USA Canoe-Kayak had hoped to add a second paddler to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team this past weekend. But Ryan Dolan and Tim Hornsby, the two contenders for the Olympic spot in men's 200-meter single kayak, both failed to make at least the "B" final, one of the conditions for Olympic nomination, at the first World Cup race at Poznan, Poland.
In international regattas, the athletes with the nine best semifinal performances advance to the "A" final, which determines places 1 through 9 for the event. The second nine racers compete in the "B" final for places 10-18, and the next nine make the "C" final. Dolan and Hornsby both made the "C" final.
And so Carrie Johnson of San Diego remains the only athlete to have officially punched her ticket to the London Games for now. She will compete in the women's 500-meter single kayak. Dolan and Hornsby will try again at World Cup No. 2 at Duisburg, Germany, this coming weekend. The complete results of the Poznan World Cup event are here (look on the left side of the page).
The U.S. Olympians in whitewater slalom, meanwhile, will be determined at World Cup No. 1 at Cardiff, Wales, on June 8-10.
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