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| Solomon and Rice negotiating one of the rapids at the Breede |
Graeme
Solomon and Sean Rice are the new South African K2 River Champions after their
win last week at the Breede River Marathon.
Solomon,
one of the South African river classics, joined this year with surfski
specialist Sean Rice to try for a win at this competition (75 km. in two
days)that last year, paddling with Ant Stott, faded away after a bad choice
taking a slower path during the race.
From the
first stage, three couples showed their strength and made a leading group that
set the pace for almost the whole course: Solomon/Rice, former World Champions
Stott/Schoeman and Schloms/White. But Heinrich Schloms and Gavin White had some
trouble on Day 2 when Schloms arrived to compulsory portage at Drew Bridge
with a dead leg due to a ciatic nerve problem.
