Last day of Canoe / Kayak

A further 17 medals are on offer on the sixth day of Olympic competition.

We are attending the final day of the Canoe Slalom events and hope to see Fiona Pennie emulate Athens 2004 medallist Helen Reeves.

Archery	1 (Women's Individual)
Badminton	Quarter-Finals
Baseball	Preliminaries
Basketball	Preliminaries
Beach Volleyball	Preliminaries
Boxing	Preliminaries
Canoe - Kayak Slalom	2 (Women's K1 Kayak Single, Men's C2 Canoe Double)
Equestrian	1 (Team Dressage)
Fencing	1 (Women's Team Sabre)
Gymnastics - Artistic	1 (Men's Individual All-Around)
Handball	Preliminaries
Hockey	Preliminaries
Judo	2 (Women's -78kg, Men's -100kg)
Rowing	Preliminaries
Sailing	Preliminaries
Shooting	2 (Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Women's Skeet)
Softball	Preliminaries
Swimming	4 (Men's 200m Breaststroke, Women's 200m Butterfly, Men's 100m Freestyle, Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay)
Table Tennis	Preliminaries
Tennis	Quarter-Finals
Volleyball	Preliminaries
Water Polo	Preliminaries
Wrestling	3 (Men's Greco-Roman 84kg, Men's Greco-Roman 96kg, Men's Greco-Roman 120kg)

Naomi Folkard and Athens 2004 bronze medallist Alison Williamson will hoping to be competing for medals in the Women's Individual Archery competition, whilst Fiona Pennie will be competing in the Women's K1 Kayak Single. The Great Britain Team of Rebecca Adlington, Francesca Halsall, Joanne Jackson, Melanie Marshall and Caitlin McClatchey should be contenders in the Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Swimming Relay. Peter Cousins competes in the Men's -100kg Judo category.

Kayak Canoe Slalom on Day 4

19 medals are available in ten sports on 12th August with a number of strong British medal chances.

Day four sees us take in another new live event for us, Kayak Canoe Slalom. It's also an event where there is a strong hope of a British Medal, as Campbell Walsh, who won a Slver medal in Athens, will be competing.

In the morning we hope to see some Hockey. We have requested tickets for the Women's Preliminaries games Argentina vs. Great Britain and Australia vs. Spain, but have to await confirmation.

Archery	Preliminaries
Badminton	Preliminaries
Basketball	Preliminaries
Beach Volleyball	Preliminaries
Boxing	Preliminaries
Canoe - Kayak Slalom	2 (Men's C1 Canoe Single, Men's K1 Kayak Single)
Diving	1 (Women's Synchronised 10m Platform)
Equestrian	2 (Team Eventing, Individual Eventing)
Fencing	1 (Men's Individual Sabre)
Football	Preliminaries
Gymnastics - Artistic	1 (Men's Team)
Handball	Preliminaries
Hockey	Preliminaries
Judo	2 (Men's -81kg , Women's -63kg)
Rowing	Preliminaries
Sailing	Preliminaries
Shooting	2 (Men's 50m Pistol, Men's Double Trap Final)
Softball	Preliminaries
Swimming	4 (Men's 200m Freestyle, Women's 100m Backstroke, Men's 100m Backstroke, Women's 100m Breaststroke)
Tennis	Preliminaries
Volleyball	Preliminaries
Water Polo	Preliminaries
Weightlifting	2 (Men's 69kg, Women's 63kg)
Wrestling	2 (Men's Greco-Roman 55kg, Men's Greco-Roman 60kg)

As mentioned above, Campbell Walsh goes for Britain in the K1 Slalom event of the Canoe Kayak. Richard Faulds will be looking to repeat his Gold medal from Sydney in the Men's Double Trap Shooting and Liam Tancock should be competing in the Men’s 100m backstroke in the Swimming Pool. Euan Burton should be a contentor in Men's Half-Middleweight Judo divison.

Over in Hong Kong, the Equestrian Team will be looking for medals as the Eventing discipline completes.

Canoe Slalom Team for Beijing 2008

The British Olympic Association (BOA) have selected the Canoe Slalom members of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Athlete	Event	Final
Campbell Walsh	Men’s Kayak Single	12 August
David Florence	Men’s Canoe Single
Fiona Pennie	Women’s Kayak Single	14 August

Campbell Walsh wins European Gold

Campbell Walsh, won Gold in the Men’s K1 event at the European Slalom Championships in Krakow, Poland.

The Men's K1 Event takes place on 12th August.

Men's C1 boat qualifies for Beijing

The Men's C1 (canoe single) class at theWorld Championships in Brazil, saw Britain’s David Florence achieve fifth place (196.49), with Stuart McIntosh close behind in 8th place (201.48). The winner was Slovakia's Michal Martikan (192.87) and France's Tony Estanguet came in second place (194.23). Florences' performance ensured another boat for GB at the Olympics.

The Men's C1 Event takes place on 12th August.

Pennie qualifies K1 boat for Beijing

Fiona Pennie finished in seventh place in the Women’s K1 (kayak single) class at theWorld Championships in Brazil. It was a strong performance by Pennie who showed strength and technical ability to deliver when it mattered. The result has successfully qualified Team GB the a quota place Women’s K1 category for Beijing.

The Women's K1 Event takes place on 14th August.






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Campbell wins Bronze and olympic slot in K1

Campbell Walsh, won Bronze in the Men’s K1 event at the canoeing World Championships in Brazil have secured the team three boats at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

The Men's K1 Event takes place on 12th August.

Campbell Walsh wins European Bronze

Campbell Walsh, won Bronze in the Men’s K1 event at the European Slalom Championships in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia. The 29 year old Scottish paddler received a 2 second penalty due to touching an upstream gate, his final time was 205.81, three seconds behind the Slovakian winner Jan Sajbidor.

In the other Olympic disciplines, Daniel Goddard and Nicholas Smith were seventh in C2, Stuart MacIntosh sixth in C1, Laura Blakeman was sixth and World Championship Silver medallist Fiona Pennie tenth in women's K1.

Other medals from the championships were won by the women’s team of Fiona Pennie, Laura Blakeman and Lizzie Neave won Bronze in the K1 team event. In the Men's K1 team event Campbell Walsh (the Olympic Silver medallist and 5 times World Cup medallist), Richard Hounslow and Huw Swetnam also won Bronze.

The Men's K1 Event takes place on 12th August.

Day 6 - 14th August 2008

A further 17 medals are on offer on the 14th August. It's the last day for the Slalom events in Canoe/Kayak.

Archery	1 (Women's Individual)
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Canoe - Kayak Slalom	2 (Women's K1 Kayak Single, Men's C2 Canoe Double)
Equestrian	1 (Team Dressage)
Fencing	1 (Women's Team Sabre)
Gymnastics - Artistic	1 (Men's Individual All-Around)
Handball
Hockey
Judo	2 (Women's -78kg, Men's -100kg)
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting	2 (Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Women's Skeet)
Softball
Swimming	4 (Men's 200m Breaststroke, Women's 200m Butterfly, Men's 100m Freestyle, Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay)
Table Tennis
Tennis
Volleyball
Water Polo
Wrestling	3 (Men's Greco-Roman 84kg, Men's Greco-Roman 96kg, Men's Greco-Roman 120kg)

Athens 2004 bronze medallist, Alison Williamson will hoping to be competing for medals in the Women's Individual competition, whilst another Athens bronze medallist, Helen Reeves will be competing in the Women's K1 Kayak Single.