Rains Postpone Whitewater’s Final Day
14 Aug
Rainy weather yesterday postponed the final day of whitewater canoeing action at the Beijing Olympic Games. Finals of the men’s doubles canoe competition — C-2 in the Olympic parlance — as well as semifinals and finals of the women’s singles kayak competition, were moved to Friday.
The USA’s Benn Fraker was the top North American finisher in whitewater canoeing singles competition (C-1) which took place earlier this week. Fraker, a Georgia native, finished 6th in the competition. Georgia’s Rome News-Tribune ran THIS feature on Fraker prior to the Olympic Games.
The teenaged USA pairs whitewater canoeing (C-2) team of Rick Powell and Casey Eichfeld were in position Wednesday to make the event’s semifinals but misjudged a tricky section on the course and incurred a backbreaking 50-second penalty, according to THIS Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story.
Olympic Canoe/Kayak results are posted HERE.
Flatwater canoe and kayak competition begins on Monday.
