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Britain's Mallory Franklin won a bronze medal in the women's K1 at the Slalom European Championships in Slovakia.

Italy's Stefanie Horn and Slovakia's Eliska Mintalova took joint gold after both finished in one minute 47.24 seconds.

Franklin, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, was 3.05secs slower in Liptovsky Mikulas.

Britain's Joe Clarke, the 2016 Olympic K1 champion, missed out on bronze in the men's race by 0.16secs.

He led the field until the final three athletes knocked him out of the medals.

Czech Jiri Prskavec won gold, Italian Giovanni de Gennaro silver and Austrian Felix Oschmautz bronze with times of 1:46.35, 1:46.67 and 1:49.45 respectively.

Franklin and Kimberley Woods qualified in the women's extreme canoe slalom trial run and Clarke and Bradley Forbes-Cryans qualified in the men's.

The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final for both events take place on Sunday.