the rower Spanish Miquel Travé, fourth in the international ranking, finished fifth in the C1 slalom final in whitewater a knock on one of the gates, number 14, kept him from the medal because the two-second penalty kept him out of that fight.
Without that touch he would have won the silver medal with a time of 97.92.
He French Management was the gold medal amidst the great atmosphere of the fans. Gold with a time of 91.36. Silver for Briton Burgess with 96.84 and the Bronze for Slovakian Benus con 97.03
The 24-year-old paddler from La Seu de Urgell had completed a perfect semi-final. Miquel finished the descent in 96.69 to get into his first Olympic final and fight for the medals in the C1 slalom test.
