This guy went to my school he was in the same year as me although i didnt know him well i wish him the best of luck.
A YOUNG Worksop athlete is just one win away from competing in the Beijing Olympics. Slalom canoeist Andrew Hadfield goes head-to-head with Athens silver medallist Campbell Walsh tomorrow for the chance to represent Great Britain in the global sporting extravaganza.
The 23-year-old won one of the two qualifying races in the K1 single kayak category at the Zoetemeer course in Holland at the weekend and finished third behind the experienced Walsh in the other.
That was enough to earn him one of three spots on the GB team to compete in the European Championships in Krakow, Poland, next month.
But the Olympics is the main target, and victory tomorrow at Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham will book his seat on the flight to Beijing It's basically a shootout between Walsh and Andy," said Hadfield's dad Alastair.
"The three races are based on points, not times, with the top two races counting. Walsh has four points more than Andy because he finished second when Andy won and because he earned Great Britain a spot at the Olympics."
Hadfield got caught up in one of the gates on his first run and finished third on Saturday.
Walsh would have sealed the Olympic spot with a win on Sunday but Hadfield was fastest down the course on both runs and managed to avoid the penalty gates, something all of his nine competitors failed to achieve.
He has spent this week training at Holme Pierrepont, a man-made water sports centre which has been the young Worksop man's home-from-home for much of his life.
Yesterday was light training before a day of rest today as he prepares mentally for a race that could change his life forever.
