Day 4 BBC Two: 19.30-20.00 Olympics

Welcome back to coverage of the fourth day of the Olympic Games here

in Rio. Straight back to the white water stadium for the men's C 1

final. David Florence of Great Britain sadly, mistakes for him on

his run means he will not challenge for a medal.

Takuya Haneda of Japan. He may be aware of what has happened on the

course. He will have heard the reaction from the crowd and there

are a huge number of British fans in the crowd today, which is great to

see. Such a commitment to come out to Rio. David flourns has family --

Florence has family and friends here. Jo Clark will have as well.

Fiona Penny. We have more opportunities. We qualified four

boats. It's not all over. Florence, I guess in the C 1 was the biggest

chance. Absolutely. Coming into it as world champion, you would say

that he was. He has an Olympic Silver Medal as well. Olympic

competition is Olympic competition. Other competitors are equally

capable of getting medals. David could be out there in two days

with Richard Hounslow as well. He's in a position to make the

podium here. He's leading the way. There's the first mistake. A bit low

on 20. Battles his way back into the biggest white water on this course

here. This is where you've got to stay strong. This is where all the

hours of training pay off. The time is still good. I'm not sure if he

will match Benus. On he goes, driving for the line now. Japan's

Takuya Haneda records a time of 97. 44. That puts him into Silver Medal

position ahead of Casey Eichfeld with Matej Benus leading the way.

Haneda putting in a good performance, but maybe just doesn't

have that raw speed that Benus has. He did a really good performance. He

was tight around the poles but doesn't have the same finesse.

Haneda taking a nice exit there. He drives back across the course from

gate 20 to 21. A big stopper, they want to keep their boats as dry as

they can. He's an exciting paddler. It's nice when Japan don't have that

many paddlers, but Haneda's success is quite phenomenal. So often he

makes the finals of the major Championships. He's done it here. Is

he going away with a medal? The big names are still to come. Waiting for

the next paddler down Mekonnen Gebremedhin. He was the first --

Vitezslav Gebas. Plenty of fans here from Prague, where he's from. 31

years old. He's been on the scene for a long, long time.

Vitezslav This is where you set up the line. A

quick whip around. Tricky line out on the changeable stopper, ducking

under the pole. We want to see as direct line as possible. Watch the

split. Not sure he can match it. He can't. Those stoppers just after

seven, two stoppers in a row, both getting the better of him. Valuable

time going missing. No penalties as yet. Really looks as though he's

chasing Haneda's time of 97. 44. Nice track through the stopper

there, rolling off the back, using the boat edges very nicely. A long

cross into 17. This is where they set themselves up for the spin move

on gate 19. Battling across for the big drop. He dropped 2. 3 in the

first seven, eight gates. He's held his own in the mid-section of the

course. If he gets stronger from here, he might be able to secure

second place. A margin of 2. 42 between first and second in the

finish at the moment. Good move from Gebas. The blade driving deep,

pulling hard, keeping is perpendicular to the water to

maximise the effect of the paddle stroke. Drives to the line. Just

misses out on second place. Fractions between him and han

havenlt -- Haneda. You see him working very hard towards the end of

that runner. Quicker than his semifinal. He should be pleased. I'm

not sure if he will be in the medals. Four boats to go. It will be

very tight. Savsek, Elosegi, Tasiadis, those are four of the

biggest names in the game. Slovenia, France, Spain and Germany

represented. But it's Slovakia that they're trying to knock off top

spot. The Slovakians, who've had two gold medals in this discipline,

first in 1996 and again in 2008. It's only the eighth time that canoe

slalom has been in the Olympic Games. Started in '72. Germany have

had one gold in '72 in Munich. If you are a fan, it's worth googling

that event, because the change in the sport since then is quite

phenomenal. The size of the boats or the volume of the boats has begun

down by about a quarter or a third. The approach, it was all about

staying clean in those days. Nowadays you have to take risks.

Have you to risk losing if you want to win. This is a man who likes to

be ahead of the game. He likes to get his boat positioned so he can

drive through. You see him there prime example what have he likes to

be in. It's looking good. Again getting ahead of it, a little twitch

on the back, really using their blade to steer it in. Yesterday we

wouldn't have got too excited bay margin of -- by a margin of 0. 88.

