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Finn Butcher

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Butcher in 2022

• ... that Finn Butcher (pictured) is the inaugural Olympic champion in men's kayak cross?

• Source: Finn Butcher believed he developed an edge well before kayak cross made its Olympic debut. ... Butcher dominated the men’s final from start to finish on the slalom course at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, becoming the first Olympic champion crowned in a captivating event.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lilia Cosman
• Comment: I've spent so much time sorting out DYK Olympics nominations that I haven't created much content lately. I thought I should change this. I propose for the hook to run on 11 August to coincide with the closing ceremony. New Zealand always picks a gold medal winner as the closing flag bearer and "The Butcher" is thus far the only individual who has won a medal for the country, hence he's got a good chance of getting that honour; another good reason to run this on that date.

Note that the image is a crop of one of the photos in the article.

5x expanded by Schwede66 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 155 past nominations.

Schwede66 01:41, 6 August 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Schwede66, review follows: article more than 5x expanded on 5 August; article is well written and sources cited look to be reliable for the subject; I didn't pick up on any issues with overly close paraphrasing; hook is interesting, mentioned in the article and checks out to source cited; photo is freely licensed and the wider version is used in the article; a QPQ has been carried out. My only queries are that I couldn't find his height stated in the source cited and the weight (given only in the infobox) is not cited - Dumelow (talk) 08:21, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

• Thanks for the thorough review, Dumelow. I've provided refs (and in one case, an archive-url as the info used to be there). Schwede66 08:55, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, looks good now - Dumelow (talk) 09:12, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Once approved, please place this nomination in the Olympics: Special occasion holding area