't pick up

any penalties at all. Bronze Medal in Prague last year. She's been here

before. That could be useful. A smooth start from her. Need to get

out and let the boat balance as she comes through 10. Lost time on

Pennie already. Pretty much identical time to Hilgertova at that

stage. Just tweaked the boat back into the flow through 13. Now coming

to Savage Falls. Needs a nice height and get that suffer across. Slightly

lower than she would have hoped. She has to start spotting for the spin.

Look where the poles are. Nice spin there from Schornberg. We'll get

another split between 17 and 18, before she drops through gate 18.

87.70 is the time. More than four seconds outside the field with the

delay on that last sequence of gates. Across to 18, needs to get

wide. Tries to get across the face of the tongue to get to 19. Valuable

seconds ticking a way. She will not take top spot. She will be pressed

to make the medals at all. Losing precious time at 19 she couldn't

afford. She'll have to nail 22 where we saw Hilgertova lose quite a bit

of time. There's a little sweet spot, need to find the drive off the

back of the wave and get that push. 124.77 is Hilgertova's time. She's

missed that. Outside the top three having finished third in the

semi-finals. Frustration, all the emotions coming out. Fiona Pennie is

still on top. Jessica fox of Australia. Her mother winning here

25 years ago. That would be a nice story. Going last is never nice. But

at this level, World Championships, a little bit of history if she can

make it in the C1 and K1. She's not letting the pressure affect her.

Nice move through the first four gates. Gate 5, she isn't giving away

anything at the moment. She needs to get this in and drive around gate 9.

Watch the first split coming after 40 seconds. 43.8 was Pennie's time.

Fox, 100th of a second outside. She cannot afford a mistake. 60 seconds

was Pennie's time remember, through 14. Coming up next. Tight in on 14.

Is she going to do it? I think she's spot on. Maybe even a fraction up on

Pennie's time. Can't afford to give away any penalties are time. A good

spin. Tail down, bow round. Directly driving into 17. This will be tight

on Pennie's split. The next split will tell you everything you need 20

know. Altogether 82.17. She is a second inside. The C1 world champion

is looking to makes it the K1 title as well. 22, remember, is a tricky

gate. We saw Hilgertova get caught out with it. Pennie may still be the

world champion. Jessica Fox still looking very strong. The time she's

after, 114.97. She's inside. She was a second up at 19. She's made it.

She has done the double. Jessica Fox of Australia.96 of a second inside.

Fiona Pennie, she would have taken silver at the start of the day which

is what she did in 2006. But how disappointing to have the last

paddler deny you that gold medal. Jess Fox, what a fantastic race.

Gold in the C1. Gold in the K1. No-one's done that at the same World

Championships. She is in a class of her own. I thought Pennie'sp time

was #4r78s unbeatable. She's gone down and nailed it. Took it on.

Didn't give away anything. Fought for it all the way down. She knew

exactly where she wanted to be. Couldn't put a paddle stroke wrong.

Jessica Fox of Australia winning the gold medal ahead of Fiona Pennie

from Great Britain. You went very early. Best run of the

week comfortably? For sure. I was pretty smooth all the way down. I

knew on such a hard course I had to keep it steady and smooth. Keep the

boat in the right place. I was just like keep it on line. Came through

the finish ecstatic with that. The way they set up the final course,

there were really tested gates out there. As each went by, you were

doing them brilliantly. In the semi-final I had a different line in

19. I went for the spin option. Put everything on it. It came off really

well. I was pleased that happened. Then the long wait as competitor

after competitor comes down the course behind you. Never easy? For

sure. It was a hard wait. A few mistakes and was able to breathe a

sigh of relief. Then Jess. She was up for me at the start. I was

waiting, watching. In the end, she was just ahead of me. It was all

good, though. What about your run in the final? Had a few mistakes. Got a

50 second penalty. That was disappointing. Still happy to have

made it there in the first place. Looking at the women on the podium.

What do you need to work on to get up there? If you compare me to

Fiona, there is a difference in by accepts size. I'll be hitting the

gym. And working on the technical side. Rep sending Great Britain,

Fiona Pennie. CHEERING It's safe to say the men's

C2 final isn't what we expected. We've no Dave Florence and Richard

Hounslow. British hopes ride with Reece Davis and Matthew Lister. Back

over to the commentators. We'll start it off with the form

pair. Two men the Skantres who have won three of the five World Cups.

Easy winners of the word cup tour this year. Surprising to see them

just scraping into the final. Away we go. This is one occasion where

you really wouldn't be surprised if the first boat down took the win.

