
Athletes compete during the men's K2 500m heats at Good Luck Beijing 2007 Canoe/Kayak Open in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park of Beijing, August 23, 2007. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

Spectators cheer for athletes during the men's k2 500m heats at Good Luck Beijing 2007 Canoe/Kayak Open in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park of Beijing, August 23, 2007. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

Poland's Pawel Baumann (R) and Adam Wysocki compete during the men's K2 500m heats at Good Luck Beijing 2007 Canoe/Kayak Open in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park of Beijing, August 23, 2007. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

Japan's Kenji Shimamura competes during the men's K1 500m heats at Good Luck Beijing 2007 Canoe/Kayak Open in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park of Beijing, August 23, 2007. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

Germany's Rupert Wagner competes during men's K1 500m heats at Good Luck Beijing 2007 Canoe/Kayak Open in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park of Beijing, August 23, 2007. (Xinhua/Zou Zheng)

Czech Republic's Jiri Heller competes during men's C1 500m heats at Good Luck Beijing 2007 Canoe/Kayak Open in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park of Beijing, August 23, 2007. (Xinhua/Zou Zheng)

Germany's Andreas Dittmer (R) competes during the men's C1 500m heats at Good Luck Beijing 2007 Canoe/Kayak Open in the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park of Beijing, August 23, 2007. Dittmer won the game with a time of 2 minutes and 2.001 seconds. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

