Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald win K2 500 Gold, Seoul 1988

By the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Ian Ferguson was the New Zealand team flag-bearer. At the age of 36,  long in the tooth for a top athlete, he had trained superbly with Paul MacDonald and managed to retain their K2 500 title with a time of 1m 33.98s. Additional to this the pair claimed a Silver in the K2 1000 amd MacDonald claimed a Silver in the K1 500.