Gibbins Grabs Gold!

Gibbins was the only paddler to go under 100 seconds on the Penrith slalom course scoring a 99.79 in his first run and a very fast 99.58 in the final to blitz the field. He grabbed the gold with a total time of 199.37, 6 seconds clear of his rivals. Team mate Phillip Mingerulli gave himself every chance after a great first run, however couldn't quite match the pace, finishing in 6th. Richard Powell of the USA took the silver and Kazuki Yazawa of Japan took home the bronze. 

The Chinese have continued their impressive performance today across all classes; Yingying Zou was their star performaer remaining unchallenged in the Ladies K1 taking the gold medal after leading right through the heats and semi-final runs with 2 very consistent runs and a total time of 225.78, 5 seconds ahead of Yuriko Takeshita of Japan. Emmie Barratt picked up the bronze for the Aussies with a total time of 237.40, adding to her silver medal from this event in 2005 AYOF.