Tim Brabants has won Britain’s 18th Gold ate the Beijing Olympics by powering to a superb victory in the men’s K1 1000m. Brabants dominated the race from the start; he finished the race almost a boats length in front of Erik Veraas Larsen, the defending champion.
Tim Brabants took the gold medal by crossing the line in 3:26.323 seconds, Britain still maintain third place in the gold medal standings.
Brabants was in lane five, Adam van Koeverden started to mount his challenge at the 500m stage, but it was not enough to catch Brabants from his great start. In the final 250m the Canadians surge faded gifting Brabants with the win.
After the race, Brabants said “That was exactly the race plan we wanted, that is what we have been working on all year in how to race an Olympic final.” He also added “I know it is easy to say when I won but right from the start line I was going to win the race.”
Britain now has two more gold medals to win in order to achieve their 20 gold’s that they hope to win.
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