Mike Dawson goes through the kayak slalom course. Photo / Mark Mitchell
New Zealand's Mike Dawson has qualified for the semifinals in the men's kayak slalom at the London Olympics, despite the efforts of his Mum.
Dawson finished in eighth place in the heats with the top 15 progressing to the next round on Thursday morning (New Zealand time).
Dawson sat in
eighth after the first run with a score of 90.90 and had the sixth best score of 88.58 on his second run.
He had a couple of two second time penalties from touching gates, one of which came on gate five where his mum Kay was a judge.
"I guess if there were any questions of bias they were ruled out there, " Dawson laughs.
