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London 2012: Brits to watch as Team GB face Day 4 at the Olympics

David Florence Canoe Slalom 1.30pm David Florence, 29, a silver medallist in Beijing, hopes to go one better on Tuesday afternoon when he lines up in the men's canoe slalom. The semi-finals and final take place at Lee Valley. Florence began canoeing as a 14-year-old and finished fourth in the 2005 European Championships. Earlier this year, Florence won two gold medals at the canoe slalom world cup in Cardiff. The race will see him take on the reigning Olympic champion Michal Martikan of Slovakia who is desperate to hold on to his title. Martikan also won gold at Atlanta in 1996 and took silver medals in 2000 in Sydney and in 2004 in Athens. The Slovak is considered by many to be the greatest canoe slalomist who has ever lived. But Florence will be hoping home advantage counts. Richard Kruse Fencing 10:30am Richard Kruse, 29, is Britain's leading fencer and hopes for a medal in the foil individual competition. This year Kruse won bronze at the European championships. He pipped fellow Brit favourite, Laurence Halsted, to qualify for the Olympic team and was the first British fencer to qualify outright for London 2012 after winning a satellite event in March at Copenhagen. His Olympic debut was in Athens 2004, defeating China's Wang Haibin and Dan Kellner of the USA. However, Kruse's luck ran out in the quarter-finals when he lost 18-15 to the Italian fencer Andrea Cassara. Despite finishing 8th it was the best position by any British fencer since the 1964 Games. At Beijing in 2008 France were ranked No1 after claiming two gold and two silver medals. Luol Deng Men's Basketball 16:45pm The Chicago Bull, who decided to delay wrist surgery until after the Games, scored 26 points for Team GB in Sunday's match against Russia. Although the players lost at their first Olympic appearance since 1948, the 27-year-old remains Team GB's major weapon with his status as an NBA All-Star and his team-mates will be looking to him on Tuesday evening when they take on Brazil. The Sudanese-born small forward has promised to continue playing through his injury in an attempt to help Britain towards their medal ambition. The 6ft 9in player insisted that the physical pain and delayed surgery would not keep him from competing at London 2012. Britain need his inspiration to get their Olympic campaign on the right track.

Source: The Guardian ↗

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