Canoe

"It was an emotional show of rare intensity ... also computers and electronic devices sometimes fail, as it happened (at the start Sunday) ... thus let the (racing) warriors make a mistake once in a while," Gazzetta wrote.

Canoe

Schumacher, winner of three of six races this season, explained later that his electronic launch control malfunctioned and that he had to switch to manual.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), May 20, 2001