But they haven't shown the form they showed mid-season. They didn't look

that comfortable on the course in their semi-final run. This is a much

better start. They have to make sure they go round these poles a lot

cleaner than in the semi-final run. They drop down into gate 8. This is

where we see the double up cross the back of the stopper. Getting a good

drive into the eddy line and across the flow coming back at them. Tail

digs deep. This water's inconsistent. You see them being

pushed about quite often. They'll jump into the eddy at gate 12. Den

push back out into 13. We'll enter the next section, Savage Falls. An

upstream on the right followed by a tricky stagger sequence into an

upleft. This is where a lot of time can be lot of. They spot for the

spin. Then a quick drop to get the lines where they can between 16 and

17. We want the bows as high as possible. Working much better than

they were in the semi-finals. Now comes the big test. We'll get a

split with the other crews when they go through this stage. 86.99. Nev'

decided to drop below. Interesting stuff. Trying for the quick return

into the flow. But still, it's got to be slower than the direct line.

No red marker. No penalty seconds added so far. Final upstream gate. A

lot of movement on the poles. That's not their business. The wind has got

stronger and stronger as the day's gone on. The Skantrs will have a

time to test the rest of the crews. Will that time be good enough?

Seemed quite a conservative and safe run from the Skantres. They wanted

to make sure they didn't take up penalty points. They had eight

seconds of penalty points in the semi-final. Rhys Davies and Matthew

Lister from Great Britain. First down in the semi-final. They had to

sit through a full hour to see if they'd done enough to go through.

They were more surprised than anyone they made it. They scraped in. Now a

real opportunity, the only British boat in this final. They will have

heard and maybe seen Fiona Pennie's performance. Maybe that will spur

them on to great things. A really solid start from the pairing. Good

tight in and around gate 9. Interesting to see where they fare

on this split time. Pretty much matching it. .01 down. Nothing in it

at this point. A nice drive in on 12. Very well executed. Very

composed. Working well together. This will be their top ten

performance for 2010. What a moment. What a time to produce your best run

of the year. Suffering their way across to 15. There's the little

spin. We have the first touch. They could be crucial come the end of the

day. Back across to 17. If they take 18, 19 direct, they might have a

opportunity to claw back that time on the Skantres. They are still not

far outside. They are going the same way they did on the first run,

desperately trying not to split the gate. Just clipped the pole. Another

penalty. It was a quicker line than the Skantr cousins took. They picked

up a penalty. Frustrating. They want a strong finish as they draw the

double canoe into the upstream gate. Power their way to the finish. A

nice sweet spot between 23 and 24 where you drive the wave. 122.78 has

long gone. In a second position. A really good top half to the course.

Really good news they made it through to the last ten. They had a

crack at it. Just a couple too many mistakes down the bottom of the

course. Kaspr and Sindler join us next. Looking a pretty good start so

far. Pretty smooth. One second inside for the two cheques. They've

had a really solid season. A confidence boosting eighth place in

the World Cup Finals. A good nip in and out of the eddy on 12. They'll

go for a spin, I imagine, across this wave. Looking for the poles.

Making sure they know where they are, they don't want to take any

penalty points. Tail round, drive that boat directly. Nice line into

17. Keeping good height there. I think the Skantres time is under

threat if they stay clean. They go wide. They are going for that direct

line. It's paid off so far. No, there's the touch. I think, did they

split it? There's a two. Not so bad. They didn't get out of the move as

quickly as they would have liked. Maybe not gaining as much of an

advantage as they could have done. 122.78 the leading time. Last couple

of gates for Kaspr and Sindler. They will take the lead. 118.12. Anyone

who goes the long way around now can guarantee to find themselves outside

that leading time. It seems to be the quicker option. They picked up a

two second penalty. Got a little stuck. But it's the confidence. They

took that run on direct. Get stuck and take that penalty. But it is a

risk. They are so close already to splitting the gate. Pico and Biso

from France, the second of the three French boats. Often good in the

semi-finals but let it slip in the final. We'll find out if that is the

case today. A fluid start across the top five, six gates. A nice

upstream. Number 8. Tight under the poles at 9. Too tight. Taking a

touch on the paddle shaft. That penalty, they would have been up

without that. 1.79 down. Penalties early on in their semi-final run.

Gates 2 and 5. Keeping good height through 14. They will will drive out

on to this wave. Take the spin. Spotted where the poles are. Drive

across. Get the bow turned down. Directly push it into 17. A good

line. Not losing much time there. With the C2, Helen, you've back

right paddlers and back left paddlers. The course do what they

can to make sure it's fair for both. It is challenging for everybody.

Doesn't seem to be making too much difference which is a good thing. I

would have said it favoured the back right slightly more than the back

left, if anything. Catch the wave. Draw it in. Nice

upstream gate there. They want to pick up that little wave between 23

and 24. Get the smooth line. This is starting to look good for the French

boat. Pico, Biso. They go into second place with a very good

recovery lower down despite those two second penalties. The last of

the French boats, Claus and Pech. Can they make it two big

competitions in a row? This is an afreesive run so far. They've high

tempo as a pairing. Quick paddle strokes. Gliding it into gate 8. A

little dip. Looking good at the moment. Just pushing out. I think

they picked up a two second penalty at gate 8. Clipped it on the exit.

