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Article: Florence masters raging waters to claim canoeing silver medal
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2008
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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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