THE CANADIAN PRESS
BEIJING — Montreal’s Thomas Hall finished first in his heat on Wednesday to qualify for the Olympic men’s C-1 1,000 metres canoe final.
Hall’s time of three minutes 58.820 seconds placed him third overall in the semifinals.
France’s Mathieu Goubel was fastest in 3:57.607.
Kayakers Brady Reardon of Burlington Ont., Ottawa’s Angus Mortimer, Chris Pellini of Port Credit, Ont., and Rhys Hill of Ottawa finished third in the K-4 1,000 semifinal to advance.
Canada’s other boats didn’t move on Wednesday.
Emilie Fournel of Dorval, Que., Karen Furneaux of Waverley, N.S., Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny of Trois-Rivieres, Que., and Ottawa’s Kristin Gauthier were fourth in the K-4 500 kayak semifinal. Only the top three boats advanced.
And kayakers Steven Jorens of Aurora, Ont., and Ryan Cuthbert of Carleton Place, Ont., failed to move on in the K-2 1,000 after finishing fifth in the semifinal.
