Women's K1 Teams - Collated Flash Quotes

Australian Canoeing Media Services, Monday, 3 October 2005

Women's K1 Teams - Collated Flash Quotes
Stepanka Hilgertova (CZE) - Gold Medal
On the victory:
"Gold is just, just fantastic."

"We had three very good individual times in our last races and we managed to put it together well."

"It's funny because it wasn't a good second run, we had penalties, we had a slow time."

"But in the end we were still faster so what can you say?"

Heather Corrie (GBR) - 2nd Place
On their silver medal:
"It's really exciting. To be part of the best performing British Women's team at a World Championship is excellent. The previous best is two bronzes, so we've created history. For me this is my first World Championships and I'd only dreamed of a debut like this."

Violetta Oblinger Peters (AUT) - 3rd Place
On their medal:
"I'm pretty surprised actually."

"The wind wasn't too bad for us."

"We benefited from others' mistakes."

Louise Natoli (AUS) - 5th Place
On her team’s performance:
“I’ve got to thank my teammates, they did a fantastic job. They were chasing me hard all the way down the course and I just let it go at the end there and they had to carry the mess to the bottom.”

“It’s not what we were hoping for but we’ll keep on training and aim for better next year.”

On missing the gate:
“It was a bit of a lapse in concentration. I got stuck in the wave and tipped over and missed the gate. It’s just one of those things.”

On what she has to work on for the future:
“There’s a lot of work. I really have to improve my racing performance. I’m looking to knuckle down and perform a bit better next year.”

Mandy Planert (GER) - 6th Place
On Germany's performance in the event:
"Yeah it was sad and first run was bad and nothing worked. In training everything was good and better. For me I've got a silver medal but I'm disappointed for the other girls."

Jana Dukotova (SVK) - DNF
On failing to finish the race:
"I don't know what happened really. I got to gate 16 and looked up on to the bank and saw my teammate. Apparently she broke her paddle earlier in the run."

"After that our race was over."