Article: Florence masters raging waters to claim canoeing silver medal

David Florence reached for the stars but found heaven on earth. Having failed in a recent attempt to become an astronaut, the 26- year-old mathematical physics graduate from Aberdeen was left to concentrate on his sporting career and his dedication was rewarded when he won a silver medal in the canoe slalom event here at Shunyi Olympic Park yesterday.

On a day when his room-mate and fellow Scot, Campbell Walsh, a silver medallist four years ago, failed to reach the kayak slalom final, Florence might even have gone one better. He was in first until the last moment, only to see Slovakia's Michal Martikan snatch the gold in the final run.

"I would have loved the gold, but just winning a ...

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