That could make all the difference. It does make all the difference.

They would have been level with the current leaders. A wider angle than

they'd have chosen into gate 12. Got back into their rhythm. They really

need pace now. Good suffer out. Spotted where the gates are. The

drive across, get the bows down and drive as quickly as possible into

17. We're getting news through about the Czech team, Kaspr and Sindler.

They've been given a 50 second penalty. If that's confirmed they

drop right down the order. At the moment, our computer telling us that

Pico and Biso the current leaders from France. Still the French

hauling in the medals if that's the way it stays. Let's focus on these

two, Klaus and Pesch. Gate 22. Through there in 115. Not matching

the best time. Pico and Biso confirmed the race leaders at the

moment. Fifth position for the last of the French boats. Helen, which of

the gates do you think the Czech crew might have hit? They were dodgy

on 19, I thought at the time. It looks like they've been given their

50 second penalty on the bottom of the course on that 19. It was a

tricky gate. It is such a tricky gate. We see so many people fall on

that one. Bozic from Slovenia. Are they on their way to world champion

glory? Need to be on gate 8 around 28 seconds. That is to be up with

the best. Not far off. They are in contention at this stage. Really

good early season. Dropped away a little bit after Prague. But then

came back to some sort of form in ashberg. Much better out here in

Deep Creek than we've seen for a few weeks. .51 inside. Looking smooth

and very controlled at the moment. You can see them getting the power

in at the front of the boat. They are waiting. Making sure the bow

goes under the poles at 13. Under the poles at 14 as well. Very nicely

done. Slipping off a little bit there. A tricky eddy line. A lot of

water. They've dropped below the current leaders Pico and Biso at the

moment. Push hard into 17. Keep as much height as possible. We push out

into 18. Is it going to be direct? Are they going to go above or below?

That's the question. They are setting up for the above move. A

good push. Quick spin. They've negotiated it safely. Great work.

Great work. That could be the gold medal winning move provided they

don't get penalised later on. The slough of slough Ianians heading for

what could be a gold medal run. Good work from the two paddlers. 168

their time in the semi-final. Well inside that. 119.16 they are after.

They've got it surely? 118 much 43. They go into top spot with a superb

run. -- 118.43. So, Matt, we saw the handshake at

the end of your final run. We must assume that went well? We were

really happy, proud we've finally nailed the rest of the season. Just

wrapped it up nicely with a PB for us. Couldn't be happier. Rhys, a

difficult course? So technical. You have to focus. Keep on it. We lost a

bit of focus towards the end but it cost us darling. But we are happy.

The C2 event is shaping up nicely from a British point of view?

Definitely. We've a really good background. #08ed boats coming back

in. It will be really hard to get to 26 team but a really interesting

race. Some good racing to follow for the next couple of years. That's the

end of the racing. I'm delighted to say Paul Radcliffe joins me. The

chief coach. How was that week for the GB team? I think it's got to 'em

podsy the philosophy of the team. We've had to fight for everything

we've got this weekend. It's a really tough place to come. A lot of

different challenges out there on the course. I'm really pleased with

the way the whole team's handled a lot of different situations. We've

had some ups and downs. We've finished on a very good day today.

Super pleased for Fiona's medal. Second place. That's eight years

since she won her last medal. She's on the up again. Mallory Franklin to

repeat what she did is phenomenal. Some of the youngsters are coming

through. For the under-23 teams. Finalses from Lister and Davis. Tom

Quin's put it in there. Latham. Sile' ask you a tough question. Ask

you to pick out bun of the GB performers who's your stand-out? It

has to be Fiona Pennie. So pleased for her today. Working with the

coaching team, Mark Ratcliffe, working so hard on the day. She was

inch-perfect. We thought that was gold, to be honest. The girl's who's

won full credit. But Fiona, awesome. It was a surprise and shock for

Florence and Hounslow not to even get to the semi-final? We see the

amount of work them guys put in every day, day in, day out. They are

so professional. So hard working. They prepared excellently for this

championship race. Sometimes it doesn't go to plan. Florence said to

me halfway through the season, I learn more out of failure than I do

out of winning. We're hoping he'll take stock of that. So will Richard.

Next year's the big one for 2015. I'm hoping the team will come

stronger next year for our Olympic qualification. Is a big advantage to

have Olympic qualification on home ground? We know the course inside

out. It is up to us to chill out a bit with that. Not overtry. We are

expecting a really tough course like we had today. We are prepared for

that as well. That's the end of World Championship slalom coon ewe.

But gymnastics is on 7th October. Coverage starts at 3.00pm. That's

all from Deep Creek in Maryland. It's been a week not without its

challenges for the British team. But they do go home with two medal

performances to savour. Bye-bye.