But this is going to be a tight race. 0. 88 good enough for a medal

at the moment. We will get another split in a few gates. Looking for a

time of around 83 seconds, just under. Two penalties added and

Benjamin Savsek, he's good, he's fast. Four penalty seconds added

now. I'm afraid that's his chance of taking top spot gone. He'll be

fortunate if he can make a podium position. He's three seconds at

least outside the best. Often produces the fastest time on the

course, but with four penalties even Benjamin Savsek can't make up for

that. Matej Benus of Slovakia will be

getting more and more excited but more and more nervous as this race

goes on. There are just three to go - France with Denis Gargaud Chanut,

Spain with Ander Elosegi - there's a man who's finished fourth in two

successive Olympics. Will he come away with gold? If he comes away

with any medal he'll be tape and Sideris Tasiadis, who was in a class

of his own in the semifinal. He certainly was. He won that semifinal

by a couple of seconds, looking superb. It will be very interesting

to see can Elosegi get into that podium position? Great shots and

great tension, particularly in the waiting pool at the top of the run.

242 metres, the length of this course. Water piling down the run

every second, 12 tons of water a second going past the gate. It's

difficult to quite understand the power until they get it wrong. In

the demos last night, one or two got it wrong. You realise how much

control the water takes of the paddler when that happens. You saw

them washed away. We saw it in the heats, when something went wrong.

You caught the edge, that's it you're down the river before you

know it. This is Gargaud Chanut of France. Nice and clean. The world

champion from way back in 2011. Hasn't had much success at Majors

since then. Not looking quite as steady off the start. I think he

needs to find his rhythm, get the boat tracking down stream. He likes

the long strokes. He's called the acrobat of the water in the French

team. He really dances with it. Beautiful through seven. He's maybe

just outside the leading time. Won't be much in it. In fact just inside.

You said you thought this was going to be won by a smooth descent rather

than aggressive, powerful one. Gargaud Chanut renowned for using

the water well. He looks as though he's not working hard. He's less

aggressive, but he has this long stroke. But they're so precise. He

uses the strokes well. Watch him when he drops down to gate 19. Watch

how he jumps off the drop-off. There goes 18. Now breaking to the right.

This is the drop-off. Times his stroke well. Spins. That's about as

good as we've seen so far. It's going to be competitive from the

Frenchman. Needs 82, 83 through gate 22. He was up on the last split. He

hasn't given anything away. He needs to spin on the spo. -- spot. He

needs the final line. He lifts the bow over the stopper there in the

final stopper on the course and drive. Looking for the time - I

think he's inside. He is! Slovakia demoted to second and France with

Denis Gargaud Chanut the world champion from 2011, is in a position

to take the Olympic title in 2016. Only two men still to come.

Both of them world-class paddlers. Both of them on the lips of those

discussing the possible winners. Gargaud Chanut can't celebrate quite

yet, but he's put in a - not a perfect run, but it was smooth at

the top. Unbelievable how he found so much time from the semifinals to

the finals. He was just, the top bit actually wasn't as good as the first

run. Then he picked it up from about gate five. He was really in his

rhythm, really in his flow. On top of the water, using it. He made the

staggers between eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, 13, #14, 15, look like they

weren't there. He used every inch of water. That's very deceptive on this

course. That's where the time is being gained. That is what Benus and

Gargaud Chanut are good at. They use the water beautifully. It will show

that is what is winning the race at the moment. We've not seen much of

Gargaud Chanut. He got second in the second of the three world cups that

have been held. Here's a man who hasn't made the top ten of a World

Cup is far this year. He's the number one Spaniard. He has a great

record from Lee Valley, having got fourth in the Olympics. He took

fourth in Beijing as well. Is he going to be able to change his

fortunes? Will he get a medal? Looking for a time, well a two

second penalty is about the worst possible thing. It's come on gate

number four. I can't think of anyone else who's made a mistake on that

gate. Nicely into gate seven, so far. This is the changeable bit of

water, though. He wants to eliminate that stagger as much as possible.

He's outside the leading time. Remember, he has a two second

penalty. He has a faster course time than the race leaders. The penalty

coming at one, that's just been changed. Gate number one and well,

he can only wrap himself on the knuckles for that. He has to change

his approach, no doubt about it. Fastest gate 17 we've seen so far.

