Shaky Start for Ireland's Liam Jegou in C1 Canoe Slalom at Tokyo

25th July 2021

Liam Jegou picked up a missed gate penalty in the Men’s C1 Canoe Slalom heats at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre

Liam Jegou picked up a missed gate penalty the Men’s C1 Canoe Slalom heats at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre Credit: Ramsey Cardy/INPHO

Liam Jegou got his C1 Canoe Slalom campaign underway at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre posting a time of 174.57 in his first run of the heats after picking up a missed gate penalty.

“A shaky start I’ll call it,” said Canoeing Ireland Performance Director, Jon Mackey, after the first run “We dropped an edge mid-course, but had a lovely opening, the start of the course was nice and tight, nice and technical.”

Jegou has a second run later today, with Mackey adding: “It’s good to get the nerves out of the way on the first run and get a feel for it. I think he’ll come back a lot stronger in the second run.”

The top 15 after both runs are completed will progress to the semi-finals.

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