From broken finger to Bronze for de Jonge

Posted By: Abe Hefter · 8/11/2012 7:17:00 AM
Canadian kayaker Mark de Jonge has won bronze in the K-1 200-metre race at the Olympic Games.

The 28-year-old from Halifax won both his heat and semifinal Friday to advance to today's final on the last day of canoe-kayak
competition at Eton Dorney.

De Jonge's Olympic dream was almost derailed in April when he broke a finger. 
The muscular kayaker dropped an 80-pound dumbbell on his hand when he lost balance during a workout in Florida.
 
Britain's Ed McKeever won the gold and Spain's Saul Craviotto Rivero took the silver.
 
(COC Photo)
 

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