Here we see British silver medallist David Florence practising hard for next years C-1 challenge.

Prior to joining the the 2008 Olympics team David was one of 8,400 who applied to become an astronaut in the European Space Agency programme, even undertaking to learn Russian as a way of securing his place. However he was unsuccessful and released a statement saying, “I tried but I didn’t get in.”

lucky for us, eh, David.

by gee