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  1. GB's Franklin and Clarke secure canoe singles semi-final qualificationpublished at 17:15 30 July

    Gabriela SatkovaImage source, Getty Images

    Great Britain's Mallory Franklin has qualified in sixth for the women's canoe singles semi-final on Wednesday.

    The reigning world champion finished her first run in 104.72 seconds, but received a 50-second penalty on her second to leave her with a time of 152.41 seconds.

    Gabriela Satkova, of the Czech Republic, who is making her Olympic debut, qualified in first and current Olympic champion Jessica Fox is in second.

    In the men's kayak singles, GB's Joe Clarke produced a near-perfect second run to cross the line in 85.62 seconds and book a place in Thursday's semi-final.

    The 2016 Olympic champion finished fourth overall.

  2. GB's Woods qualifies for kayak singles semi-finalpublished at 18:33 27 July

    Kimberley WoodsImage source, Getty Images

    Great Britain's Kimberley Woods has qualified for the women's kayak singles semi-final at the Olympics.

    The 28-year-old recorded a time of 97.31 seconds in the first heat, and 95.95 in the second to finish 12th overall.

    Australia's Jessica Fox, regarded as the greatest female slalom paddler of all time, topped qualifying after recording the fastest time of the session at 92.18 seconds.

    Poland's Klaudia Zwolinska finished in second with Camille Prigent of France in third.

    Woods finished last in the K1 final at Tokyo 2020, after receiving 56 penalties, and was captured on camera in a burst of tears.

    Since then she has entered the top 10 in the discipline for the first time in her career.

    The semi-final takes place on Sunday 28 July at 14:30 BST.

  3. GB's Burgess qualifies for canoe singles semi-finalpublished at 17:10 27 July

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    Great Britain's Adam Burgess qualified for the men's canoe singles semi-final.

    The 32-year-old had the second fastest time of 90.87 seconds in heat one, and had a clean second run to cross the line in 95.08 seconds.

    Burgess finished fourth at the Tokyo 2020 Games and missed out on a medal by 0.16 seconds.

    France's Nicolas Gestin finished in first, with Croatia's Matika Marinic in third.

    The semi-final takes place on Monday 29 July at 14:30 BST.