Australia’s women canoeists Bernadette Wallace and Josephine Bulmer will be writing sporting history, when they kick off their first Olympic campaign at Sea Forest Waterway on Wednesday.
It is the first time women’s canoeing has been added to the Olympic program and Games debutants Bernadette Wallace and Josephine Bulmer will line up at the start line in their first Olympic races in the women’s C1 200m on Wednesday, before teaming up in the women’s C2 500m on Friday.
Wallace will race in heat two at 11:12 AEST, while Bulmer will follow in heat 3 at 11:19.
Also joining the Tokyo 2020 action will be dual Olympians Riley Fitzsimmons and Jordan Wood, who will compete against team mates Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen in the men’s K2 1000.
The Australian line-up of six boats on the third day of competition will be completed by dual Olympians Alyssa Bull and Alyce Wood who will be back in action in the kayak singles after a successful couple of days in the women’s K2, which saw them finishing fifth in a personal best time and in a hotly contested final on Tuesday. Wood will be racing in heat 3 at 11:54, while Bull will line-up in heat 4 at 12:01 AEST.
