In single canoe, Joe Jacobi, Atlanta, Ga., took fifth place in his first World Cup final since embarking on his career in singles after winning the Olympic gold medal in doubles canoe in Barcelona. Gareth Marriott of Great Britain, the 1992 Olympic silver medalist, won Sunday's race to repeat as the overall title winner. Lynn Simpson of Great Britain completed a sweep of the major whitewater events for the last two years with a win Sunday, successfully defending her 1994 World Cup title and supplementing her world crown, won on her home course in Nottingham, England, four weeks ago. Though Sunday's event was the first on the Olympic venue, a different stretch of the Ocoee was the scene of Shipley's first overall World Cup title, in 1993, the first time an American had won the men's kayak Cup title. Ga., 13th and Barry Kennon, Baton Rouge, La., and David Hepp, Pompano Beach, Fla., 14th, all in double canoe.
All results are final.
Men's Single Kayak 1, Scott Shipley, Poulsbo, Wash., 163.01. 2, Tomas Becker, Germany, 164.26. 3, David Ford, Canada, 167.28. 4, Ian Wiley, Ireland, 167.56. 5, Jochen Lettmann, Germany, 167.81. 6, Manuel Koehler, Austria, 167.96. 7, Fedja Marusic, Slovenia, 168.91. 8, Rich Weiss, Steamboat Springs, Colo., 170.36. 9, Peter Nagy, Slovakia, 171.18. 10, Ian Raspin, Great Britain, 174.37. 11, Michael Reys, Netherlands, 172.93. 12, Shaun Pearce, Great Britain, 174.37. 13, Tomas Abraham, Czech Republic, 175.29. 14, Jean-Michel Regnier, France, 179.52. 15, Andraz Vehovar, Slovenia, 180.62. Men's Double Canoe 1, Miroslav Simek and Jiri Rohan, Czech Republic, 184.36. 2, Fritz and Lecky Haller, Glencoe, Md., 187.12. 3, Krzysztof Kolomanski and Michael Staniszewski, Poland, 188.81. 4, Jiri Pollert and Jiri Pospisil, Czech Republic, 189.92. 5, Petr and Pavel Stercl, Czech Republic, 190.65. 6, Andre Ehrenberg and Michael Senft, Germany, 192.63. 7, Marek Jiras and Tomas Mader, Czech Republic, 192.94. 8, Francois LeTourneau and Benoit Gauthier, Canada, 193.89. 9, Gilles Lelievre and Jerome Daille, France, 197.36. 10, Steve Holmes, Steamboat Springs, Colo., and Horace Holden, Bryson City, N.C., 198.61. 11, Stewart Pitt and Michael Millar, Great Britain, 201.99. 12, Roman Vajs and Roman Strba, Slovakia, 204.61. 13, Steve Isenburg and Matt Taylor, Atlanta, Ga., 205.18. 14, Barry Kennon, Baton Rouge, La., and David Hepp, Pompano Beach, Fla., 211.97. 15, Andrzej Wojs and Slawomir Mordarski, Poland, 275.20. Men's Single Canoe 1, Gareth Marriott, Great Britain, 175.50. 2, Martin Lang, Germany, 181.03. 3, Emmanuel Brugvin, France, 181.64. 4, Soeren Kaufmann, Germany, 182.28. 5, Joe Jacobi, Atlanta, Ga., 183.11. 6, Krzysztof Bieryt, Poland, 184.79. 7, Simon Hocevar, Slovenia, 186.12. 8, Justin Boocock, Australia, 186.54. 9, Danko Herceg, Croatia, 186.83. 10, Mariusz Wieczorek, Poland, 187.37. 11, Patrice Estanguet, France, 187.54. 12, Renato DeMonti, Italy, 187.87. 13, Carlo Faloci, France, 193.96. 201.55. 15, Lukas Pollert, Czech Republic, 347.89.