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Shipley has shot in kayak slalom

Compiled by Globe Staff, 09/15/2000

WHEN: Sept. 17 (canoe singles slalom), Sept. 19 (canoe doubles and kayak singles slalom), Sept. 29 (kayak singles 1,000 sprint, canoe singles 1,000 sprint, kayak doubles 2,000 sprint, canoe doubles 2,000 sprint, kayak fours 1,000 sprint), Sept. 30 (kayak singles 500 sprint, canoe singles 500 sprint, kayak doubles 500 sprint, canoe doubles 500 sprint)

US ENTRIES: Philippe Boccara, Lecky Haller, David Hearn, Stein Jorgensen, Cliff Meidl, John Mooney, Peter Newton, Angel Perez, Scott Shipley, Matt Taylor.

FAVORITES:

• Kayak singles slalom: 1. David Ford, Canada; 2. Shipley; 3. Paul Ratcliffe, Great Britain
• Canoe singles slalom: 1 Emmanuel Brugvin, France; 2. Robin Bell, Australia; 3. Michal Martikan, Slovakia
• Canoe doubles slalom: 1. Czech Rep.; 2. Poland; 3. France
• Kayak singles 500: 1. Akos Vereckei, Hungary; 2. Petar Merkov, Bulgaria; 3. Grzegorz Kotowicz, Poland
• Kayak singles 1,000: 1. Lutz Liwowski, Germany; 2. Knut Holman, Norway; 3. Torsten Tranum, Denmark
• Kayak pairs 500: 1. Poland; 2. Hungary; 3. Australia; Kayak pairs 1,000: 1. Slovakia; 2. Poland; 3. Germany
• Kayak fours 1,000: 1. Hungary; 2. Germany; 3. Romania
• Canoe singles 500: 1. Maxim Opalev, Russia; 2. Martin Doktor, Czech Rep.; 3. Andreas Dittmer, Germany;
• Canoe singles 1,000: 1. Opalev; 2. Dittmer; 3. Doktor; Canoe pairs 500: 1. Poland; 2. Hungary; 3. Russia; Canoe pairs 1,000: 1. Russia; 2. Cuba; 3. Germany.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The Czechs and Slovaks, whose history is all about rough water, are always upright and on top. The Americans are usually good for one medal in whitewater - Shipley gets it this time.

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WHEN: Sept. 17 (kayak singles slalom), Sept. 29 (kayak fours 500 sprint), Sept. 30 (kayak singles 500 sprint, kayak doubles 500 sprint)

US ENTRIES: Kathy Colin, Rebecca Giddens, Tamara Jenkins.

FAVORITES:

• Kayak singles slalom: 1. Stepanka Hilgertova, Czech Rep.; 2. Beata Grzesik, Poland; 3. Sandra Friedli, Switzerland
• Kayak singles 500: 1. Caroline Brunet, Canada; 2. Josefa Idem, Italy; 3. Rita Koban, Hungary
• Kayak pairs 500: 1. Poland; 2. Canada; 3. Hungary
• Kayak fours 500: 1. Hungary; 2. Germany; 3. Poland.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The medal days are long past for the Americans, who didn't make a final at home in flatwater four years ago and are dead in the water now. The Germans and eastern Europeans have always given the rest of the world a paddling. That won't change Down Under.