Max Brown and Kurtis Imrie make-semifinals. Video / Sky SportNew Zealand duo Max Brown and Kurtis Imrie took the long route to qualify for the men's K2 1000m semi-finals, with a strong quarterfinal performance sealing their progression. Earlier in the day on Olympic debut, Brown and Imrie finished fourth in their heat - 8.4 seconds behind Australia's Olympic best time of 3m 8sec - after starting well but fading from third at the halfway mark. New Zealand has one Olympic medal in this men's event with four-time gold medallist Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald snaring silver in Seoul, 1988. Brown and Imrie now line up in the semi-finals at 1.10pm on Thursday.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 04, 2021 04:41 UTC