Canoeing - Slalom

Saturday Aug 23 07:26 AEST

Kayak king Ken's paddles for coronation

By Jim Morton | 23 Aug 2008

Kayaker Ken Wallace has taken the mantle of Australia's paddling king from Clint Robinson and he can outdo the retired great on Saturday.

Friday Aug 22 20:00 AEST

Belarusian crew wins K4 1000m gold

22 Aug 2008

Belarus has won the gold medal in men's K4 1000m kayak, the second straight first-place finish for the country on flatwater.

Friday Aug 22 19:36 AEST

Ken Wallace claims K1 1000m bronze

By Jim Morton | 22 Aug 2008

Ken Wallace talked himself up as a red-hot chance for kayak gold after a remarkable late surge claimed the first of two bronze Australian medals on Friday.

Friday Aug 22 18:47 AEST

Aussie women kayakers win K4 500m bronze

22 Aug 2008

Australian kayakers Hannah Davis, Lyndsie Fogarty, Chantal Meek and Lisa Oldenhof have won the Olympic bronze medal in the women's K4 500m event.

Friday Aug 22 18:22 AEST

Wallace wins bronze in 1000m kayak final

22 Aug 2008

Gold Coast lifesaver Ken Wallace clinched a bronze medal in the K1 1000m kayak race at the Beijing Games with a massive comeback.

Thursday Aug 21 00:35 AEST

Clint's K4 crew miss out on final

21 Aug 2008

Tears of disappointment flowed on the dock as Clint Robinson's much-vaunted K4 crew stunningly crashed out of the Beijing Games.

Wednesday Aug 20 19:51 AEST

Ken Wallace through to K1 1000m final

20 Aug 2008

Australian kayaker Ken Wallace has qualified for the final of the K1 1000m after impressively winning his semi-final at the Beijing Games.

Tuesday Aug 19 23:37 AEST

Sluggish Robinson zapped by virus

By Jim Morton | 19 Aug 2008

A crook Clint Robinson has taken himself off medication hoping for a new lease of life after a deflating start to his Olympic swansong.

Tuesday Aug 19 18:29 AEST

Wallace fine with big kayak program

By Jim Morton | 19 Aug 2008

Australian paddler Ken Wallace is embracing the challenge of doing it the hard way in his debut Olympics by competing every day of the six-day kayaking program.

Monday Aug 18 07:01 AEST

Robinson chasing second canoeing gold

18 Aug 2008

Australia's flatwater kayakers start their Beijing Games campaign on Monday with paddling great Clint Robinson lining up in his fifth and final Olympics.

Friday Aug 15 21:16 AEST

Farmer's daughter stuns slalom world

15 Aug 2008

Australia's Jacqueline Lawrence has won the silver medal in the women's K1 slalom canoe event at the Beijing Olympics.

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