EUROPEAN CANOE SLALOM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Venue: Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham Dates: 28-31 May Coverage: Saturday - 1255-1430 BST, BBC One, 1600-1800 BST on red button; Sunday - 1400-1515 BST, BBC Two; Also on BBC Sport website (UK users only).
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By Ollie Williams
BBC Sport in Nottingham |
 Baillie and Stott put in an assured performance to claim bronze
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Britain's Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott claimed a bronze medal at the canoe slalom European championships in Nottingham on Saturday.
Slovakia's Hochschorner brothers won the men's C2 title, with GB's David Florence and Richard Hounslow 10th.
In the women's K1 final, GB's Lizzie Neave suffered a 50-second penalty for a missed gate, with Slovakia's Elena Kaliska crowned champion.
There are British teams in all four team finals, to be held later.
In the men's C2 (canoe double), Baillie and Stott led the semi-final field for a time before eventually qualifying third, while Florence and Hounslow scraped into the final in 10th place.
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Etienne Stott and Tim Baillie, both dressed in shorts and nowt else, scamper down the opposite bank to much applause. "Come on!" yells Stott
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A rule change allowed Florence and Hounslow, among others, to enter two events and set up a chance at double gold.
However, their final run was dogged by a series of two-second penalties, which left them well out of the running as the remaining nine pairs took to the course.
By contrast, Baillie and Stott put in an assured, confident run, holding their momentum but just failing to edge out the French pair of Damien Troquenet and Mathieu Voyemant.
Baillie and Stott held second place for a time, before a fine run from Pavel and Peter Hochschorner, but Czech duo Jaroslav Volf and Ondrej Stepanek had their gold-medal hopes shattered by a 50-second time penalty for missing a gate.
"It was just really cool, a really nice feeling to have done it when there was so much building up to it," said Baillie.
"I had a lot of faith in us. I'm so glad we've managed to put our name on the map and I believe we deserve it."
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606: DEBATE
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Etienne Stott added: "London 2012 is tantalising - racing at home is a big deal.
"We're just going to drive forward. We don't know where it'll lead but we have a fascinating journey ahead of us."
Six pairs made it through the C2 final without registering any penalties, including the gold medal-winning Hochschorners, in a time of 101.20.
The second-placed French pair were just over two seconds back in 103.52, with Baillie and Stott taking bronze in a time of 104.37.
A third British duo, Daniel Goddard and Colin Radmore, finished 15th in the semi-final and missed the final.
Earlier, 21-year-old Neave sailed through her women's K1 semi-final run in fine form, 2.5 seconds outside Slovakian Jana Dukatova's time of 103.07.
However, fellow Britons Louise Donington and Laura Blakeman both fell victim to slips late in their attempts, and missed out on the final, finishing 14th and 15th respectively.
"I was only two seconds off the lead going into gate 19," Blakeman told BBC Sport.
"But I didn't put enough angle on my boat, my arms were pretty heavy by then and I perhaps had my head down.
"Trying to paddle up by the wall there is not good - you can only paddle on one side - and I lost a lot of time."
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CANOEING CATEGORIES EXPLAINED
C1 - one-person kneeling canoe
C2 - two-person kneeling canoe
K1 - one-person seated kayak
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Neave, heading out onto the course third-last in the final, knew she would record easily her finest finish in a major competition no matter how she performed.
But her dreams of a European title were dashed by a missed gate, which incurs a disastrous 50-second penalty in the sport.
Reigning Olympic champion Kaliska, 27, recorded a penalty-free time of 104.24 seconds, beating France's Emilie Fer, whose actual time of 101.60 seconds was tempered by two two-second penalties for touching gates.
Neave made it down the course in 111.39 seconds before her 50-second penalty was taken into account, leaving her a total time of 161.39.
The European Championships conclude on Sunday with the men's C1 (canoe single) semi-final and final.
Results
Women's K1 final:
1.Elena Kaliska (Svk) 104.24
2.Emilie Fer (Fra) 105.60
3.Mathilde Fichery (Fra) 107.56
10. Elizabeth Neave (Gbr) 161.39
Men's C2 final:
1.Pavel Hochschorner & Peter Hochschorner (Svk) 101.20 2.Damien Troquenet & Mathie Voyemant (Fra) 103.52 3.Timothy Baillie & Etienne Stott (Gbr) 104.37
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