Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott edge out David Florence and Richard Hounslow

GB win gold and silver in men's canoeing

Team GB's Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott have won gold in the men's canoe double (C2).

They headed a GB one-two as David Florence and Richard Hounslow produced a terrific run to earn silver.

Stott and Baillie were up first in the final and they recorded a score of 106.41 for the rest of the finalists to beat.

Slovakian brothers Pavol and Peter Hochschorner just missed out on toppling the British pair, which meant that Team GB were guaranteed a silver medal going into the final run.

Florence and Hounslow started their effort superbly and were ahead of Baillie and Scott at the halfway stage but they couldn't hang on to that lead to hand their teammates the gold.

Author photo

Written by

Share this article:
Subscribe to our newsletter

Get FREE daily news and in-depth previews for games from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football — straight to your inbox.

Subscribe