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Britain's 'Bolt on water' wins gold 11 Aug 2012 Britain's Ed McKeever lived up to his unwanted nickname of "Usain Bolt on Water" on Saturday when he powered to victory in the men's K1 200 canoeing to take the first Olympic title.
Russia destroy field to take men's C2 200 11 Aug 2012 Russia's Yury Postrigay and Alexander Dyachenko blew away the field to take victory in the men's C2 200 canoeing in a sprint for the line in the inaugural final at the Olympics on Saturday.
New Zealand take first women's canoe gold 11 Aug 2012 New Zealand's Lisa Carrington stormed through the field to take victory in the inaugural K1 200 on Dorney Lake on Saturday to add to her world championship title.
Lifesavers lift Australia with K4 gold 09 Aug 2012 The Australian men's kayak four, surf lifesavers before taking up the sport, ended Europe's stranglehold on Thursday when they grabbed gold at the Olympic canoe regatta.
Hungary win sprint finish for K2 gold 08 Aug 2012 Hungary's European champions Rudolf Dombi and Roland Kokeny won the Olympic men's kayak double 1 000 in a photo finish on Wednesday when they held on to beatPortugal and fierce rivals Germany.
Germany's Brendel takes C1 title 08 Aug 2012 Germany's Sebastian Brendel caused an upset on Dorney Lake on Wednesday when he powered to victory over Hungarian favourite Attila Vajda to win the men's Olympic canoe single 1 000.
Norway's Larsen storms to K1 title 08 Aug 2012 Norway's Eirik Veras Larsen added 2012 Olympic gold to his 2004 title on Wednesday, powering through Canada's Adam van Koeverden to win the kayak single 1 000.
Idem makes history, upstages younger rivals 07 Aug 2012 Italian kayaker Josefa Idem became the first woman to compete in eight Olympic Games - and marked the occasion Tuesday by upstaging a host of younger rivals to qualify for the flagship 500-metre K-1 final.
Van Koeverden on course to avenge Beijing failure 06 Aug 2012 Adam van Koeverden of Canada felt obliged to apologise to the country after flopping in the Olympic final of the 1 000-metre K-1 at the Beijing Games.
Slovakian twins hard to beat in men's canoe double 02 Aug 2012 The competitors in the men's canoe double enter Thursday's semifinals and finals in the same position they've all been in for over a decade: Looking up at Slovakian twins Pavol and Peter Hochschorner.
Estanguet beats old rival for gold 31 Jul 2012 Frenchman Tony Estanguet afforded himself a wry smile when he heard the roars and saw the Slovakian flags waving before his surge to gold in the Olympic canoe slalom C1 final on Tuesday.
Czechs bid to move out of Hochschorner shadow 28 Jul 2012 Five-time world champions, Slovakian twins Peter and Pavol Hochschorner will be bidding for another Olympic gold showing when the canoe slalom gets underway on Sunday.
Cool exterior belies US team's competitive spirit 25 Jul 2012 Moustached, bearded and decked-out in Team USA baseball caps, men's slalom canoe double-team Jeff Larimer and Eric Hurd look too relaxed to be debut Olympians.
SA sprint paddlers ready for the challenge 19 Jul 2012 Bridgitte Hartley and Tiffany Kruger enter the final phase of their preparations galvanised in their belief that they can achieve their Olympic goals in the finals of the sprint canoeing racing in Berkshire.
Feature - Bridgitte Hartley 19 Jul 2012 Canoeist Bridgitte Hartley never dreamt of competing at an Olympic Games, let alone participating in her second Games in London.
Hartley gets a crack at specialist event 16 Jul 2012 Canoeist Bridgitte Hartley will go into the London Olympics with four years of confidence-boosting experience behind her as she competes in her specialist event at the Games for the first time.
Jones paddles from Manly surf to London waters 26 Jun 2012 Jo Brigden-Jones is hoping the skills and competitive spirit she forged in the thumping Australian surf will lead her to Olympic gold on more placid waters in London later this year.

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