The second ICF CanoeKayak world cup to be hosted in Szeged, starts on Friday morning and will last until Sunday afternoon. The venue has a 2,400-metre long, 122-metre wide course, and is a popular racing venue as there always promises to be many festive supporters.
Thanks to the big changes in sprint kayaking in South Africa, with the award of the Lotto support, we have a big team with boats entered for most events. Including a men's and a women's K4, six men's K2, two women's K2, eight men's K1, seven women's K1 and three men's C1 event s entered. Wow, what a mouthful!
Friday will see the heats and semis for the 500m and 1000m events, followed by the 200m heats and semis, and 1000m finals on Saturday. The final day will have the 500m and 200m finals and finnish off with the 5000m straight finals.
We are still in suspense as to which countries will be racing. At the moment it looks as though the competition could be as tough as what we were up against in Vichy at the first world cup.
The course at night, taken by Mike.
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