Battling Jezierski just fails to make the cut for final

Irish canoeist Andrzej Jezierski discovered the truth of that old maxim about a good start being half the battle at Eton Dorney yesterday.

The former Polish world champion came out of retirement when it was confirmed that his favourite event, the C1 200m canoe sprint, was on the London 2012 schedule. Jezierski, who lives in Ballincollig with wife Patricia and son Alex, impressed in yesterday’s morning session when finishing second in his heat in 41.404.

However, he had to be content with fourth in the semi-final (42.012) as he battled back from a sluggish start. The time and placing wasn’t good enough for a spot in this morning’s A final but Jezierski will instead compete in the B decider.