Canoe Sprint - Men's Canoe Single 5000m Final Results

Current Best Times - Men's Canoe Single 5000m
Best Time Mark Name Location Date
EB 21:45.710 Plovdiv (BUL) 1 Jan 2017
EB:
European Best Time

Olympic Regatta Centre - 20 Aug - 16:02

Officials
Function Name
Chief Official
SRB
STANOJEVIC JSTANOJEVIC Jovana
Chief Judge
FRA
LETIENNE MLETIENNE Michel
Starter
POR
SOARES OSOARES Oscar
Course Umpire
ROU
TOTH GTOTH Gheorghe
Course Umpire
HUN
WEIXL MWEIXL Monika
Course Umpire
LTU
ALEKRINIKIS AALEKRINIKIS Aleksandras
FRA:
France
HUN:
Hungary
LTU:
Lithuania
POR:
Portugal
ROU:
Romania
SRB:
Serbia

Olympic Regatta Centre - 20 Aug - 16:02 -
Official

Legend
DNF:
Did not finish
DNS:
Did not start
On winning silver
"Before the race and during the race I thought it would come down to the last 150 metres.

"During the race I tried to drop (Sebastian) Brendel a few times doing some burns, but unfortunately I couldn't do a fast enough pace throughout the race to tire him out. I knew if it came down to a sprint finish Brendel would have me."
On winning bronze
"It was a really tough paddle with the Spanish guy (Diego Romero), we kind of crashed into each other at some points.

"I wish I could say that I let the two guys go (Sebastian Brendel, GER and Balasz Adolf, HUN) but I couldn't keep the pace."

On what he has learned this season:
"I definitely learned not to give up.

"Until the very last metre you can catch a medal, and I was saying that to myself this year."
On winning gold
"I was quite happy with my 5k race, it was a tough battle with Hungary, Balasz Adolf, and at the finish the spectators were phenomenal. They pushed me to the last strokes and happy that I'm done with 5ks."

On his sprint finish:
"We had a good change, the Hungarian and me, and we could save some energy some times. I know he's a good guy in marathon, he likes the long distances, and I try to push the last 200 metres as hard as I can."