Olympic sprint

[kvin]

Had a good day spectating at Eton Dorney yesterday, but many in the audience around us were surprised at the lack of GB boats. I understood that as host nation we were entitled to enter each category (?) so can anyone on here explain - if that's the case - why we didn't enter a mens K2 or K4?

[Jon Wood]

Ivan Lawler gave his opinion on qualification for Olympic berths on his website, I'm sure others have a different view of the situation.
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[John Saunders]

Looking at the CE Facebook page yesterday it didn't seem as though even the organisers were bothered enough about canoe sprint to get the right logo in place: