WALTHAM CROSS, England (Reuters) - British crew Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott powered to gold in the Olympic canoe double final at the Lee Valley White Water Centre on Thursday.

In a thrilling duel in front of a roaring home crowd, they beat fellow British paddlers David Florence and Richard Hounslow by 0.36 seconds with Slovakian three-times Olympic champions Pavol and Peter Hochschorner third.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Ed Osmond)