Nottingham Post published David Florence enjoys perfect birthday present at Rio Olympics

Career firsts are rare for someone with as much experience as David Florence.But after competing on his birthday for the first time to produce a faultless run with canoe slalom partner Richard Hounslow, qualifying them for the C2 semi-finals, perhaps it won't be the last in Rio.Florence, who turned 34 on Monday, needed just one slick run to qualify for the C1 semis on Sunday and replicated such success with Hounslow to post a clean run of 103.27seconds.Silver medalists at London 2012, the pair,.