Double dipping

South African Steve Fisher, winner of last Wednesday's Head-to-Head competition, made it a clean sweep of the men's kayaking championships at the 2002 Ford Gorge Games.

He took home $10,000 for his first-place finish by mastering a 200-yard section of thrashing whitewater that included a perilous drop off the 25-foot Big Brother Falls, then a 100-foot run downstream to its less-technical sibling, the 15-foot Little Brother Falls, for the finish.

Scott Shipley, the games' 1998 Extreme Kayak winner, finished a close second, with Andrew Holcombe and Ryan Casey closing out the money spots in third and fourth respectively.

The women's competition saw Head-to-Head runnerup Nicola Kelly of Pete Spiers, Calif., triumph over the White Salmon River's most treacherous stretch to earn $10,000 and her first appearance atop the Gorge Games podium.

Canadian Anna Levesque came in second, followed by Sara Mullett of Hood River. Shannon Carroll, winner of the 2002 women's Head-to-Head championships, placed fourth.

For complete Ford Gorge Games results log on to www.gorgegames.com\results on the World Wide Web.

FORD GORGE GAMES

EXTREME KAYAKING RESULTS

Friday, July 19

White Salmon River

Men

1, Steve Fisher, 1:37.08, Montreal, Que., Canada

2, Scott Shipley, 1:38.01, Atlanta, Ga.

3, Andrew Holcombe, 1:40.50, Bryson City, N.C.

4, Ryan Casey, 1:40.83, Challis, Idaho.

Women

1, Nicola Kelly, 1:50.01, Pete Speirs, Calif.

2, Anna Levesque, 1:56.09, L'Orignal, Ont., Canada.

3, Sara Mullett, 2:03.49, Hood River.

4, Shannon Carroll, 2:05.85, Raleigh, N.C.