Following Jess Fox’s advancement to the C1 semi finals, Australians had more reasons to celebrate with Timothy Anderson producing two strong runs in the Men’s K1 Singles heats.

The 30-year-old from Penrith was 11th quickest on his first run (88.37 seconds) and after an impressive second run saw him finish in fifth, 85.78 seconds even with a 2-sec penalty.

“On that second run, I really let myself feel the water and paddle as I like to paddle,” Tim said.

“Top five at the moment is where I want to be. That helps my self-confidence but my expectations are still the same.

Tim will race in the men’s K1 semi-final on Thursday 1 August at 11:30pm AEST, aiming for a berth in the final at 1:30am AEST (Friday 2 August).

French favourite Titouan Castryck had the home crowd screaming as he produced the fastest run of the day with 80.09 in heat two, almost four seconds clear of the field.

Words courtesy of olympics.com.au.
Image courtesy of Garry Bowden.