Canoeing: Medal agony for Florence in Olympic test

By The Newsroom

Published 29th Jul 2011, 13:38 BST

Updated 1st Aug 2011, 12:00 BST

Edinburgh's Olympic canoe slalom silver medallist David Florence was denied by the judges as he narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in yesterday's Olympic test event at Lee Valley White Water Centre.

The Forth Canoe Club star and Rich Hounslow thought they had finished third in the C2 doubles final, but they were later relegated to fourth after Germans Marcus Becker and Stefan Henze successfully appealed against a 50-second time penalty for missing a gate.

"We had a pretty good run, other than two touches at gates 11 and 12," said Hounslow.