London 2012 Olympics: GB canoe slalom team impress at European Championships in Augsburg The racing was hot as the C2 field stepped it up a notch for the final, with the current leaders sitting on a time four seconds faster than their qualifying time, Florence and Hounslow knew it had to be all out start to finish. Working hard the pairing pulled themselves through the course to cross the line in a time faster than their semi-final but a second short of a medal, finishing in fourth. With the frustration of narrowly missing out on a medal Florence and Hounslow were soon back on the water this time joined by Baillie/Stott and Burgess/Pitt for the final of the C2M Teams. Flying away from the start the trio worked smoothly together through the course demonstrating great skill and composure to cross the line and take first place. The British watched as the last two teams failed to beat their time leaving them in the lead and the gold medal to take home. Hounslow said: "It was a little unfortunate to just miss out on a medal in the C2 individual, we had a good run just lost time in the last upstream which cost us a medal. The racing has left us confident for the summer, we have plenty of time before the games with three world cup races to go and racing on home water we are confident we can get up on the podium. The team race was great, it was the first race we have all done together, but we knew with such a tough course there would be mistakes, so we created a solid plan, stuck to it and executed it well, which was enough to top the podium. It was young Mallory Franklin who started the medal collection for the GB in Saturday's women's canoe singles (C1). Expectations and medal hopes were high, after qualifying through to the final in second place, and Franklin didn't disappoint. She took to the start line with an air of confidence and executed the tight course with precision, putting in a repeat of her morning's performance to claim the European silver medal behind Germany's Mira Louen. Mallory was soon back on the start line this time accompanied by team mates Kimberley Woods and Alice Spencer for the final of the C1 women's team. Working hard to together the trio laid down the time to beat, and it was only the French and Germans who did leaving Great Britain in third and with the bronze medal. Head coach Jurg Gotz said: "We have had some great racing over the weekend on a very difficult course. [It was a] fantastic performance from Fiona taking the bronze and only 0.1 seconds from the gold. The C2 category has been really strong and finishing off the Championships with team gold is fantastic. Mallory's medal in the C1W shows her continued development. The weekend has been a big stepping stone for London and we have seen we have the speed in the Olympic boats although the results might not show this. With the 2012 medal collection started it's onwards to the World Cups for the GB team, starting with World Cup 1 in Cardiff, June 8-10 - the last time to see the GB Team in action on home soil before the Olympics. Results: K1W 1st Carole Bouzdi - FRA 2nd Melanie Pfeifer - GER 3rd Fiona Pennie - GBR (10th Lizzie Neave - GBR) C2M 1st Jaroslav Volf & Ondrej StepaneK - CZE 2nd Pavol Hochschorner & Peter Hochschorner - SVK 3rd Robert Behling & Thomas Becker - GER (4th David Florence & Richard Hounslow - GBR) (11th Tim Baillie & Eitenne Stott - GBR) C2M Team 1st Great Britain 2nd Czech Republic 3rd Germany C1W 1st Mira Louen - GER 2nd Mallory Franklin - GBR 3rd Michelle Grimm - GER C1W Team 1st France 2nd Germany 3rd Great Britain