yes indeed and atm its nice to see someone who isnt US or China winning gold.
There's four events for me and four for women, it's not like there's that many. Most of the events have a semi final round though, and some of them a preliminary round as well.
I'm sympathetic to the argument that the more competitive the event the more prestigious the medal (one of several reasons why I think the medal table is such a load of old bollocks). In that respect kayaking is a fair way down the list (it's pretty much just eastern Europe and Oceania that takes it seriously). Peter Snell only won 3 golds but his olympic achievements significantly outstrip Carrington's imo given how 'democratic' the track events are (he's still the only man in history to have won the 800m and 1500m at the same games). Equestrian events definitely have wider international participation than kayaking, though I would still probably rate Carrington over Todd (though the fact that Todd won medals in 4 successive decades is pretty remarkable).
So gutting for him after nailing almost all his other dives
Although even in sports where only a few countries participate, you then have to think that getting into the team in those countries might be where the real achievement is. Although that may not apply in canoe sprinting, which I imagine might be quite niche even in the countries who excel at it.
Almost but not quite…
From what I'd read he has had injury troubles over recent years and was upset that his partner wasn't selected for the women's team.
I think he cramped up as well in the fencing ranking round.
