Craig vows to keep cool head for latest challenge

Kayaker Hannah Craig is well experienced in facing — and overcoming — challenging situations on and off the water.

Such as? Moving to France from Antrim as a child; setting up her own internet clothing business to help fund her canoeing career; bouncing back from the disappointment of failing to qualify for Beijing four years ago. Need we go on?

And that inner resolve was to be seen again earlier this week as Craig sneaked through the opening heat if the K1 Slalom on Monday finishing 14th of the 15 qualifiers in a time of 108.99.