Slovakian canoeists got the double runs under control

Škantárovi cousins clocked the best time in the first qualification run of canoe double. Ladislav Škantár and Peter Škantár outachieved Peter and Pavol Hochschorners by only a few hundreths (98.08 vs 98.20). French pair Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Peche finished third with a time 98.99. The best Czech crew Václav Hradílek and Štěpán Sehnal holds the seventh position with a time 100.54. See the complete results here. The second qualification runs of canoe double take place at 12.26 am.