Today was Mike and Ruby's turn to strut their stuff... they had the K2 200m A final to try for a podium finish. Their silver in Szeged was a great confidence booster. Going into the race the pair was relaxed and focused.
Bridge had her K1 500m B final to dominate. She was determined to show all, that she should have been in the A final.
Take a look at the photo series below depicting her classic fighting ability of digging deep when it matters most!
She wins by a boat length!
The 200m C1 and K1 relays are new events to World Champs as of this year, and was VERY well supported. All the big cheeses on the water at once! What a show down! There are starting cones at each end of the 200m stretch and the cone drops as your team mate crosses the line next to you. Our team was the feisty four of Mike Arthur, Greg Louw, Nic Burden and Nick Stubbs. It was an awesome race to watch, as gaps opened up and were chased down. We ended 4th in our heat which unfortunately meant that we missed the final in which the Spanish team took gold for.
Their have been hints at further changes at next year's World Champs in Poznan, with the introduction of longer distance races... Sprint canoeing is expanding and specialising, something and we have to mirror in South Africa.
Tomorrow we fly out of Halifax to Toronto, then onto Europe. We will spend Tuesday in Frankfurt and arrive on home soil at 8:45 on Wed morning. We are sad that this trip has come to an end, it has held some epic racing! It is always such a privilege to have the opportunity to race against the best sprinters in the world in an event like we have had here in Dartmouth. Finishing today, also marks the end of another amazing season. This year has definitely been a special one, with a lot of changes within CSA to directly help our squad get to where we are - Thank you LOTTO!!.
We will savour this short break until national trials at the end of the month, from where it all starts again.
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