Relive the magic of the Paris 2024 Games
The Varies-sur-Marnes Nautical Stadium set the scene for a spectacular summer of world-class paddling from Team GB and ParalympicsGB . Our British athletes brought home twelve medals across the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games , making history .
Olympic Games
Over the ten days of action at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games , Team GB achieved four medals across six events in the canoe slalom and kayak cross programme , the biggest haul for the discipline at the Games .
Brilliant Olympic bronze for Kimberley Woods
Kimberley Woods started the medal rush after winning bronze in the women ’ s kayak on day two of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games . Her first Olympic medal . Kim put down a clean run in the final , taking second place behind Jessica Fox before Zwolinska from Poland pushed Woods into third place . It was the Whitby first Olympic Whitby medal in the women ’ s K1 for Great Britain since Helen Reeves in Athens 2004 .
“ I ’ ve got a medal around my neck , and I ’ m so happy … It shows I ’ ve got so much strength . I ’ m so proud of who I ’ ve been the last three years since Tokyo .” – Kimberley Woods .
Sensational silver Olympic medal for Adam Burgess
Olympic finals for Mallory Franklin and Joe Clarke
After a promising start , Mallory Franklin finished 12th in the women ’ s canoe final . She was up on the leader at the first split before picking up a penalty on gate seven . Despite rallying back , further penalties and a late missed gate saw Franklin finish outside the medals .
Joe Clarke claimed a top-five finish in the men ’ s kayak on day six . After finishing fourth place in qualifying , Clarke recorded the fastest time in the semi-final and was last to go in the final . Clarke powered through the finish line in a strong final section to take fifth place .
Silver and bronze inaugural kayak cross medals for Clarke and Woods
After dominating the preliminary rounds , Joe Clarke took the far right lane in the men ’ s kayak cross final , but Finn Butcher took the lead off the start line . Despite his best efforts to catch the New Zealander , Joe crossed the line in second place to claim the silver medal . Joe ’ s second Olympic medal after winning kayak gold at Rio 2016 .
In a dramatic women ’ s final , Kimberley Woods was in second place behind Noémie Fox off the ramp . Fox moved away from the field as Kimberley crossed the line in fourth place after taking a risk to go for gold . However , Elena Lilik ’ s fault on upstream gate two promoted Woods to third place and secured her bronze medal , her second medal in the Games .
“ Two medals in five minutes for Team GB . Doesn ’ t get any better than that .” – Joe Clarke paddleuk . org . uk
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Adam Burgess won silver in the men ’ s canoe on day three of the Games , the first men ’ s C1 Olympic medal since David Florence , who also won silver in Beijing 2008 . Despite getting into difficulty on the approach to gate 17 , he fought back strongly to keep his clean run going . Adam went into the lead , recording the first time under 97 seconds , with only three to go . He was beaten out for gold by France ’ s Nicolas Gestin .
“ I ’ ve dreamed of this moment since I was ten years old . I was trying to keep myself calm . I was really trying to think about the little kid who was dreaming about this moment .” – Adam Burgess .
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