British canoeist Pennie has novel answer to Zika threat

Britain Canoeing - British Canoe Slalom Olympic & Senior team media day - Lee Valley White Water Centre - 5/5/16 Great Britain's Fiona Pennie during training Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - British slalom canoeist Fiona Pennie is leaving nothing to chance at this year's Rio Olympics where she will fit a mosquito net to her boat between races to minimise the threat of the Zika virus.

Pennie will contest the K1 kayak event at the state-of-the-art Deodoro Whitewater Stadium in the hills above Rio and has already trained on the course several times during the scorching Brazilian summer with no problems.