Where's he going to far E.On the split? Fare on the split? We will

still see him in the middle positions if he can take another

second-and-a-half off his time. He could challenge for second. Matej

Benus of Slovakia in second at the moment. For Elosegi, don't tell me

he's going to finish in fourth for the third time in succession? They

ought to make a medal for him. I don't know what you'd make it out

of. You've got to feel for the man if that is what happens. He's got

one gate and 25 metres to go. Elosegi in the end, a disappointing

finish and it all went wrong on gate number one. Generous applause from

the crowd. The Olympic dream has not materialised for the Spaniard.

Picking up that first penalty point here right at the top of the course,

oh, just cutting it too tight on the inside pole. Very difficult for us

to see. Another penalty at gate 19. We haven't seen so many penalties.

More penalties in this final than in the semifinal. Spain's chance of Med

ago now with the women. -- medaling. She had a scare in the heats

yesterday. We see the women's K 1 not tomorrow but the next day.

Tomorrow is all about K 1, Joe Clarke going for Great Britain in

that event. From what we saw on the second run, he has the potential to

win. And he has the potential to pick up plenty of 50s. Let's hope it

goes well for him. One man to go here.

Tasiadis, who was absolutely outstanding on the first run. Almost

two and a half seconds quicker than anyone else, safely through gate one

where Elosegi put himself out of the running, effectively. This has been

a really good running for the top part of the course. He needs around

22. If he is under 22, that is great news. If he's over 22, he has a lot

of work to do. 22 exactly, he is on course. Then he gets a little stuck

in those two stoppers. The fastest was recorded by gargantuan new

friends. He is 1.8 outside Gargaud Chanut. You can only guess how he

feels at the moment. He may only be some 35 seconds away from Olympic

gold. We don't forget, Tasiadis was unbelievable on the first run. Two

penalty seconds. From what we've seen, that's an indication that the

gold is not going his way. A penalty on gate nine will be very costly.

2.33 down on the split. He will have too nailed this spin. You want to

get the push-up. Slow and wide, having to duck in that poll. This

will not be that quick. His approach into the next one was not that quick

either. This might just be good enough or bronze medal position. Her

nadir of Japan is lying in bronze at the moment. -- Takuya Haneda of

Japan is lying in bronze position at the moment. Will Tanika Haneda be

pushed down? It's close, 3.73. Tasiadis who won the semifinal goes

down into fifth position, and Denis Gargaud Chanut of France is the

Olympic winner. You cannot say he doesn't deserve it. He's been an

outstanding Pablo over the years, very consistent. Of course, he was

the World Champion back in 2011. -- outstanding paddler. That has now

been trumped as he takes the Olympic title here in Rio. So many changes

from that first run. You have to feel for Tasiadis,

Helen. A lot of expectation. We were chatting about the ideal position to

start the last run. We actually said Gargaud Chanut would be denied he

will be the third from last to go. He hasn't got the pressure that

Tasiadis has by going last. Absolutely, and that does count for

an awful lot. Plus Tasiadis did a good semifinal run and it's always

harder to replicate something than it is to improve on something. He

was always in the toughest position and his time for the semifinal run

would have put him in bronze today. It probably is extremely

frustrating. What I find interesting about Gargaud Chanut and Benus, they

were very delicate. They really used the water and that is what one

today. Compared to the semifinals where it seemed to be more about

brute force and making sure you were working on top of the water, having

to work very hard, today was very much a part of working with the

water, getting ahead of the game and ironing out those staggers. Let's

have a look at the standings. Takuya Haneda gets Japan's first C1 medal

in bronze position. Slovakia, six Olympics in a row they have taken a

medal in this position. Denis Gargaud Chanut is now the first

Frenchman to claim the title. Now, Denis Gargaud Chanut is going to be

the man they talk about. He takes Olympic gold hero Deodoro.

And that is not just France's second gold medal of the games, it is the

second gold medal of the day because they won the team eventing. Let's

had to Matthew Pinsent. For David Florence finishing last in the

final, desperately disappointing. It just shows everyone at home how

these tiny margins are involved in canoe slalom. If you miss one, clip

pawn, make one tiny mistake get the wrong position on the flow, it's all

over. -- clip warden. He will know better than anyone what went wrong,

but you have to feel for him. This was one of the main aims for him, to

come to Rio Andy two events. He still has the C2 too, so we are

still holding a flame to him and his medal chances in Rio. What is the

overall reaction to that course? You did look incredibly tough. Everyone

is keen that it's fair. Absolutely, there's been no chat about it being

anything other than a top quality course. It was changed last night at

the request of some of the coaches. I think the British were involved in

that decision as well. There's no conspiracy about the course, it was

absolutely fair. Canoe slalom is a fantastic sport. There have been

some empty seats here at Deodoro, like with all the venues across Rio.

It was a completely fair competition and I'm sure David, who is standing

next to me, will attest to that when we get to talk to him. Talk to him

now if you want to, if he's right there. We are desperate to, but the

politics of the are in such that other people go first. You will have

to just bear with us while he needs other media requirements, but here

he is, right on cue. Please don't swear, you're on live television,

because you may feel like swearing after that performance. It wasn't my

best, I'm a bit disappointed. Was there anything particular that you

can put your finger on, or is it too soon? Obviously, it went

catastrophically wrong with that one move at gate eight or nine, whatever

it was. I wasn't really any recovering from there. I don't know.

People at home might have seen it, but a little testament to the sport

that you sat at the bottom, applauded everybody as they came

down. I saw you said sorry to the German who was leading between the

last run because he hadn't converted his transceiver. I'm most

disappointed, sometimes you put in a great run a new finish fourth or

fifth in you think, if only. But oh well, I made a good effort. I just

didn't really get it right today which is disappointing. A lot of

these guys are my friends and it's a shame when I see someone else we

doesn't go right for them. Does the shop in your appetite for the C2? --

sharpen your appetite. Not really, I don't think anything changes. I'm

used to competing in both. I will give my all to the C2 whether I had

one before finish last. I'm very fortunate that I have another chance

stopped a lots of top guys that don't have that. I'm lucky that my

Olympics isn't over just yet. Not over, but we will be here to see it

through to its completion. Weldon, Matthew, for managing to get

a word with David Florence. I'm sorry, I didn't realise he was in

the middle of an interview. When is the C2 with Richard Hounslow? In 48

hours' time. They qualified through so we will expect to see them there.

The same format, a semifinal and then a final. The same format

applies, one mistake, one to second penalty or miss a gate and it can be

all over. As it was indeed today for David Florence. Thank you to David

and our commentary team. More canoe slalom still to come with the C2

coming up in 48 hours. As you can tell, so many sports going on all of

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The men's team just missed out on a medal yesterday. They just finished

out of the bronze medal position. Could the women do it today? Beth

Tweddle is there at the Olympic Arena. Give us a realistic

assessment. We had a mixed in the qualification. There were a few

falls. Hopefully we can iron them out today. But realistically we are

top five in the world. We could sneak a bronze today. You know all

of these goals, you competed with them. The Downie sisters, Amy

Tinkler, Ruby Harrold, Claudia Fragapane E. What are they like in

their strengths? The differences they really bonded together. You've

got a lot of characters within a team but it all just seems to really

work really well. Ruby has taken on the lead of becoming the team

captain. You can hear the noise now, apologies. Together they work well

with each other and they rallied around if somebody makes a mistake.

The USA are obviously hot favourites here for gold and they're led by

Simone Biles. Are you excited to see them? Yes, the US they were ten

marks ahead in the qualification. To be honest, they're going to walk

that gold barring an injury. The real battle will be for that silver

and bronze. There are four or five teams that could take those two

medals. It looks a fabulous arena. Have you got a decent crowd? The

crowd is really good. It usually starts off a little bit less. By the

end of it, it gets even. Also we have the Brazilian girls. Thus my's

atmosphere was incredible. I'm expecting the same tonight. What

order will they be going on? The British girls. Bombards which is one

of our strongest pieces. Then we will finish over on the vault, which

usually is a great piece to finish on. -- the British girls will start

off on bars. Thank you, and we will be joining the team over on BBC One

shortly. That lady over there with the hat is called Mari and she is

working with the Cook Islands team having met them at the Commonwealth

Games in Glasgow. She decided to stick with them as they decided to

try to meet their first Olympic medal. It is wonderful, the

characters you meet. Join us again on BBC One.